Urban stormwater management in the City of Pacific Grove
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A watershed-related issue examined by the ENVS 560/L Watershed Systems class at CSUMB.
Contents
Summary
Location
The City of Pacific Grove, California
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Stakeholders
- Urban Discharges to Areas of Special Biological Significance on Monterey Peninsula (ASBS)
Regulatory Background: Laws and Policies
Federal
- United States Environmental Protection Agency (US EPA)
- Clean Water Act: Amendment Sect:402(p) established framework for stormwater discharge permits and regulations under the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permit system.
- The NPDES permit system under the CWA maintains both Phase I and Phase II municipal Storm drain (MS4s) operators to comply and obtain NPDES permits.
- Clean Water Act: Amendment Sect:402(p) established framework for stormwater discharge permits and regulations under the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permit system.
- Phase I-
- Phase II-
- Porter-Cologne Act
State
- State Water Resources Control Board (SWRCB)
Region
- Monterey Regional Storm Water Management Program (MRSWMP)
- Central Coast Regional Water Quality Control Board (CCRWQCB)
- Regional Wastewater Pollution Control Agency (MRWPCA)
Local
- Cease and Desist from Discharging Waste to Areas of Special Biological Significance (ASBS) in Violation of Prohibitions Prescribed by the State Water Resources Control Board (February 11, 2005)[1]
Timeline
Water Quality Monitoring and Science
Data Collection Programs
Organizations and NGOs
- National Water Quality Inventory
Remediation
- Monitoring of stormwater quality within the City of Pacific Grove is performed by multiple entities including:
- Citizen Watershed Monitoring Network organizes annual First Flush
- Urban Watch, and Snapshot monitoring activities for the Monterey region that document stormwater quality conditions for the first storm of the season
- Monterey Bay Sanctuary Citizen Watershed Monitoring Network (Citizen)[2]
Management Strategies
- Monterey Regional Stormwater Management Program (MRSWMP)
- Monterey Bay Sanctuary Citizen Watershed Monitoring Network(MBSCWMN)[3]
- Monterey Peninsula, Carmel Bay, and South Monterey Bay Integrated Regional Water Management Regional Acceptance Process Materials[4]
- Model Urban Runoff Program: A How-To guide for Developing Urban Runoff Programs for Small Municipalities. July 1998 (revised February 2002, by the California Coastal Commission)[7]
- Urban Forest Management Plan. By: RBF consulting add link[8]
- itree (2011)[9]
- Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary (MBNMS)[10]
- Proposition 84 ASBS Grant[11]
- First Flush Event Monitoring by the Sanctuary Citizen Watershed Monitoring Network (Began 2000)[12]
- Year 5 Annual Report for the Monterey Regional Storm Water Management Program (MRSWMP)
- Annual Reports 1-5. ADD LINK HERE
- Request For Proposals: Design, Environmental Review and Permitting of a Stormwater Treatment System at Greenwood Park[13]
- Report and data on Pacific Grove Stormwater Outfalls[14]
- Greenwood Park Monitoring[15]
- Low Impact Development (LID) technologies implemented as Best Management Practices BMPs throughout the watershed. Add LINK HERE
Metadata
References
- ↑ http://www.waterboards.ca.gov/centralcoast/board_info/agendas/2005/feb/item28/item28_2005_0008_cdo_pg_2_03_05_final.pdf
- ↑ http://montereybay.noaa.gov/monitoringnetwork/about_us.html
- ↑ Monterey Bay Sanctuary Citizen Watershed Monitoring Network http://montereybay.noaa.gov/monitoringnetwork/pdf/ff2011.pdf
- ↑ Monterey Peninsula, Carmel Bay, and South Monterey Bay Integrated Regional Water Management Regional Acceptance Process Materials http://www.mpwmd.dst.ca.us/Mbay_IRWM/RAP.pdf
- ↑ Memorandum of Agreement for the Monterey Regional Storm Water Pollution Prevention Program http://www.ci.pg.ca.us/pubworks/mrswmp/MRSWMP_a.pdf
- ↑ Monterey Regional Stormwater Management Program http://www.montereysea.org/index.php
- ↑ Monterey Bay Sanctuary Citizen Watershed Monitoring Network http://www.co.monterey.ca.us/msea/Literature/Documents/MURP.pdf
- ↑ Urban Forest Management Plan. By: RBF consulting add link http://www.ci.pg.ca.us/pubworks/4.Pacific%20Grove%20UFMP_Draft%20Outline.pdf
- ↑ http://www.ci.pg.ca.us/pubworks/iTree.pdf
- ↑ http://montereybay.noaa.gov/
- ↑ http://www.waterboards.ca.gov/water_issues/programs/grants_loans/asbs/docs/news0611.pdf
- ↑ http://sanctuarysimon.org/monterey/sections/waterQuality/project_info.php?projectID=100141&sec=wq
- ↑ http://www.ci.pg.ca.us/RFP%20Wetland_GreenwoodPark.pdf
- ↑ http://ccows.csumb.edu/pubs/proj_pubs/2011/ENVS660_PGStormwater/index.htm
- ↑ Watson, F., Krone-Davis, P., and Smith, J. 2012 in prep. Streamflow gaging at Greenwood Park, Pacific Grove, California: January-April 2012. Report prepared for Monterey Bay Sanctuary Foundation and the City of Pacific Grove. The Watershed Institute, California State University Monterey Bay, Publication No. WI-2012-3. Available from: http://ccows.csumb.edu/pubs/
- ↑ CSUMB Class ENVS 660: Pugh K, Arenas R, Cubanski P, Lanctot M, Purdy A, Bassett R, Smith J, Hession S, Stoner K, Ashbach R, Alberola G, Jacuzzi N, Watson F. 2011. Stormwater outfall watershed delineation, land cover characteristics, and recommended priorities for monitoring and mitigation in the City of Pacific Grove, California. The Watershed Institute, California State Monterey Bay, Publication No. WI-2011-02, 74 pages. http://ccows.csumb.edu/pubs/reports/CSUMB_ENVS660_ClassReport_PGStormwater_120306.pdf
Links
- Urban stormwater management in the Monterey Bay region
- Urban Discharges to Areas of Special Biological Significance on Monterey Peninsula
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