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Integrated Regional Water Management Plan (IRWMP) for the Greater Monterey County. Map Provided by Central Coast Wetlands Group^[1]

Summary

Urban stormwater management is quickly gaining the attention of the public and decision makers in the Monterey Bay Region. The Monterey Regional Management Storm Water Management Program (MRSWMP) was developed to "implement and enforce a series of management practices, referred to herein as 'Best Management Practices' (BMPs)." ^[2] The MRSWP's goal is to minimize surface runoff pollutants^[3] from entering areas of biological significance in the Monterey Bay. Efforts are being taken to reduce stormwater runoff using a multitude of methods.

Phase I Monterey Bay Region Municipalities

Phase I regulations, effective since 1990, require NPDES permits for storm water discharges for certain specific industrial facilities and construction activities, and for “medium” and “large” municipal separate storm sewer systems (MS4s) generally serving populations greater than 100,000. ^[4]

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   1. Management Program
   2. Waste Discharge Requirements

Phase II ^[2]

In 2003 the State Water Resources Control Board (SWRCB) adopted a General Permit for storm water discharges from regulated Small MS4s. Small MS4s were broken into individual cities as well as in groups of smaller cities formed to create a general region.

Individual cites

Basin Plan 1994 adopted by the Central Coast Regional Water Quality Control Board applies to the following cities:

1. Watsonville ^[5]

• • Annual review of the Storm Water Management Plan's (SWMP) effectiveness, BMPs effectiveness and improvement opportunities to achieve the Maximum Extent Practicable (MEP) are required under Phase II permit requirements.

1. Hollister ^[6]
2. Gilroy ^[7]

Monterey ^[8]

King City ^[9]

Sand City ^[10]

Soledad ^[11]

Group with small municipalities

1. Monterey Regional Storm Water Management Program (MRSWMP) ^[2]
   1. Cities
      1. Monterey
      2. Carmel-by-the-Sea
      3. Del Rey Oaks
      4. Sand City
      5. Seaside
      6. Marina
      7. Pacific Grove
      8. Monterey County
   2. Annual Reports:
      1. Year 1 (2006-2007)^[12]
      2. Year 2 (2007-2008)^[13]
      3. Year 3 (2008-2009)^[14]
      4. Year 4 (2009-2010)^[15]
2. Integrated Regional Water Management Plan (IRWMP)^[16]
   1. Entities Included:
      1. government agencies
      2. nonprofit organizations
      3. educational organizations
      4. water service districts
      5. private water companies
      6. organizations representing:
         1. agricultural
         2. environmental
         3. community interests

Resource/s at Stake

1. Endangered species^[17]
2. Areas of Special Biological Significance (ASBS)^[18]
3. Marine Ecosystems^[19]

Stakeholders ^[20]

• California American Water Monterey Bay Citizen Watershed Monitoring Network
• California Coastal Commission Monterey County Service Area 50
• California Coastal Conservancy Monterey Peninsula Regional Park District
• California Department of Fish and Game NOAA Fisheries
• California State University Monterey Bay Pebble Beach Community Service District
• California State Water Resources Control Board Pebble Beach Company
• Carmel Area Wastewater District Planning and Conservation League
• Carmel River Steelhead Association Regional Water Quality Control Board
• Carmel River Watershed Conservancy Resources Conservation District of Monterey County
• Carmel Unified School District Seaside Basin Watermaster
• Carmel Valley Association State Department of Parks & Recreation
• City of Carmel-by-the-Sea Surfrider Foundation
• City of Del Rey Oaks The Nature Conservancy
• City of Pacific Grove The Watershed Institute at CSUMB
• City of Sand City U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
• City of Seaside U.S. Fish and Wildlife Serve
• Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary Ventana Wilderness Society

Laws, Policies, and Regulations

1. Porter-Cologne Act ^[21]
2. Clean Water Act ^[22]
3. Endangered Species Act ^[23]

• Proposition 50 ^[24]

Systems

... What elements of the biophysical system are/were involved?...

Science

• Low Impact Development(LIDs)^[25]
• Water Sensitive Urban Design (WSUD) ^[25]

Tools

• HEC-HMS ^[26]
• Monitoring ^[27]

Future Research

• Possible Thesis topic: Effectiveness of management efforts^[28]
• Continuous monitoring^[29]
• Best management practices (BMPs) to be the most effective

References

1. ↑ http://www.google.com/imgres?um=1&hl=en&safe=off&client=firefox-a&sa=N&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&authuser=0&biw=984&bih=896&tbm=isch&tbnid=ZueC1Ho9QWDebM:&imgrefurl=http://ccwg.mlml.calstate.edu/irwmp&docid=pbcs6kplT6qNkM&imgurl=http://ccwg.mlml.calstate.edu/sites/default/files/images/region_map1.preview.jpg&w=480&h=640&ei=7edzT-uGLK-E2QWLiOXFBg&zoom=1&iact=hc&vpx=749&vpy=131&dur=615&hovh=259&hovw=194&tx=137&ty=121&sig=102689191159301866187&page=1&tbnh=162&tbnw=121&start=0&ndsp=18&ved=1t:429,r:4,s:0
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2} http://www.swrcb.ca.gov/water_issues/programs/stormwater/swmp/monterey_swmp.pdf
3. ↑ TMDLs in the Monterey Bay Region of California
4. ↑ http://hollister.ca.gov/site/Documents/SWMPfinalone.pdf
5. ↑ link.com
6. ↑ link.com
7. ↑ link.com
8. ↑ link.com
9. ↑ link.com
10. ↑ link.com
11. ↑ link.com
12. ↑ http://www.waterboards.ca.gov/rwqcb3/water_issues/programs/stormwater/muni_phase2/monterey_co/2007_MR_yr1_AR_body.pdf
13. ↑ http://www.waterboards.ca.gov/rwqcb3/water_issues/programs/stormwater/muni_phase2/monterey_co/2008_MR_yr2_AR_body.pdf
14. ↑ link.com
15. ↑ http://www.ci.pg.ca.us/Y4%20Annual%20Report%20Exec%20Summary.pdf
16. ↑ http://ccwg.mlml.calstate.edu/irwmp
17. ↑ link.com
18. ↑ link.com
19. ↑ link.com
20. ↑ http://www.mpwmd.dst.ca.us/Mbay_IRWM/RAP.pdf
21. ↑ http://www.waterboards.ca.gov/laws_regulations/docs/portercologne.pdf
22. ↑ http://www.epa.gov/npdes/pubs/cwatxt.txt
23. ↑ http://epw.senate.gov/esa73.pdf
24. ↑ http://www.cdph.ca.gov/services/funding/Documents/Prop50/General/Proposition50.pdf
25. ↑ ^{25.0 25.1} http://stuff.mit.edu/afs/sipb/project/wine/dosdevices/z:/mit/lugia/MacData/afs.cron/project/urban-sustainability/Stormwater_Sarah%20Madden/References/Roy_etal_2008.pdf
26. ↑ link.com
27. ↑ link.com
28. ↑ link.com
29. ↑ link.com

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