Difference between revisions of "Watershed Issues in California's Central Coast Region"

Revision as of 14:41, 25 February 2021

A sample of watershed-related issues examined by the ENVS 560/L Watershed Systems class at CSUMB.

Refer also to the list of Summaries of Environmental Topics on the Central Coast of California.

Issues

• Hydrology
  • Pajaro Valley Groundwater Overdraft Concerns
  • Salinas Valley Seawater Intrusion
  • Groundwater overdraft in California's Central Coast Region
  • Desalination in the Central Coast Region
  • Salinas River Channel Maintenance Program
  • San Clemente Dam
  • Los Padres Reservoir Capacity Issues
  • CalAm Use of Carmel River Groundwater Basin
• Water Quality
  • The 303d list of Impaired Waterbodies in the Monterey Bay Region
  • Los Osos Groundwater Basin and Sewer
  • Urban Discharges to Areas of Special Biological Significance on Monterey Peninsula
  • Conditional Waiver of Waste Discharge Requirements for Irrigated Lands
  • TMDLs in the Monterey Bay Region of California
    • Total Maximum Daily Load program follow-up in the Monterey Bay Region
  • Water supply for underserved, marginalized communities of the Salinas Valley
• Geomorphology
  • Basin-Indians Fire Erosion and Debris Flows
  • Sand Mining in California's Central Coast Region
  • Coastal Retreat in California's Central Coast Region
  • Harkins Slough and Expansion of Urban Land Use at Watsonville
• Fish & aquatic ecology
  • Steelhead Management in the Monterey Bay Region
  • Coho Salmon Crisis in the Central California Coast ESU
  • Potential watershed impacts on Elkhorn Slough
• Wildlife
  • Riparian habitats as wildlife corridors in the California Central Coast Region
  • Progress of Implementation of Nitrate TMDL for the San Lorenzo River, Santa Cruz County, California
• Land use
  • Conversion of Carr Lake to a Multi-Use Park
  • Harkins Slough and Expansion of Urban Land Use at Watsonville
  • Use of Sloped Areas in Monterey County
  • CEQA projects on the Central Coast
  • Carmel River Floodplain Restoration and Environmental Enhancement (Carmel River FREE) Project
  • Municipal Water Service Boundaries in Monterey
• Ecosystems
  • Monterey Pine Forest

• Template issue

Links

• California's Central Coast Region
• Summaries of Environmental Topics on the Central Coast of California

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