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California’s Surface Water Ambient Monitoring Program
SWAMP Today
Emilie L. Reyes
November 29, 2007
The Challenge: CA 190 hydrologic units (655 hydrologic sub-areas) 211,000+ miles rivers and streams Over 10,000 lakes (1.6+ million acres) Over 1,300,000+ acres of bays and estuaries 1,609 miles of coastline
SWAMP
The Surface Water Ambient Monitoring Program (SWAMP) is a relatively new program at the Water Boards, proposed in a Report to the Legislature in November 2000, and initiated in 2001.
SWAMP
SWAMP’s vision is that water quality be comprehensively measured to protect beneficial uses, and to evaluate our protection and restoration efforts.
SWAMP Strategy 10 Elements of a State Monitoring & Assessment Program:Strategy
Objectives
Design
Indicators
Quality Assurance
Data Management
Data Analysis and Assessment
Reporting
Peer Review
Program Support and Infrastructure
SWAMP Roundtable
External Review
SWAMP Planning Matrix
…Business Plan
Water Body Type
Beneficial Use
Aquatic Life “Swimmable” “Fishable” “Drinkable”
Wadeable Streams
SWAMP Perennial Streams Survey
(2005 – ongoing)
SWAMP-funded monitoring
summary (2007-08)
Large Rivers EPA Flowing Waters Study
(2008-2010)
SWAMP-funded monitoring
summary (2007-08)
Lakes USEPA Lakes Survey (2007-2009)
SWAMP-funded monitoring
summary (2007-08)
SWAMP Bioaccumulation
Study
(2007-09)
Coastal Waters, Bays & Estuaries
ASBS / SQOs Clean Beach
Program
NA
Wetlands CRAM NA NA NA
•Monitor, assess, report on California’s water quality at regional and statewide scales
•Create common framework for coordinating monitoring efforts
•Develop tools (including biological indicators)
•Build partnerships, leverage efforts…
Address statewide monitoring needs
Bioaccumulation in lakes and reservoirsRandom sampling of 50 lakes, reservoirs
Targetted sampling of 200 most popular lakes, reservoirs
Aquatic life use in perennial streamsRandom sampling ~100 sites; 5 ecoregions
Targetted integrator site long-term trend monitoring
Pyrethroids in urban creeks
Address regional monitoring needs
Regional monitoring programs in each region
Bioassessment Program Reference condition program
Benthic Macroinvertebrate IBIs, O/E
Periphyton indicator development
Data Management SWAMP-generated data in SWAMP database Standardized data formats Publicly accessible thru California Environmental Data Exchange Network http://bdat.ca.gov
Quality Assurance Progressive and systems-based Quality assurance systems: QA Program Plan, SOPs, etc.
Tools for Data Comparability available at www.waterboards.ca.gov/swamp next steps: tiering QA
Conveying information Identify target audiences
Develop communications strategy communications coordinator
Develop signature products newsletters, fact sheets, assessment reports, listserv, website
http://www.waterboards.ca.gov/swamp/reports.html
Accessible information to support sound decision-making
Data Centers and California Environmental Data Exchange Network Moss Landing Labs, SFEI,
SCCWRP, UCDavis, DWR Assessments
bays and estuaries/SQO, estuarine wetlands/CRAM
Surveys Areas of Special
Biological Significance, USEPA Lake Survey
Monitoring Council Continued intra-agency
coordination
…the road goes on forever and the party never ends…
(Robert Earl Keene, Album: The Road Goes on Forever)
More on SWAMP at:
www.waterboards.ca.gov/swamp.ca.gov
Questions?
Emilie L. Reyes
916-341-5556; [email protected]