SWAMPSWAMP

• Statewide Monitoring ProgramsStatewide Monitoring Programs

• Regional Monitoring ProgramsRegional Monitoring Programs

• Infrastructure & ToolsInfrastructure & Tools

• ComparabilityComparability

Statewide Monitoring Statewide Monitoring ProgramsPrograms• Bioassessment Monitoring ProgramBioassessment Monitoring Program

– Aquatic life in streamsAquatic life in streams

• Stream Pollution Trends Monitoring Stream Pollution Trends Monitoring ProgramProgram– Status and trends in contamination in Status and trends in contamination in

rivers and streamsrivers and streams

• Bioaccumulation Monitoring ProgramBioaccumulation Monitoring Program– Fishable in lakes, coastal waters, & Fishable in lakes, coastal waters, &

rivers and streamsrivers and streams

Regional Monitoring Regional Monitoring ProgramsPrograms• Target information gapsTarget information gaps

• Responsive to regional and local concerns Responsive to regional and local concerns

• Higher spatial and temporal scaleHigher spatial and temporal scale

• Scale matches management needs Scale matches management needs

• Measuring success and long-term trendsMeasuring success and long-term trends

• Integrating/Coordinating/Partnering/LeveragingIntegrating/Coordinating/Partnering/Leveraging

• Monitoring resources for “unleveraged” areasMonitoring resources for “unleveraged” areas

• Piloting innovationsPiloting innovations

SWAMP Infrastructure & ToolsSWAMP Infrastructure & Tools

Quality assurance Standard operating procedures Data management

Bioassessment & physical habitat Water quality: field measurements, chemistry &

toxicity Tissue chemistry

ComparabilityComparability

SWAMP•MQOs•Data Formats

Non-SWAMP Water Board Programs•NPDES: Stormwater, POTWs•Irrigated Lands•TMDL•Water Quality Certification (401)•Grant ProjectsOther State/Federal Agencies•DWR•DPR•DFG•USBR•USGS

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CEDEN

Draft Toxicity PolicyDraft Toxicity Policy

Draft Toxicity PolicyDraft Toxicity Policy

• Requires the use of U.S. EPA’s new Requires the use of U.S. EPA’s new statistical method, the Test of statistical method, the Test of Significant Toxicity (TST) Significant Toxicity (TST)

• Proposes numeric chronic and acute Proposes numeric chronic and acute toxicity objectives to protect aquatic toxicity objectives to protect aquatic life uses in all inland surface waters, life uses in all inland surface waters, enclosed bays, and estuaries in enclosed bays, and estuaries in CaliforniaCalifornia

Who needs to MonitorWho needs to Monitor

• All Point Source Dischargers to Surface All Point Source Dischargers to Surface WaterWater

• ““Channelized Dischargers” Channelized Dischargers” – (subject to Irrigated Lands Regulatory (subject to Irrigated Lands Regulatory

Program)Program)– Most already conduct toxicity testingMost already conduct toxicity testing

• Certain Storm Water Dischargers Certain Storm Water Dischargers (primarily MS4s)(primarily MS4s)– Most already conduct toxicity testingMost already conduct toxicity testing

Monitoring FreqencyMonitoring Freqency

• NPDES > 1 mgdNPDES > 1 mgd– Monthly testsMonthly tests

• NPDES < 1 mgdNPDES < 1 mgd– Quarterly Quarterly

• StormwaterStormwater– 4 times per year4 times per year

• Channelized DisgargersChannelized Disgargers– 4 times per year4 times per year

Draft Toxicity PolicyDraft Toxicity Policy

• Numeric effluent limits would apply Numeric effluent limits would apply to NPDES dischargers to NPDES dischargers

Draft Toxicity PolicyDraft Toxicity Policy

• Next Steps: Next Steps: Public Workshop was held on Public Workshop was held on November 16th. At the workshop the Board November 16th. At the workshop the Board extended the comment period for 60 days. extended the comment period for 60 days. The comment deadline is January 21, 2011. The comment deadline is January 21, 2011.

• After the comment period, staff will respond to After the comment period, staff will respond to comments and meet with stakeholders. comments and meet with stakeholders.

• During the comment period, staff will solicit During the comment period, staff will solicit data from a subset of major and minor NPDES data from a subset of major and minor NPDES permittees and use the data to “test drive” permittees and use the data to “test drive” the policy. the policy.

• A second workshop/hearing will be held in A second workshop/hearing will be held in Spring 2011Spring 2011