Transcript Watershed Council March 1, 2010 - North Bay Watershed Association

Watershed Council
March 1, 2010
Topics
 BAIRWMP
 Projects
Update
Update
 Conference
Update
BAIRWMP
http://www.bairwmp.org/
Background
March 26 Update
-Sub- regions and funding
June 25 Update
- Regional Acceptance Process-RAP & Local project
selection process
October 7 Update
-RAP-approval & -Prop 84 funding?- on hold
- Regional projects versus sub regional (local)
http://bairwmp.org/draft-project-descriptions
BAIRWMP Update
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DWR Funding??
Announcement –Nov. 30, 09
Prop 50 funds- $7.4 million total statewide
-Only for prior underfunded prop 50 recipients (
11 regions)
Max award - $ 3.4 Million-10% match
Only prior applicants may receive funds
-BACWA for Bay Area
BAIRWMP Update
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March 1 -DWR Guidelines on Prop 50 and
Prop 84-1E
March 11 -Next PnP and PSSC meeting
Prop 84-1E and the Prop 50 mini round of
funding
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March 22- next BAIRWMP CC meeting
Projects
San Francisco Bay Area Water Quality
Improvement Funds
- Part of SFEP Proposal
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- $1.5 million through NBWA to Marin, Napa,
and Sonoma
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NBWA Projects
Completed TMDL
Projects:
Napa River Pathogens
San Francisco Bay Mercury
Sonoma Creek Pathogens
Tomales Bay Pathogens
Urban Creeks Pesticide Toxicity
Walker Creek Mercury
Awaiting Approval from Water
Boards and/or US EPA:
Guadalupe River Watershed
Mercury
Napa River Sediment
Richardson Bay Pathogens
San Francisco Bay PCBs
Sonoma Creek Sediment
EPA Approval
Official approval -November 13 letter
 *EPA funded 3 proposals for a total of ~ $10 million
(received additional funds for this fiscal year of
$7million. EPA will skip 2010 and use $2 million in
2011).
1) BASSMA- $ 5 million for PCBs (and HG)
2) SFEP- ~ $3.3 million out of 5 million
for 7 of 12 projects in proposal
3) San Francisco- ~$1.2 million- LID on Cesar Chavez
Work plans due December 3
Grant awards- February 2010 ??
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NBWA Proposal
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$ 1,494,142 original total request
“ Implementing Sediment and Pathogen TMDLs in
the North Bay”
Marin County- Richardson Bay~ $ 369,542
Napa RCD- Napa River
~$ 367,500
SEC- Sonoma Creek$ 363,800
SSCRCD-Sonoma Creek-~
$ 318, 300
NBWA/ MMWD
In Kind- $80k
NO NBWA cash contribution
$ 75,000
Richardson Bay TMDL
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The County of Marin and the City of Mill Valley will
implement a restoration project and conduct outreach
to improve water quality in a tributary of Warner Creek
by fencing off a stretch of riparian corridor and
infiltrating /treating the storm water.
In addition the County will assist the Richardson’s Bay
Regional Agency in developing a program for
maintenance and monitoring of houseboats.
Evaluation and Monitoring included- $ 75 k-with match
Napa River TMDL
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Napa Resource Conservation District will work with
agricultural and rural residential landowners along
Heath Creek to repair and upgrade eroding rural roads
at critical erosion sites.
Napa County RCD will work with the Napa County
Livestock Council to implement stormwater
management measures to reduce pathogen and
sediment delivery to the Napa River.
Evaluation & Monitoring included-$83 k with match
Fish Friendly Farming also received funds- $119k as
part of SFEP/ ABAG proposal
Sonoma Creek TMDL
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SEC and SSCRCD will work with agricultural
and rural residential landowners to
develop plans for erosion control,
build detention structures to reduce sediment
loading
and restore vegetation along the Creek.
Evaluation and Monitoring included-~$ 65k
NBWA Role
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Coordinate the efforts of the project partners to implement
on-the-ground projects
monitor results within the project areas and in the
watersheds, and build capacity throughout the region
Host forums for elected officials and land managers on
policies, programs and/or ordinances to reduce sediment
and pathogen pollution in north-bay watersheds.
MMWD as fiscal agent – Contracts with 4 partners
Process Invoices and payments
(Partners will coordinate reporting)
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NBWA Projects
Recently Completed
-"Indicators and Performance Measures for North
Bay Watershed"
Almost Complete
Fish Monitoring-CEMAR
Fact Sheet/ Brochure
Laterals
Dropped
High School Pollution Prevention Pilot program
Ongoing
Water Conservation- “off the grid”
SCWA
Adapting to Climate Change: “State of the Science”
for North Bay Watersheds.
Pepperwood Foundation, USGS, Bay Area Open Space
Council and California Academy of Sciences are
involved.
* Will look at climate change scenarios-both hydrology
and ecology – including runoff and recharge
Conference Update
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Friday, April 9, 2010
 Location-Sheraton,
Petaluma
 Theme- “Greening Our Water
Infrastructure”
KEYNOTE SPEAKERS
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Jared Huffman, California State Assembly
Member,
Chair of the Committee on Water, Parks and
Wildlife
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Frances Spivy-Weber, Vice Chair,
State Water Resources Control Board
Watersheds and Green
Infrastructure
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Alexis Strauss, Water Division Director, EPA
How does EPA drive infrastructure and watershed
improvement?
Brock Dolman, OAEC
How Do You Think Like a Watershed?
Josiah Cain, Consultant, Design Ecology
Embedded Ecology in the Built Environment
Rosey Jencks, SFPUC Urban Watershed Management
San Francisco's Stormwater Program
Kit Crump, NOAA
What is the role of habitat enhancement and in stream flow in
salmonid recovery?
Recycling Advancements
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Chuck Weir, NBWRA
Advantages to a Regional Approach to Recycling
Mike Ban, Petaluma
Ellis Creek Water Recycling Facility
Heather Shepherd, Sustainable H2O Solutions
How can I get my (greywater) project permitted
without losing my hair?
Christina Bertea, Greywater Action
Grassroots Greywater: low- tech, low- cost, benign
systems
Water Supply Innovations
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Paul Helliker, MMWD
Is Desalination in our Future?
Pam Jeane, SCWA
Habitat Enhancement and Water Delivery
Jay Jasperse, SCWA
Can Collaborative Groundwater Management Work?
Chris Brown, CUWCC
Achieving 20% per capita reductions:
What we will need to do in a new world of water
conservation?
Costs
 $80
 Watershed
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Council-$40
Wine Tasting- 3:15-4:15 pm
Benziger Family Winery