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This reseach developed specific recommendations to align urban stormwater monitoring datasets with
priority TMDL, EIP and other water quality implementation and management questions in the Tahoe
Basin. The Tahoe Basin stormwater community has a need to generate multi-year stormwater quality
datasets that are capable of: 1) evaluating trends in urban pollutant loading over time as a result of water
quality improvement management actions and 2) informing priority needs of the stormwater tools used
by the TMDL program. The Regional Stormwater Monitoring Program (RSWMP) is intended to oversee
how stormwater data is obtained, managed and reported to address these needs.
Completed
2011
2012
2014
$228,912
Maggie Mathias (maggie@2ndnaturellc.com)
09/21/2017
09/21/2017
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04.01.01.0062 - P088: Aligning Stormwater Quality Datasets With Priority Management Objectives.
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Funding
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Expected Funding
$228,912
$228,912
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| Unknown or Unassigned | $228,912 | $228,912 | $0 |
| Grand Total | $228,912 | $228,912 | $0 |
Reported Expenditures
Reported Expenditures
| Total | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 | 2011 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Southern Nevada Public Land Management Act (Pacifi... | $228,912 | $57,228 | $57,228 | $57,228 | $57,228 |
| Grand Total | $228,912 | $57,228 | $57,228 | $57,228 | $57,228 |
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The primary sources of the critical pollutants impairing lake clarity, fine sediment particles (FSP < 16µm) and nutrient species (nitrogen and phosphorous), have been linked to urban land use activities. Significant resources are being expended to implement sustained and effective actions to reduce pollutant loads to the Lake from urban areas.
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Notes
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| 08/30/2017 11:40 AM | System | Objectives: The purpose of this research is to provide relevant and useable technical guidance to the Tahoe stormwater community for management and reporting of multi-year stormwater datasets. This research developed specific recommendations to align urban stormwater monitoring datasets with priority TMDL, EIP and other water quality implementation and management questions in the Tahoe Basin. |
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| 08/30/2017 11:40 AM | System | Findings: • Sections 5-10 of the final report provide the reporting, sample collection, and technical guidance for the two priority objectives. Specifically, sections 5-7 focus on Objective #1: Status and Trends, while Sections 8-10 address Objective #2: CECs. • Reporting (Sections 5 & 8) defines the key concepts and terms relevant to each objective. In this section, the research team recommends methods for data analysis, noting important assumptions regarding data collection, specified tabular outputs, as well as site specific and basin wide graphical summaries. • Monitoring and Management Considerations (Sections 6 & 9) provides recommendations for sampling and managing data in a consistent, basin wide format that emphasizes minimizing sample error and extraneous long term data collection and management costs. • Technical Guidance (Sections 7 & 10) provides a more detailed description of the rationale of the calculations and metrics, an explanation of the specific statistical techniques used and a statistical resources guide for the software used in the status and trends analysis. |
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| 08/30/2017 11:39 AM | System | Management Implications: • The value of this research is the definitions, guidance and processes provided, which translate the datasets to be generated for two high priority objectives into meaningful and easily interpretable results. In addition, the recommended data analysis and reporting techniques were identified such that they could be consistently and cost-effectively implemented by resource agency staff who are not necessarily statistical experts. • To demonstrate the implementation of effective management actions in support of the TMDL, consistent monitoring at the same locations over many years is required and is therefore a key principle of RSWMP development. • The reliance on automated field instrumentation is necessary to obtain high resolution datasets. Such instruments require continued calibration and maintenance, and data loss or calibration drift are a common challenge. • The value of standardization and consistency in a continued stormwater monitoring program and its supporting data management structure cannot be understated. Insightful technical evaluations of the data results obtained and their implications to the TMDL, EIP, and BMP implementation and maintenance will be critical to continue to leverage the available dataset to inform programmatic decisions. |
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| 08/30/2017 11:38 AM | System | Publications: www.fs.fed.us/PSW/partnerships/tahoescience 2NDNATURE, LLC. 2014 Aligning Stormwater Quality Datasets with Priority Management Objectives. Final Guidance. Prepared for the USFS Pacific Southwest Research Station. December 2014. |