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A Plan to Get Savvy About Urban Watersheds
Dan Cloak, Dan Cloak Environmental Consulting
Beau Goldie, Santa Clara Valley Water District
Lorrie Gervin, City of Sunnyvale
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The Santa Clara Basin
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Santa Clara Basin Watershed Management Initiative
Started in 1996Stakeholders include:
USEPA & Regional Water Quality Control BoardState and Federal Resource AgenciesCities, Towns & CountySanta Clara Valley Water DistrictValley Transportation AuthorityEnvironmental AdvocatesCitizens GroupsBusiness Interests
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Watershed Planning Process
Watershed Characteristics Report
Pilot Watershed Assessments
A Vision for Our Watershed
Subgroups created 112 Action Worksheets
Action Plan Technical Advisory GroupWhich of these actions are being done now?
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Watershed Action Plan
For each of seven issues:An aspect of the watershed vision
Natural & social history of environmental issue
Existing law & regulation
Status of implementation
Watershed management objectives
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1. Stream Protection & RestorationVision: Support salmon & steelhead - Restore seasonal flows and overbanking - Restore and maintain in-stream habitatHistory: Dams, flow diversions, channelizationScience: River continuum & stream equilibrium Policy: Flows, Permits, Sediment TMDLsStatus: Stewardship added to District missionObjective: Integrate flood protection & restoration - Commit to long-term Adaptive Management
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2. Floodplain & Riparian PlanningVision: Continuous riparian corridors & floodplains - For flood management, habitat, parks, trailsHistory & Science: Ideas about flood control and floodplain management (Gilbert White, 1942) - Landscape ecology & riparian corridorsPolicies: NFIP, City & District, Trails PlanObjective: Integrated planning process
• Shared sense of place
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3. Conserving BiodiversityVision: Comprehensive plan to preserve biodiversity (variety of habitats, organisms, & genetic makeup) Also provide for jobs & housingHistory: Open space preservation along with sprawlScience: What is critical habitat?Policy: ESA, HCPs, NCCPsStatus: HCP/NCCP in Santa Clara CountyObjective: Creation & management of habitat reserves
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3. Conserving Biodiversity in WetlandsStatus: Acquisition of 15,000 additional acres - Expand the SF Bay National Wildlife RefugeObjective: Facilitate restoration of salt ponds, maintain flood protection, protect water quality - Comprehensive planning process
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4. General Plans & Specific Area PlansVision: Protected corridors with intense developmentHistory: Modernism + incentives + economics = SprawlPolicies: California General Plan Law, “Smart Growth”Objective: Incorporate vision into General Plans - Reach out to “smart growth” advocates - Plan for designation & acquisition of habitat corridors
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5. Site Development & Drainage Vision: Retrofitted drainage systems protect streamsScience: Imperviousness & effects on streams - Site and drainage design solutionsHistory: Cities’ slow changes in design standardsPolicy: Amended municipal stormwater permitObjective: Assist implementation of permit &
coordinate with other aspects of vision
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6. Assessments, TMDLs, & Discharge Permits Vision: Waters fishable, swimmable, without pollutionHistory: Success in cleaning up wastewater discharges - New issues: Flow diversions, exotic species, nonpointScience: Sources, fate, transport, effects of each pollutantPolicies: Stormwater discharge permit, TMDLsStatus: Site-specific objectives for Cu & Ni - TMDLs for Hg, PCBs, CHCs, diazinon, dioxins/furans - Watch list for trash, pathogens, sediment/siltation,
PBDEs, EDCsObjective: Improve TMDL process, consensus-based
discharge permits
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7. Water Conservation & Recycling Vision: Rely primarily on local sources, maximize
conservation & recycling, balance with other needsHistory: Overpumping, subsidence, dams & diversions,
water imports, salt marsh conversionPolicy: California conservation policy - Central Valley Improvement Act - Flow cap on wastewater dischargeStatus: 10% of wastewater flow is recycledObjective: Use state-mandated Integrated Water Resource
Planning to gauge & focus water conservation & recycling
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A Watershed Plan is All About…A shared vision of the futureCollective discovery and learning
About watershed scienceAbout environmental policy & regulation
Aligning, coordinating & integrating existing environmental protection policies & programsCreating an effective long-term institutionfor adaptive management of watersheds
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Watershed Initiative’s Future RoleFacilitate stakeholder groups
Genuine collaborationFresh technical & policy perspectives
Recommend solutions to policy-makersBring consensus to boards, managers, & funders
Educate and involve the publicDevelop indicatorsIssue reports