Southern California researchers working to optimize the ability of bioretention planters to treat stormwater runoff have launched a two-year project with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Office of Research and … More
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Wastewater samples collected from 9 local POTWs to build national COVID-19 surveillance system
SCCWRP and its partners have collected and preserved wastewater influent samples from nine Southern California treatment plants over the past four months for a national study investigating how wastewater influent … More
Effluent sampling completed for study examining dispersal patterns of wastewater plume
SCCWRP and the Orange County Sanitation District (OCSD) have completed a comprehensive round of in-plant effluent sampling for a three-year study exploring how the dilution and mixing patterns of OCSD’s … More
Ocean’s ‘breathability’ for anchovies being used to track impacts of climate change
A research team that includes SCCWRP has found that populations of Northern Anchovy fish rise and fall in predictable ways in response to how “breathable” the ocean water is for … More
Stream flow classification tool receives preliminary endorsement, to be rolled out across U.S. Southwest
A new tool that can rapidly distinguish among perennial, intermittent and ephemeral streams in the U.S. Southwest has received preliminary endorsement from a technical steering committee, paving the way for … More
Study probing how to apply bioassessment tools to modified channels statewide
SCCWRP has launched a three-year effort to explore when and how bioassessment scoring tools should be used to evaluate the health of California streams that have been modified through channel … More
New passive sampling approach developed to measure cyanotoxins in freshwater systems
SCCWRP and its partners have shown in a proof-of-concept study that a newer, more experimental form of passive sampling technology known as o-DGT can be used reliably to measure levels … More
Three-tiered framework developed for assessing health of seagrass beds
SCCWRP has developed a three-tiered framework incorporating bioassessment methods to help environmental managers across coastal California comprehensively evaluate the health of eelgrass and other types of submerged aquatic vegetation (SAV). … More
Statewide HABs early-warning system being developed
SCCWRP and its partners have launched a two-year pilot study to develop a statewide early-warning system for coastal harmful algal blooms (HABs) that relies on autonomous microscopes to alert water-quality … More
SMC study suggests not all strategies to protect health of erosion-prone streams created equal
The Southern California Stormwater Monitoring Coalition (SMC) has completed an analysis shedding light on whether next-generation management strategies for reducing erosion risk in streams could be more effective at protecting … More