The Southern California Stormwater Monitoring Coalition (SMC) has begun planning for the fourth cycle of its Regional Watershed Monitoring Program – a five-year stream survey that is expected to focus … More
Articles by: Emily Lau
Method developed to measure street sweeping’s effectiveness
SCCWRP and its partners have developed a novel method for quantifying the effectiveness of routine street sweeping in removing contaminants that would otherwise enter storm drains and contribute to runoff … More
Effort launched to expand, formalize HABs monitoring in coastal waters
SCCWRP and its partners are launching an effort to expand and formalize Southern California’s capacity to collect monitoring data on toxin-producing harmful algal blooms (HABs) in coastal waters – an … More
Modeling phase launched in effort to open ‘black box’ of BMP mechanistic processes
SCCWRP and its partners have begun working to model the mechanistic inner processes by which a ubiquitous class of stormwater BMPs known as biofiltration systems removes pollutants from runoff – … More
Bight ’23 regional survey assessing ecological health of eelgrass beds for first time
The Southern California Bight 2023 Regional Monitoring Program has completed field sampling for a first-of-its-kind multiagency survey evaluating the health of the region’s eelgrass beds based on their ecological functioning … More
Trainings completed to support release of tools for assessing stream flow duration
SCCWRP and its partners have completed a pair of field trainings to support the upcoming release of final versions of stream flow classification tools designed to help watershed managers determine … More
L.A. River named first ecohydrology demo site in the U.S. by UNESCO
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has recognized a SCCWRP-led flow ecology study in the Los Angeles River as one of the world’s 51 ecohydrology demonstration sites … More
Modeling runs probe relative influence of U.S. vs. Mexican nutrient discharges on coastal algal blooms, OAH
A research team that has been modeling how land-based nutrient discharges into Southern California Bight coastal waters influence algal blooms and ocean acidification and hypoxia (OAH) has completed a set … More
Best practices developed to advance use of satellite imagery for inland HABs monitoring
SCCWRP and its partners have developed best-practices guidance for using satellite imagery data as a routine management tool to detect and monitor harmful algal blooms (HABs) in California’s large lakes … More
Lab experiments completed for study examining multi-stressor effects of changing ocean conditions on Dungeness crab
SCCWRP and its partners have finished a set of laboratory experiments evaluating how Dungeness crab are affected by the combined effects of low dissolved oxygen levels, ocean acidification and warming … More