SCCWRP and its partners have developed a management framework intended to bring technical rigor and consistency to the process of evaluating when it is appropriate to allow conversion of a … More
Articles by: Taylor Price
Bight ’18 study shows how bioanalytical screening can be used to monitor sediment contamination
SCCWRP and its partners have completed a three-year effort to demonstrate how bioanalytical screening technology can be incorporated into the Southern California Bight 2018 Regional Monitoring Program to help track … More
SMC develops workplan for regional BMP performance monitoring network
The Southern California Stormwater Monitoring Coalition (SMC) has developed a detailed workplan for how it will build a new regional monitoring network to investigate the performance of a wide variety … More
Performance effectiveness of two non-structural BMPs to be quantified through SMC study
The Southern California Stormwater Monitoring Coalition (SMC) has decided to quantify the performance effectiveness of two types of non-structural stormwater BMPs (best management practices) – part of a renewed focus … More
Data collection underway to quantify benefits of replacing turf with drought-tolerant landscaping
SCCWRP and the County of San Diego have begun the data collection phase for a study seeking to measure how much irrigation-induced runoff is eliminated when residential turf grass is … More
Bight ’18 publishes synthesis report summarizing Sediment Quality studies
The Southern California Bight 2018 Regional Monitoring Program (Bight ’18) has published its final assessment report summarizing how sediment contamination in Southern California has impacted the overall health of coastal … More
SMC completes intercalibration for stream monitoring program after 2-year hiatus
The Southern California Stormwater Monitoring Coalition (SMC) has completed an in-person field intercalibration exercise for its Regional Watershed Monitoring Program that demonstrated that program participants have been able to maintain … More
Standardized microplastics monitoring methods introduced to accreditation agencies
SCCWRP hosted a three-day workshop in April to introduce laboratory accreditation agencies to California’s newly developed draft methods for measuring microplastics in drinking water, including how to evaluate laboratories for … More
SCCWRP helps establish basis for microplastics management
A series of international SCCWRP-facilitated scientific studies and workshops over the past year examining how to better monitor and understand microplastics contamination is helping to form the scientific foundation for … More
Stormwater drainage conference helps connect SCCWRP to researchers worldwide
SCCWRP hosted an international engineering conference focused on improving modeling of urban stormwater drainage systems over a three-day period in January that attracted 146 researchers and practitioners – more than … More