ITEM:

CONSENT CALENDAR

 

3.

RECEIVE SEASIDE GROUNDWATER BASIN SALT & NUTRIENT MANAGEMENT PLAN REPORT

 

Meeting Date:

June 23, 2014

Budgeted: 

Yes

 

From:

David J. Stoldt,

Program/

IRWM

 

General Manager

Line Item No.: 

2-6 B

 

Prepared By:

Jon Lear

Cost Estimate:

NA

 

General Counsel Review:  NA

Committee Recommendation:  NA 

CEQA Compliance:  N/A

 

SUMMARY:  A Salt and Nutrient Management Plan (SNMP) has been prepared for the Seaside Groundwater Basin under the 2010 Integrated Regional Water Management (IRWM) planning grant.  The draft Plan is available for review at:

http://www.mpwmd.net/programs/Seaside_Salt_Nutr_Plan_March_31_2014.pdf.  SNMPs are a requirement of the State Water Resources Control Board (SWRCB) per the 2009 Recycled Water Policy and will be a prerequisite for receiving future state grant funding for development of water resources projects in the Seaside Basin.  The Seaside Groundwater Basin SNMP has been developed and coordinated with stakeholders in public discussions through the Seaside Groundwater Basin Watermaster Technical Advisory Committee (TAC).  The purpose of the plan is to (1) identify sources of salts to the groundwater basin, (2) assess if future water use and production patterns will increase or decrease salt loading to the groundwater basin, and (3) create a groundwater monitoring network.

 

RECOMMENDATION:  The Board should receive the draft report and direct staff to incorporate any comments received to date.  The document will then be sent to the Central Coast (RWQCB) for their review and comment.

 

BACKGROUND:  SWRCB Resolution 2009-0011 required that SNMPs be prepared for all groundwater basins by end of 2014 and would be used as a criterion in awarding of future grant funds.  MPWMD began Plan development under the funding of the IRWMP 2010 Planning Grant.  Stakeholder outreach and input was facilitated by the Seaside Basin Watermaster TAC.  The SNMP established basin characteristics, identified existing and foreseeable salt and nutrient sources, completed a salt and nutrient loading analysis, and prescribed a monitoring plan to detect salt and nutrient loading.  The Salt and Nutrient loading analysis concludes there is a net export of salts and nutrients from the basin, thereby not requiring any actionable programs to limit excess loading of salts.

 

The next step following incorporation of comments into the draft is to send the Plan to the Central Coast RWQCB and continue monitoring the Seaside Groundwater Basin.

 

 

 

IMPACT TO STAFF/RESOURCES:  To date, staff impacts have been limited to staff time spent coordinating the Plan’s completion. Cost for Plan development by consultant HydroMetrics ($75,000) is being reimbursed by the Department of Water Resources under the 2010 IRWM Planning grant.

 

EXHIBITS

None

 

 

 

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