The Southern California Stormwater Monitoring Coalition has begun designing the next five-year cycle of its stream monitoring program to include a regional evaluation of the effectiveness of stormwater BMPs (best … More
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Report outlines strategy for protecting coastal wetlands
Coastal resources managers have an opportunity to increase the total size of Southern California’s coastal wetlands in the coming decades even as rising sea levels permanently submerge existing wetland areas, … More
Science workshop to jump-start planning for microplastics monitoring in California
Leading international experts on aquatic microplastic pollution will convene at SCCWRP this spring to begin exploring how California could monitor microplastic particles in drinking water and the coastal ocean, a … More
New modeling tool to help speed up causal assessment work
SCCWRP and its partners have developed a statistical modeling tool for conducting causal assessments that could help shave a year or more off the time required to narrow down potential … More
Puget Sound study shows coastal estuaries could be impacted by acidification
SCCWRP and its partners have shown in a set of preliminary analyses of Washington’s Puget Sound that coastal estuary environments have the potential to be impacted by ocean acidification (OA) … More
Study examining extrapolation limits of bioassessment scores in engineered channels
SCCWRP and its partners have launched a study exploring the spatial extent to which ecological condition scores calculated for sites in engineered and modified channels may be extrapolated to upstream … More
SCCWRP participating in EPA study on how green infrastructure influences stream water quality
SCCWRP has been asked to participate in a national study by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Office of Research and Development evaluating whether low impact development (LID) solutions for improving … More
Effort launched to develop statewide monitoring strategy for freshwater HABs
SCCWRP and its partners have kicked off an effort to develop a statewide strategy California’s water-quality management community could use to systematically assess water bodies’ susceptibility to HABs. The initiative, … More
Expert panel reviewing science tools for proposed stream biointegrity-biostimulatory policy
A panel of scientific experts has launched a comprehensive review of a suite of technical products co-authored by SCCWRP that are intended to support the State Water Board in developing … More
Modeling run underway to predict acidification’s impacts in Bight
SCCWRP and its partners have begun running a computationally intensive, high-resolution computer model that predicts how the Southern California Bight will be affected by ocean acidification and hypoxia (OAH). The … More