NSMP Library
This section contains all final NSMP work
products and other information relevant to the NSMP. Check back
often as new final work products will be added periodically.
NPDES Permit and NSMP Work Plan
-
Order
No. R8-2004-0021 - the NPDES permit issued by the Santa Ana
Regional Water Quality Control Board for the Newport Bay watershed
-
NSMP Work
Plan - the description of the specific activities that
will be conducted by the NSMP Working Group to comply with
Order No. R8-2004-0021.
Quick Start BMP Evaluation
-
Quick
Start BMP Evaluation - an initial short-duration study
conducted in mid-2005 to evaluate a potential selenium treatment
method.
- Volume
Reducing BMP Fact Sheets -
guidance developed by the Working Group and Orange County NPDES
copermittees to help dischargers evaluate methods for reducing
the volume of extracted groundwater discharges to surface waters.
Task 1 Design and Implement Complementary Monitoring Plan
-
Task 1.1: Summary
of Data Resources - Nov. 1, 2005 - a
listing of relevant studies and reports
- Task 1.1: Identification
of Data Gaps for Selenium - March 23, 2006 - A summary of
gaps in available selenium data for the watershed to provide
the basis for development of field sampling plans to fill these
data gaps.
- Task 1.1: Conceptual
Model for Nitrogen - May 9, 2006 - a guide for structuring
hypothesis development, monitoring efforts, data interpretation
and nitrogen-related management decisions.
- Task 1.1: Conceptual
Model for Selenium - May 15, 2006 - a guide for structuring
hypothesis development, monitoring efforts, data interpretation
and selenium-related management decisions.
- Task 1.2: Selenium
Sources in the Newport Bay Watershed, June 26, 2006. A summary
of sources of selenium in the Newport Bay watershed, including
analyses of the ranges of concentrations and loads for each
source.
- Task 1.3: Summary
of Monitoring DataResults and Interim Report on Bioavailability
and Effects of Selenium - December 11, 2006
- Task 1.4: Indicators
for Detecting Algae-Related Aquatic Life Use Impairments in
the Newport Bay Watershed and Newport Bay, May 14, 2007
- Task 1.4: Relationships Between Nutrients and Algae in Newport Bay and the Newport Bay Watershed - October 15, 2007
- Task 1.4.1: Results
of Algal Survey in the Newport Bay Watershed, May 30, 2007
- Task 1.5: Multiple
Lines of Evidence Approach to BMP Implementation Draft Report - April 12, 2007.
- Task 1.6: A
Comparison of Methods for Measuring Total Selenium and Selenium
Species in Water, Final Report, May 8, 2006.
Task 2 Develop and Evaluate BMPs and Treatment Technologies
Task 3 Develop Offset, Trading or Mitigation Program
Task 4 Evaluate Nutrient TMDL
Task 5 Develop Site Specific Objective (SSO) for Selenium
NWRI Independent Advisory Panel
|