OWOW 1.0 Status of OWOW 2.0 Suggested OWOW 1.0 Addressing Implementation Challenge Challenge Activities Regulatory barriers Work to overcome Stakeholders Regulators and make it difficult to regulatory barriers continue to discuss stakeholders should develop regional BMPs methods/options to address regulatory barriers to manage municipal addressing regulatory in next phase of MS4 stormwater discharges barriers. permits scheduled for adoption in 2014. Permits should allow for regional BMPs as co-equal to infiltration, harvest & reuse, and biotreatment BMPs. Assign watershed stakeholder task force to develop these options. Fecal bacterial Conduct research Middle Santa Ana Continue work of the contamination in River (MSAR) TMDL MSAR TMDL Task Force Assess health stormwater remains a Task Force impacts from human problem completed vs. nonhuman development and sources & implementation of relationship between Comprehensive fecal indicators and Bacteria Reduction health risks Plans for Counties of Develop sanitary Riverside and San survey criteria to Bernardino. assess urban and non-urban environments Floatable debris in Financial incentives Control of floatable Continue efforts to stormwater hard to to develop outreach debris continues to address floatable debris control & source control be a problem in the and trash in stormwater programs watershed. Apportion funding from Develop & future stormwater funding implement trash and and grant programs. litter control municipal ordinances Coordinate with the State Board’s Marine Debris Steering Committee
OWOW 1.0 Challenge OWOW 1.0 Status of Addressing Challenge OWOW 2.0 Suggested Implementation Activities Regulatory barriers make it difficult to develop regional BMPs to manage municipal stormwater discharges Work to overcome regulatory barriers Stakeholders continue to discuss methods/options to addressing regulatory barriers. Regulators and stakeholders should address regulatory barriers in next phase of MS4 permits scheduled for adoption in 2014. Permits should allow for regional BMPs as co-equal to infiltration, harvest & reuse, and biotreatment BMPs. Assign watershed stakeholder task force to develop these options. Fecal bacterial contamination in stormwater remains a problem Conduct research Assess health impacts from human vs. nonhuman sources & relationship between fecal indicators and health risks Develop sanitary survey criteria to assess urban and non-urban environments Middle Santa Ana River (MSAR) TMDL Task Force completed development and implementation of Comprehensive Bacteria Reduction Plans for Counties of Riverside and San Bernardino. Continue work of the MSAR TMDL Task Force Floatable debris in stormwater hard to control Financial incentives to develop outreach & source control programs Develop & implement trash and litter control municipal ordinances Coordinate with the State Board’s Marine Debris Steering Committee Control of floatable debris continues to be a problem in the watershed. Continue efforts to address floatable debris and trash in stormwater Apportion funding from future stormwater funding and grant programs.