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Review of Programs and
Grants re: Water Quality
City of Newport Beach
City Council Study Session
Tuesday, September 11, 2007
What are our issues.)
■ 2 of 34 "Areas of Special Biological
Significance (ASBSs)" statewide are in NB:
❑ Little Corona
❑ Crystal Cove
■ UNB and LNB have 4 complex Total
Maximum Daily Loads (TMDLs), each with
schedules, studies, regulations, costs:
❑ Sediment
❑ Nutrients
❑ Fecal Coliform
❑ Toxic Pollutants
What are our issues (cont'd).)
■ Three areas of LNB do not meet State standards for
bacteria (AB 411)
• 33rd Street
• Old Newport Boulevard
• 38th Street
■ Need for Significant and Extensive Dredging — UNB
and LNB
u Eelgrass
u Funding
■ Renewal & Implementation of next term of 5 -year
NPDES Permit
What Programs Are Underway
• Expanded street sweeping, including daily sweeping in
some areas of town;
• A large -scale catch basin screening program — keeps
trash and debris out of the storm drain system and which
requires manual installation and removal periods
depending on the season;
• A newly- constructed WQ bioswale near one of our last
remaining water problem areas in Newport Bay;
• Better science and education at the new Back Bay
Science Center;
■ A strong sanitary system overflow (SSO) prevention
plan, which includes good investments in our
Wastewater Master Plan, CCTV -ing of our system, and
one of the region's most aggressive hot spot and lift
station cleaning programs;
What Programs are Underway (cont'd)
• Coastal -Bay Water Quality Committee;
• The hiring and cross - training of a staff of 5 within our
Code and Water Quality Enforcement Division.
• Citations for commercial areas and auto - detailers that do
not properly reclaim wash water;
• Last year of sponsoring 5th Grade education program on
water quality w /NHNM;
• Full compliance with our NPDES requirements, including
multiple inspections of various businesses (three OC
cities were fined this year....);
• Supporting two storm drain -to -sewer diversions:
• Newport Dunes
• Pelican Point
What Programs are Underway (cont'd)
■ A large -scale "smart" irrigation controller program
focused on the ASBS watersheds, where residents,
businesses and HOAs receive discounts or free
evapotranspiration ( "ET") controllers;
■ Major restoration projects that incorporate water
quality - protective principles
at Big Canyon Creek, Buck
Newport Beach ASBS);
into the design, including
Gully (drains into the
• A newly- updated General Plan;
• Install /maintain trash booms in and around Newport
Bay, including on -water removal of trash on a routine
basis plus beachside removal following storm events;
• An "adopt -a- beach" program for trash and debris
removal on many of our ocean and bay beaches.
NPDES WQ Enforcement Actions
Countywide
EiTotaI Number of Enforcement Actions
Grant Projects
■ Newport Coast Watershed /ASBSs
• Runoff Reduction Program
• NC Watershed Program (capital projects)
• ASBS —Assessment and Implementation
• Buck Gully — Erosion & WQ Wetlands. Project
• Integrated Regional Watershed Management Plan
(IRWMP) — Phase I and Final IRWMPs
o Harbor Area Management Plan
o UNB Management Plan
o Upstream efforts
Grant Projects (cont'd)
• Big Canyon Creek Restoration Project
• Back Bay Science Center
• Irrigation Improvements
❑ Newport Coast — slopes, medians
• Citywide — parks, medians
• Private property owner program
Other Efforts
• Secure funding for UNB and LNB Dredging
❑ Council Member Daigle's help
❑ Harbor Commission /Harbor Resources Ideas
• Revisiting the 1991 Southern California Eelgrass Mitigation
Policy
• Work with County, upstream partners to renew NPDES Permit
• Work with SWRCB re: Interpretation of the California Ocean Plan
and ASBSs
❑ We don't think there is any way to completely eliminate
pollutants in stormwater — even in dry- weather flows.
❑ Sediment — both a good thing and a "pollutant."
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