Baseline Report

Effectiveness Assessment Baseline Report: Existing Practices and User Needs

The Effectiveness Assessment Baseline Report provides a foundation for this web portal, and is a product of the State Water Resources Control Board’s Proposition 84 stormwater grant; the report includes the following:

  • Summary of existing California Phase I and Phase II stormwater permit requirements
  • Summary of current assessment practices (effectiveness assessment approaches, metrics, and methods)
  • Survey of assessment needs and opportunities
  • Materials review and compilation (completed assessments, regulatory resources, and stormwater-related research and literature)

Complete Baseline Report (PDF) (Aug 2014)

Appendix A: Permit Review Matrix

Statewide

2013-0001-DWQ (PDF)
2012-0011-DWQ (PDF)

Region 1: North Coast

R1-2009-0050 (PDF)

Region 2: San Francisco Bay

R2 – 2009-0074 (PDF)

Region 3: Central Coast

R3-2012-0005 (PDF)

Region 4: Los Angeles

R4-99-060 (PDF)
R4-2012-0175 (PDF)
R4-2010-0108 (PDF)

Region 5: Central Valley

R5-2008-0142 (PDF)
R5-2010-0102 (PDF)
R5-2008-0092 (PDF)
R5-2007-0173 (PDF)
R5-2011-0005 (PDF)
R5-2013-0153 (PDF)
R5-2013-0080 (PDF)

Region 6: Lahontan

R6-2011-0101 (PDF)

Region 7: Colorado River

R7-2013-0011 (PDF)

Region 8: Santa Ana

R8-2010-0036 (PDF)
R8-2009-0030 (PDF)
R8-2010-0033 (PDF)

Region 9: San Diego

R9-2009-0002 (PDF)
R9-2010-0016 (PDF)
R9-2013-0001 (PDF)

Appendix F: List of Resources

Complete Appendix F (DOCX) (Jan 2015)

Stormwater Program Documents (SP): Tables F-1, F-2, F-3

Annual Reports (Table F-1: SP-01 – SP-23)

Monitoring Reports (Table F-2: SP-24 – SP-29)
SP-27 – Effectiveness Evaluation of BMPs for Stormwater Management in Portland, Oregon (PDF) (Sep 2006)

Long-Term Effectiveness Assessment and Guidance Documents (Table F-3)

SP-32 – Pollutant Load Reduction Model (PLRM) User’s Manual – El Dorado County (PDF) (Dec 2009)

SP-33 – Long-Term Effectiveness Assessment Strategy – Fresno Metropolitan Flood Control District (PDF) (Nov 2013)

SP-34 – Report of Waste Discharge and Long-Term Effectiveness Assessment – County of Sacramento (PDF) (Mar 2013)

SP-35: Long-Term Effectiveness Assessment – San Diego County Copermittees (PDF) (Jun 2011)

Regulatory Resources (REG): Table F-4

REG-01 – Guidance for Assessing the Effectiveness of Municipal Storm Water Programs and Permits (PDF) – SWRCB (2011)
REG-02 – Evaluating the Effectiveness of Municipal Stormwater Programs (PDF) – USEPA (Jan 2008)
REG-03 – Measurable Goals Guidance for Phase II Small MS4s (PDF) – USEPA
REG-04 – Urban Stormwater BMP Performance Monitoring (PDF) – USEPA (Oct 2009)
REG-05 – MS4 Program Evaluation Guidance (PDF) – USEPA (Jan 2007)

Research and Literature (RL): Table F-5

RL-01 – A California Perspective on the Assessment of Municipal Stormwater Programs:Methods and Activities to Gauge Effectiveness and Make Improvements (PDF) (Sep 2010)
RL-02 – An Introduction to Stormwater Program Effectiveness Assessment (PDF) – CASQA (Aug 2005)
RL-04 – Stormwater Program Effectiveness Assessment Survey Summary Report (PDF) – CASQA (Jul 2005)
RL-06 – An Introduction to Stormwater Indicators – Center for Watershed Protection (PDF) (2000)
RL-07 – Monitoring to Demonstrate Environmental Results – Center for Watershed Protection (PDF) (Aug 2008)

RL-08 – Watershed Treatment Model – Center for Watershed Protection (2013):

RL-09 – Assessment of Stormwater BMP Cost Effectiveness (PDF) (Feb 2011)
RL-11 – Controlling Pollution at Its Source: Wastewater and Stormwater Demonstration Projects (PDF) – Water Environmental Research Foundation (WERF) (2001)
RL-12 – Tools to Measure Source Control Program Effectiveness (PDF) – Water Environmental Research Foundation (WERF) (2000)