NBWA Projects UpdateNovember ,2009

I Ongoing Projects-Progress

II New-Adapting to Climate Change: “State of the Science” for North Bay Watersheds

III Other Updates/ Accomplishments

Ongoing1) High School Pollution Prevention Pilot

program

2) Laterals-Marin WWT managers

3) Fish Monitoring-CEMAR

4) Performance Measures/ Indicators-SFEI, SEC, TBI

5) Water Conservation- SCWA

6) Fact Sheet-TBI, SEC

High School Pollution Prevention Pilot Expansion

*Original proposal in 2006-2007 budget

-$10k for Napa

$3,126 spent(Napa-$1,987,CMSA-$1,139)

*Expansion put in 2008-2009 budget- $10k for Marin, Napa, and Sonoma County

NBWA Board Briefing - July 10, 2009

-Sonoma and Marin have dropped out

Napa– awaiting SOW –estimate- $3005

*Lessons Learned ??

Laterals-Marin WWT managers*Original approval of $12.5 k NBWA funds in 2007-

2008 budget as 10% of $125 K – Remainder- Marin WWT managers group– Contracts signed March 2008

Larson -$20k, Rauch- $70k

*NBWA Board Briefing - September 11, 2009

-On NBWA web site

*Contract Amendments- October 2009

Larson-+15,134, Rauch-+$46,730

Extension to February 28, 2010

Fish Monitoring-CEMAR*Originally in 2007-2008 budget--$50k

for Watershed awareness

*CEMAR proposal approved by Board in December 2007 for $35k

• Contract signed –March 2008• Scoping document –November 2008• NBWA Board briefing – January 2009• Contract extension –Sep. 09( to June 2010)• Waiting for Draft Report (spent ~ $23k)• NBWA Board Briefing- December 2009

Performance Measures/ Indicators• Approved by Board in May 2008-$43k

– Lead-SFEI, with SEC, TBI-Contract signed with SFEI in November 2008

• 1st workgroup meeting-December 2008• NBWA Board briefing-April 2009• Habitat /Floodplain Updates• Watershed Council

• June 25- approach

• October 7-Draft Report

Final report- November 2009

Water Conservation

• Approved by NBWA Board in May 2008– $25k-SCWA lead

• Contract signed January 2009

• June 3, 2009-Progress presented at Integrated Water Resources Technical Committee Meeting

Fact Sheet*Approved by NBWA Board in May 2008

Lead-TBI, SEC-$12.5 k

*SOW developed at Habitat/Floodplain meetings- May 18 and August 11,2008,January 6, 2009, February 24 (approved)

Contract signed May 2009Progress reviewed at Habitat/Floodplain

meetings- May 26, June 30, Sep. 28,Draft-??

Other Updates/ Accomplishments• “Signs” Project

• STRAW Project

• Video-”Saving the Bay”

• SW and WWT Workshop

• Policy

• EPA-SFEP Funding?

Completed Projects• “Signs” Project - $15k – ($5k to Marin Napa , Sonoma)

Update at October 7, Watershed Council meeting- $ leveraged, some press coverage

• STRAW Project-Students and Teachers Restoring A Watershed -Approved by NBWA Board in September 2008 for $15k -Contract signed January 2009 with TBI-Project completed early 2009-Press release drafted

Other• Video-”Saving the Bay”- First briefing- December 2005

– Funded at $5 k total from NBWA in June 2007MMWD-$5k and SCWA $10k

– Shown on PBS October 1 and 8, 2009– Credit in opening

• SW and WWT Workshop– $2k to support June 23 , 2009 Workshop– Funded $1,800– Follow up through Water Quality Technical

Committee

Other• Policy

– NBWA Board Briefing on-Promoting Multi-Benefit Water Projects in the North Bay Watershed Association Region –SEC- July 2007

-NBWA “endorsed” Policy on Integrated Projects on October , 2008

-NMWD adopted policy-Integrated / Multi-Benefit Water Resource Projects -11/4/2008-??

• EPA-SFEP Funding???NBWA requested $1.5 million for Marin,

Napa, and Sonoma

NBWA 2010 Conference• Date and Location

• Theme

• Speakers

• Cost

• Sponsors

Date- April 9, 2010• Location-Sheraton, Petaluma-contract

signed

Theme- “Greening Our Water Infrastructure”• 3 Panels-Watersheds and Green Infrastructure- Recycling Advancements- Water Supply InnovationsKeynotes

*Jared Huffman*Frances Spivy-Weber, Vice Chair, SWRCB

Watersheds and Green Infrastructure

Alexis Strauss, EPA Water Division Director• Green to Blue: how EPA programs, policies and funding drive

infrastructure and watershed improvement

Brock Dolman-OAEC• Basins of Relations: How do you Think Like a Watershed?

Josiah Cain-Design Ecology• ??Ecological Designs and Site Technology

– Rosey Jencks, SFPUC Urban Watershed Management

* San Francisco's Stormwater Program

Kit Crump- NOAA• ??What is the role of water in salmonid recovery

Recycling Advancements

Chuck Weir-NBWRAAre there Advantages to a Regional Approach to Recycling?

Mike Ban- Petaluma?? Case Study on Recycling

Heather Shepherd,??Permitted Greywater Systems

Christina Bertea, Greywater Action??Grassroots Greywater (unpermitted)

Water Supply InnovationsPaul Helliker – MMWD

Is Desalination in our Future?

Pam Jeane, SCWA

?? Habitat Restoration and Water Delivery

Jay Jasperse, SCWA??Groundwater Management

Chris Brown, CUWCC??What is the Cutting edge for Conservation?

Costs

• $80 $70 before January 31, 2010

• Watershed Council-$40

• Wine Tasting- 3:15-4:15 pm

Benziger Family Winery

Sponsors• DWR-$2500

• SCWA- $2500

• Winzler & Kelly- $2500

• County of Marin- $1500

• SCC-$1000

• SFEP- $500

Saving The Bay