Ocean Standards
Areas of Special Biological Significance (ASBS) Natural Water Quality Committee and ASBS Monitoring
This committee was established under State Water Board Resolution 2004-52. The Committee will focus on Scripps’ and other relevant La Jolla data to define natural water quality in the San Diego-Scripps ASBS in La Jolla. The Committee has also agreed that their work should provide guidance for assessing impacts to water quality in any ASBS in the State. The Committee will not make regulatory decisions but will instead provide scientific advice to the Water Boards regarding natural water quality on the coast and in the ASBS, and the observed impacts to water quality and marine aquatic life in ASBS. Regarding the Committee’s scientific questions, three areas of emphasis have been established:
- Are water quality objectives and permit limits being met?
- What are impacts to marine species and communities?
- What would ambient marine water quality be like without waste discharges, and how does effluent impact that water quality?
2010 Committee Meetings
- Final Summation of Findings
- Presentation to the State Water Board September 21, 2010
- Status of California’s Marine Water Quality Protected Areas: Statewide Water Quality Results for ASBS in 2009
| Meeting Date | Agenda | Minutes |
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| August 10, 2010 | ||
| January 12, 2010 | ||
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Draft Meeting Materials for Final Meeting August 10, 2010 |
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2009 Committee Meetings
| Meeting Date | Agenda | Minutes |
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| October 26, 2009 | ||
| August, 25, 2009 | ||
| April 3, 2009 | ||
| January 26, 2009 |
2008 Committee Meetings
| Meeting Date | Agenda | Minutes |
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| November 21, 2008 | ||
| September 2008 | Canceled |
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| June 5, 2008 | ||
| March 19, 2008 |
2007 Committee Meetings
| Meeting Date | Agenda | Minutes |
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| December 10, 2007 | ||
| September 7, 2007 | ||
| July 27, 2007 | ||
| May 7, 2007 | ||
| March 12, 2007 |
- SCCWRP ASBS Workplan
- Assessment of Water Quality During Wet Weather in ASBS, by Ken Schiff
- Results of Pilot Reference Areas Study 2008
- SCCWRP Bight 08 ASBS Quality Assurance
- Southern CA SCCWRP Bight 08 Pilot Study Reference Site Selection
- Central and Northern CA Pilot Study Reference Site Selection
- 2007-2008 Annual Report - ASBS Natural Water Quality Committee
- Approaches to Intertidal Biological Surveys in ASBS, by Dr. Pete Raimondi
- Definition of Natural Water Quality - ASBS Natural Water Quality Committee
- Final 2006-07 Annual Report - ASBS Natural Water Quality Committee
- Pilot Study Winter 2007-08
- ASBS Concept Monitoring Design Draft - December 19, 2007
- SCCWRP Reference Beach Study
- Caltrans ASBS Monitoring Information
- SIO Dilution Study
