Storm Water Resource Plans

Storm Water Resource Plan for the Greater Monterey County IRWM Region

On July 17, 2019, at a regularly scheduled Regional Water Management Group (RWMG) meeting that was open to the public, the Greater Monterey County RWMG voted to approve the Greater Monterey County Storm Water Resource Plan (SWRP). The SWRP has been incorporated into the IRWM Plan as an appendix.

The SWRP is intended to be a living document. The Plan is updated as new projects are added. Click on the links below to download the most current Greater Monterey County SWRP and SWRP appendices:

Background: In March 2017, the Greater Monterey County Regional Water Management Group was awarded $469,305 in Proposition 1 Storm Water Planning Grant funds from the State Water Resources Control Board to develop a Storm Water Resource Plan for the Greater Monterey County IRWM Region. The project provided an additional $477,244 in matching funds.

Prior to the passage of Proposition 1 in November 2014, the California Legislature adopted SB 985 (Stormwater Resource Planning Act). SB 985 requires the development of a Storm Water Resource Plan as a condition of receiving funds for storm water and dry weather runoff capture projects from any bond approved by voters after January 2014. The plan must be watershed-based.

Storm water planning and management on a watershed basis involves collaboration of local governments, utilities, and other stakeholder groups to analyze the hydrology, storm drain/runoff conveyances systems, opportunity sites, and other habitat or community needs within sub-watersheds. The Stormwater Management Planning Act focuses on diverting runoff from existing storm drains, channels, or conveyance structures to sites (particularly publicly owned sites) that can clean, store, infiltrate and/or use the runoff.

The Greater Monterey County SWRP describes and evaluates 19 storm water management projects designed to benefit water quality, water supply, flood control, wetland and riparian habitat, and local communities. The plan evaluates individual project benefits and the cumulative benefits of implementing multiple projects in regional watersheds. Coordinated storm water management, monitoring, and evaluation on a watershed basis minimizes monitoring costs and maximizes the value of monitoring results across programs intended to protect beneficial uses.

Greater Salinas Area Storm Water Resource Plan

The City of Salinas and Monterey Regional Water Pollution Control Agency completed a Storm Water Resource Plan for a targeted planning area surrounding the City of Salinas. The plan was developed by Kennedy/Jenks Consultants and completed in February 2017. Click below to download the plan:

The Greater Salinas Area Storm Water Resource Plan was approved by the Greater Monterey County Regional Water Management Group at a regularly scheduled Regional Water Management Group meeting on February 15, 2017, and is incorporated into the IRWM Plan as an appendix.