| Watershed Analysis and Sediment
Management Practices Assessment in the Stevens Creek Watershed
In
accordance with Permit Provision C.9.f.iii paragraph 2, the
Program developed a Work
Plan for Conducting Watershed Analysis and Management Practice
Assessment in Other Creeks Potentially Impaired by Sediment
from Anthropogenic Activities. The Work Plan identifies
a two-phased approach to assess watersheds previously identified
as high priority for watershed analysis due to the potential
for anthropogenic sediment impairment. Phase 1 entails completing
Tasks 1 through 3 of the Work Plan. Task 1 involved the preparation
of the document entitled Stevens
Creek Limiting Factors Analysis Technical Report. To satisfy
Task 2, Program staff prepared the document entitled Sediment
Management Practice Assessment Report. To complete Task
3, the Watershed Analysis AHTG will evaluate the results of
the Limit Factors Analysis and develop recommendations to the
Management Committee.
Other Sediment Documents
Other documents developed to satisfy
Permit Provision C.9.f include the Sediment
Management Plan for San Francisquito Creek and the Identification
of Creeks Potentially Impaired by Sediment from Anthrogenic
Activities.
San Francisquito Creek Sediment
TMDL
In response to a listing of impairment
by sediment under section 303(d) of the Clean Water Act and
a need to provide information for a Total Maximum Daily Load
(TMDL) assessment, two separate projects have been developed.
These projects are the San Francisquito Creek Watershed Analysis
and Sediment Reduction Plan (Plan), administered by the San
Francisquito Creek Joint Powers Authority (JPA); and the Aquatic
Habitat Assessment and Limiting Factors Analysis, managed by
the Santa Clara Valley Water District (SCVWD). The Plan fulfills
Permit Provisions C.9.f.i and C.9.f.ii of the Program's NPDES
permit.
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