Available
Watershed Data
Numerous organizations and agencies collect data in the watershed,
some going back well over 20 years. Water quality data is of particular
importance due to its effect on human, plant, animal and overall
system health. The Las Virgenes Municipal Water District, Heal the
Bay, the Resource Conservation District, the City of Calabasas and
many other agencies have collected data in the watershed over the
years. Current watershed-wide efforts can be tracked via the Monitoring
Table. In 1999, the Monitoring Subcommittee of
the Malibu Creek Watershed Council, recognizing the potential
for overlap and duplication, created the Draft Malibu Creek watershed-wide
monitoring program. The program calls for coordinated, uniform water
quality testing at sites throughout the watershed. After one year
of baseline testing and analysis, testing will be focused at "hot
spots" of chronically high levels of pollution. Hot spot testing
will help isolate sources of pollution and will eventually result
in project and program ideas aimed at reducing non-point source pollution.
The goal is make the best use of limited pollution prevention funds
to restore and protect the coastal waters, streams, and lakes of
the Malibu Creek watershed. This program recently received Prop 13
grant funding, and expects to begin monitoring by the summer of 2004.
Request for Statement of Qualifications for the Monitoring Coordinator
position are available and can be obtained by contacting Robin Hull
at (818) 878-4242 ext.306 or rhull@cityofcalabasas.com. Parties interested
in the Monitoring Coordinator Position should read the Grant
Scope of Work and note that applications are due by April 2, 2004. Keep
on eye on this site for program updates or contact the Monitoring
Subcommittee chair
for further information.
In
creating its new Total Maximum Daily Loads (TMDL) regulations,
the State Water Resources Control Board - Los Angeles region has
been
consolidating existing water quality data as well as conducting
their own studies. To learn more about planned TMDLs and updates
to the
impaired waterbodies (303(d)) listings, visit the Region
4 State Water Board's website. Malibu Creek regulations are
broken down by various waterbodies, listed alphabetically. For
a visual picture
of waterbody impairments, check out the Malibu
Creek Watershed impaired waterbodies map.
For data collected through Heal the Bay's citizen monitoring program,
check out their interactive Stream
Team site.
For information on watershed studies conducted over the last 10
years, click here.
