Kern Storm Water Resource Plan
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Kern Storm Water Resource Plan Kern County, California Report prepared by: December 2016 Kern Storm Water Resource Plan Kern County, California December 2016 Prepared by: Provost & Pritchard Consulting Group 1800 30th Street, Suite 280, Bakersfield, California 93301 COPYRIGHT 2016 by PROVOST & PRITCHARD CONSULTING GROUP ALL RIGHTS RESERVED Provost & Pritchard Consulting Group expressly reserves its common law copyright and other applicable property rights to this document. 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Report Prepared by: Provost & Pritchard Consulting Group Jeff Eklund, PE Len Marino, PE Mike Day, PE Gretchen Heisdorf, PE Hilary Reinhard, PE Trilby Barton Cheryl Hunter Contact: Jeff Eklund, PE Telephone: (661) 616-5900 G:\Buena Vista WSD-1048\104816001-Kern Storm Water Resource Plan\_DOCS\Reports\1215-2016 Kern SWRP Final.docx Kern Storm Water Resource Plan Table of Contents List of Tables ..................................................................................................................................................... iv List of Figures .................................................................................................................................................... iv Abbreviations ..................................................................................................................................................... v Executive Summary .................................................................................................................................... ES-1 1 Introduction ........................................................................................................................................... 1-1 1.1 Background .................................................................................................................................. 1-1 1.2 Purpose and Need ....................................................................................................................... 1-1 1.3 Goals and Objectives .................................................................................................................. 1-2 2 Watershed Identification ...................................................................................................................... 2-1 2.1 Watershed Boundaries ................................................................................................................ 2-2 2.2 Internal Boundaries/Neighboring Watersheds not included in the Plan ........................... 2-2 2.3 Water Quality Priorities .............................................................................................................. 2-3 2.4 Surface and Groundwater Resources ....................................................................................... 2-4 2.5 Local Water Suppliers ................................................................................................................. 2-4 2.6 Native Habitat, Water Bodies, and Open Space..................................................................... 2-1 2.7 Natural Watershed Process Interruptions ............................................................................... 2-3 3 Compliance with Water Quality Standards ....................................................................................... 3-1 3.1 Compliance Requirements for Plan Implementation ............................................................ 3-1 3.1.1 CEQA Compliance ........................................................................................................ 3-2 3.1.2 California Health and Safety Code .............................................................................. 3-3 3.1.3 Water Rights ................................................................................................................... 3-4 3.1.4 Local Water Quality ....................................................................................................... 3-5 3.2 Proposed Modification(s) of an Existing Stream Bed or Channel ...................................... 3-7 3.3 Monitoring Plan Requirements ................................................................................................. 3-7 3.3.1 Data Collection ............................................................................................................... 3-7 3.3.2 Integration into Existing Monitoring Efforts ............................................................ 3-8 3.3.3 Multiple Separate Storm Sewer System (MS4) Projects ........................................... 3-9 4 Organization, Coordination and Collaboration................................................................................ 4-1 4.1 Introduction and Overview ....................................................................................................... 4-1 4.2 Regional Water Management Groups Implementing Existing IRWM Plans .................... 4-1 4.2.1 Overview of Kern IRWMP .......................................................................................... 4-1 Provost & Pritchard Consulting Group • December 2016 i Kern Storm Water Resource Plan 4.2.2 Overview of Poso Creek IRWMP ............................................................................... 4-1 4.3 Stakeholder Agencies that Participated in Plan Development ............................................. 4-2 4.3.1 Stakeholder Agencies ..................................................................................................... 4-2 4.4 Nonprofit Organizations ........................................................................................................... 4-4 4.5 Public Engagement/Communication Plan and Coordination ............................................. 4-4 4.5.1 Overview of Public Engagement/Communication Plan ......................................... 4-4 4.5.2 Public Meetings during Plan Development................................................................ 4-5 4.6 Local, State, Federal Decisions, Code Changes or Legislations Needed for Plan Implementation ........................................................................................................................... 4-7 4.6.1 Local, State and Federal Decisions, Code Changes or Legislations ....................... 4-7 4.6.2 Federal, State or Local Agency Interaction for Permitting and Environmental Processes .............................................................................................. 4-8 4.7 Planning and Coordination among Existing Local Government Agencies for Plan Implementation ......................................................................................................................... 4-10 4.8 Relationship of Plan with Other Existing Planning Documents ....................................... 4-10 4.8.1 Projects within the Kern Region & Relationship with Existing IRWMP Documents .................................................................................... 4-10 4.8.2 DAC Studies within Kern Region ............................................................................. 4-11 4.8.3 Other Existing Planning Documents, Ordinances and Programs ........................ 4-13 5 Identification and Prioritization of Projects ..................................................................................... 5-1 5.1 Introduction ................................................................................................................................. 5-1 5.2 Project Submittal Form – Purpose and Use ........................................................................... 5-1 5.3 Project List Unranked – Side-by-Side Comparison of Submitted Projects ........................ 5-2 5.4 Project Scoring Form – Description of Scoring Methodology ............................................ 5-8 5.4.1 Main and Additional Benefits Scoring ........................................................................ 5-8 5.4.2 Project Readiness Scoring ............................................................................................. 5-9 5.5 Prioritized List of Projects ....................................................................................................... 5-10 5.6 Process for Submitting New or Modifying Existing Project Proposals ............................ 5-13 5.6.1 New Project Proposals ................................................................................................ 5-13 5.6.2 Modifications or Revisions to Existing Project Proposals ..................................... 5-13 6 Implementation Strategy and Schedule ............................................................................................. 6-1 6.1 Resources for Plan Implementation ......................................................................................... 6-1 6.1.1 Project Funding .............................................................................................................. 6-1 6.2 Implementation ..........................................................................................................................