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California Stormwater
Quality Association
P.O. Box 2105
Menlo Park, CA 94026-2105
Phone: (650) 366-1042
E-mail: info@casqa.org
California Stormwater
Quality Association
P.O. Box 2105
Menlo Park, CA 94026-2105
Phone: (650) 366-1042
E-mail: info@casqa.org
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CASQA Bi-Weekly Update: Week of March 1, 2010
In this Update:
1. Upcoming CASQA Committee / Subcommittee meetings / conference calls – The following Committee and Subcommittee meetings / calls are planned for the next 2 weeks: ... Read more
2. CASQA comments on pesticides registrations and EPA National Stormwater Rulemaking – CASQA has submitted the following comments and testimony over the first two months of the year. Copies of CASQA comment letters are available ... Read more
3. Federal stimulus funds help keep El Cerrito green – (Source: Bay Area News Group) The drainage pipe was situated in the curb on one side of the parking lot at El Cerrito's City Hall. The rainwater spilled out on the asphalt and meandered its way across to another curb with a small cutout. There, the water flowed into ... Read more
4. EPA releases tool for improving water quality at the site, neighborhood, and municipal scales – (Source: EPA) EPA is releasing a first-of-its-kind Water Quality Scorecard that will help communities in rural, suburban and urban settings incorporate green infrastructure practices to ... Read more
* CASQA provides Bi-weekly Updates as a benefit to its membership.
In this Update:
1. Upcoming CASQA Committee / Subcommittee meetings / conference calls – The following Committee and Subcommittee meetings / calls are planned for the next 2 weeks: ... Read more
2. CASQA comments on pesticides registrations and EPA National Stormwater Rulemaking – CASQA has submitted the following comments and testimony over the first two months of the year. Copies of CASQA comment letters are available ... Read more
3. Federal stimulus funds help keep El Cerrito green – (Source: Bay Area News Group) The drainage pipe was situated in the curb on one side of the parking lot at El Cerrito's City Hall. The rainwater spilled out on the asphalt and meandered its way across to another curb with a small cutout. There, the water flowed into ... Read more
4. EPA releases tool for improving water quality at the site, neighborhood, and municipal scales – (Source: EPA) EPA is releasing a first-of-its-kind Water Quality Scorecard that will help communities in rural, suburban and urban settings incorporate green infrastructure practices to ... Read more
* CASQA provides Bi-weekly Updates as a benefit to its membership.
Latest Announcements
| CASQA's 2009 Annual Report
Monday, February 22, 2010CASQA issues 2009 Annual Report – Click here for a copy of CASQA’s 2009 annual report. The report provides a summary of the organization and key activities and accomplishments in 2009, as well as a summary fiscal 2008 finances. |
| CASQAlert! - Construction BMP Handbook Portal now available
Tuesday, January 05, 2010
CASQAlert!
CASQA launches new Construction BMP Handbook / Portal
CASQA has developed a new CASQA Construction BMP Handbook / Portal to complement the new State Construction General Permit that takes effect July 2010.
CASQA is making the new CASQA Construction BMP Handbook / Portal available now for annual subscription to help permittees and other users prepare for when the new permit takes effect in July. Click here for more information about purchasing an annual subscription to the Construction BMP Handbook / Portal.
The format of the new version reflects a switch from a paper-based handbook format to an interactive web portal format. Therefore, CASQA will not be commercially printing and selling the new version of the Construction Handbook / Portal. Instead, CASQA is making the new version available through an annual subscription at a discounted cost to members and full cost to non-members. The subscription will provide the subscriber access to the Handbook / Portal as well as to future information distributed to subscribers. Subscribers are also provided limited pre-permission copyrights that allow for individual, personal, electronic distribution and paper printing of Handbook / Portal PDF files. CASQA plans to make annual updates to the web portal and will provide access to these updates through annual subscription renewals. Subscribers are given access to the online information through use of a unique user name and password. For organizations that have purchased more than one copy of the printed 2003 Construction BMP Handbook, CASQA recommends purchasing a similar number of annual subscriptions to ensure users continuing and unimpeded access to the latest BMP information.
The Stormwater Best Management Practice Handbooks were originally published in 1993, and last updated in 2003. This new update of the Construction Handbook reflects the current state of construction stormwater quality management practices and revised regulatory requirements that take effect in July. Overall, in addition to being written to complement the new permit, the information in the Construction Handbook has been reorganized and updated to reflect the very latest information. Hyperlinks have been provided throughout the Handbook / Portal and in the References and Resources section to direct users to additional information.
Over the next several of years, CASQA will be updating and converting its other three BMP Handbooks (Industrial and Commercial, Municipal, and New Development and Redevelopment) to the web portal format.
Note: The current State Construction General Permit (99-08 DWQ) remains in effect through the current wet season until July 1, 2010, when the new Construction General Permit (2009-0009 DWQ) takes immediate effect. For more information, click here. CASQA developed the 2003 Construction BMP Handbook to complement the current (99-08 DWQ) permit. For access or to purchase that Handbook, click here.
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| CASQA Issues New Products on Hydromodification
Thursday, May 28, 2009A White Paper and Presentation: Introduction to Hydromodification and a one-page Briefing Sheet: Hydromodification are the latest CASQA products developed to provide guidance and assistance to CASQA members. The Briefing Sheet (click here) is available free to the public, while the 28-page White Paper and 26-slide presentation is available free to CASQA Members only via the "Members Only" section of the CASQA website. A downloadable copy of the White Paper and Presentation is now available for a nominal fee to non-members at the CASQA online store. |
| CASQA Strongly Supports SB 346
Monday, March 30, 2009CASQA strongly supports the passage of SB 346 and is encouraging its members to do so as well. SB 346 (Kehoe) requires that the use of copper in brake pads sold in California be reduced to no more than 5% by weight by 2021, and to no more than 0.5% by 2032. Starting in 2014, the bill also prohibits sale of brake pads containing lead, asbestos, and several other toxic substances. Copper or metals 303(d) listings or TMDLs affect many of the major urbanized watersheds in the state. For more than a year, CASQA has been providing technical assistance to the Brake Pad Partnership – a collaborative effort of brake manufacturers, environmentalists, stormwater quality management agencies, and water pollution regulators – as SB 346 has taken shape. SB 346 creates a workable balance between necessary innovation, manufacturing timelines, and the stringent water quality compliance requirements facing California cities and counties (click here for CASQA letter of support). Contact CASQA is you are interested in providing a letter of support. |
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| CASQA's 2009 Annual Report
Monday, February 22, 2010CASQA issues 2009 Annual Report – Click here for a copy of CASQA’s 2009 annual report. The report provides a summary of the organization and key activities and accomplishments in 2009, as well as a summary fiscal 2008 finances. |
| CASQAlert! - Construction BMP Handbook Portal now available
Tuesday, January 05, 2010
CASQAlert!
CASQA launches new Construction BMP Handbook / Portal
CASQA has developed a new CASQA Construction BMP Handbook / Portal to complement the new State Construction General Permit that takes effect July 2010.
CASQA is making the new CASQA Construction BMP Handbook / Portal available now for annual subscription to help permittees and other users prepare for when the new permit takes effect in July. Click here for more information about purchasing an annual subscription to the Construction BMP Handbook / Portal.
The format of the new version reflects a switch from a paper-based handbook format to an interactive web portal format. Therefore, CASQA will not be commercially printing and selling the new version of the Construction Handbook / Portal. Instead, CASQA is making the new version available through an annual subscription at a discounted cost to members and full cost to non-members. The subscription will provide the subscriber access to the Handbook / Portal as well as to future information distributed to subscribers. Subscribers are also provided limited pre-permission copyrights that allow for individual, personal, electronic distribution and paper printing of Handbook / Portal PDF files. CASQA plans to make annual updates to the web portal and will provide access to these updates through annual subscription renewals. Subscribers are given access to the online information through use of a unique user name and password. For organizations that have purchased more than one copy of the printed 2003 Construction BMP Handbook, CASQA recommends purchasing a similar number of annual subscriptions to ensure users continuing and unimpeded access to the latest BMP information.
The Stormwater Best Management Practice Handbooks were originally published in 1993, and last updated in 2003. This new update of the Construction Handbook reflects the current state of construction stormwater quality management practices and revised regulatory requirements that take effect in July. Overall, in addition to being written to complement the new permit, the information in the Construction Handbook has been reorganized and updated to reflect the very latest information. Hyperlinks have been provided throughout the Handbook / Portal and in the References and Resources section to direct users to additional information.
Over the next several of years, CASQA will be updating and converting its other three BMP Handbooks (Industrial and Commercial, Municipal, and New Development and Redevelopment) to the web portal format.
Note: The current State Construction General Permit (99-08 DWQ) remains in effect through the current wet season until July 1, 2010, when the new Construction General Permit (2009-0009 DWQ) takes immediate effect. For more information, click here. CASQA developed the 2003 Construction BMP Handbook to complement the current (99-08 DWQ) permit. For access or to purchase that Handbook, click here.
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| CASQA Issues New Products on Hydromodification
Thursday, May 28, 2009A White Paper and Presentation: Introduction to Hydromodification and a one-page Briefing Sheet: Hydromodification are the latest CASQA products developed to provide guidance and assistance to CASQA members. The Briefing Sheet (click here) is available free to the public, while the 28-page White Paper and 26-slide presentation is available free to CASQA Members only via the "Members Only" section of the CASQA website. A downloadable copy of the White Paper and Presentation is now available for a nominal fee to non-members at the CASQA online store. |
| CASQA Strongly Supports SB 346
Monday, March 30, 2009CASQA strongly supports the passage of SB 346 and is encouraging its members to do so as well. SB 346 (Kehoe) requires that the use of copper in brake pads sold in California be reduced to no more than 5% by weight by 2021, and to no more than 0.5% by 2032. Starting in 2014, the bill also prohibits sale of brake pads containing lead, asbestos, and several other toxic substances. Copper or metals 303(d) listings or TMDLs affect many of the major urbanized watersheds in the state. For more than a year, CASQA has been providing technical assistance to the Brake Pad Partnership – a collaborative effort of brake manufacturers, environmentalists, stormwater quality management agencies, and water pollution regulators – as SB 346 has taken shape. SB 346 creates a workable balance between necessary innovation, manufacturing timelines, and the stringent water quality compliance requirements facing California cities and counties (click here for CASQA letter of support). Contact CASQA is you are interested in providing a letter of support. |
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