Stormwater Monitoring Program – Beach Cities Watershed Management Group The Beach Cities Stormwater Monitoring Project consists of implementing the Beach Cities Watershed Management Group’s (BCWMG) Stormwater Monitoring Program in accordance with the Los Angeles County Municipal Separate Storm Sewer System (MS4) Permit mandated by Section 402 of the Federal Clean Water Act. The BCWMG includes Read more »
Author: Jim Burton
Lee Vining Creek
This biological resource management and regulatory permit compliance project is located approximately one mile east of the Yosemite National Park boundary. EcoKai has programmed and installed Campbell Scientific remote data acquisition equipment that currently logs daily readings for soil moisture, depth to groundwater, and stream flow in locations of over 9400 ft msl. The effort Read more »
Ballona Wetland Coastal Clean Up Day
Ballona Wetland Coastal Clean Up Day Date: September 19th, 2015 By: Kimberly Burton Friends and Family, Coastal Cleanup Day is the world’s largest volunteer event with hundreds of thousands of people participating globally to help pickup trash and debris from local beaches, waterways, and lakes. On September 19th, 2015 EcoKai staff joined the Friends of Read more »
Vegetation Management & Fuel Modification Plan
EcoKai is currently developing a Fire Management Plan for a Water Treatment Facility in Orange County California. The plan will require coordination with several agencies including the US Fish and Wildlife Service and Orange County Fire Authority. When completed, this effort will allow staff to manage the clearing and thinning of surrounding vegetation for the Read more »
Water Quality Sampling and Water Re-Use Evaluation
EcoKai is assisting a commercial client in Beverly Hills California in compliance with their NPDES Mitigation, Monitoring, and Reporting requirements for the Regional Water Quality Control Board. In addition, EcoKai is currently evaluating on site water re-use options to reduce or eliminate the Groundwater Replenishment Fee imposed by the City of Beverly Hills.
Valley Center Hydrogeological Characterization
Completed technical studies in support of the projects CEQA document (EIR) that included an initial hydrogeological site characterization, groundwater model, and water quality analysis. Regulatory permits were submitted to the County of San Diego and the San Diego Regional Water Quality Control Board outlining Waste Discharge Report requirements and recommended methodology for compliance with local Read more »
Taft Sanitary Landfill
As part of Taft Sanitary Landfill (SLF) expansion, this regulatory and permitting effort was in support of the project’s CEQA document. EcoKai completed regulatory permitting and advised the client for federal Clean Water Act (CWA) Sections 401 & 404 compliance and submitted a 1602 Stream bed Alternation package for CDFG Section 1600 compliance. In addition, Read more »