EcoKai has performed water quality sampling for multiple clients to fulfill regulatory agency compliance requirements including Stormwater Pollution Prevention Plans (SWPPP), National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) groundwater discharge permits, Municipal Separate Storm Sewer System (MS4) permits, Coordinated Integrated Monitoring Programs (CIMPs), and Clean Water Act §401 Water Quality Certifications with the RWQCB. EcoKai Read more »
Selected Projects
Hydroelectric Project Riparian Monitoring – Southern California Edison
EcoKai performs hydrological, geomorphological, and biological field surveying and monitoring along several streams in remote wilderness areas associated with Southern California Edison (SCE) hydroelectric generation projects in the Eastern Sierra Nevada Mountains and San Bernardino Mountains. The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) and the U.S. Forest Service (under authority of Section 4(e) of the Federal Read more »
Los Angeles River Path Project – LA Metro
EcoKai is providing biological and environmental permitting services to the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro) for the LA River Path Project (Project). The Project consists of a new bicycle and pedestrian path along an approximately eight-mile stretch of the Los Angeles River (River) from Elysian Valley through Downtown Los Angeles to the City Read more »
Groundwater Investigation and Monitoring – Kinney County, Texas
Since 2011, EcoKai has been assisting the Kinney County Groundwater Conservation District in west Texas with the development and implementation of a Groundwater Monitoring Network. EcoKai has programmed, installed, maintained, and collected data from over 50 groundwater and stream monitoring locations covering an area of more than 1,000 square miles of the County. The data Read more »
Stormwater Monitoring
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 »
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 »
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. Jim Burton
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 »