| Water Body Name: | Pacific Ocean Shoreline, Imperial Beach Pier |
| Water Body ID: | CAC9101000020050918172745 |
| Water Body Type: | Coastal & Bay Shoreline |
DECISION ID |
127945 |
Region 9 |
Pacific Ocean Shoreline, Imperial Beach Pier |
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| Pollutant: | Indicator Bacteria |
| Final Listing Decision: | Do Not Delist from 303(d) list (TMDL required list) |
| Last Listing Cycle's Final Listing Decision: | Do Not Delist from 303(d) list (TMDL required list)(2018) |
| Revision Status | Revised |
| Sources: | A Source Unknown |
| Reason for Delisting: | Applicable WQS attained; due to change in WQS |
| Expected TMDL Completion Date: | 2033 |
| Impairment from Pollutant or Pollution: | Pollutant |
| Regional Board Conclusion: | This pollutant is being considered for placement on the CWA section 303(d) List under sections 3.2 and 3.3 of the Listing Policy. Under these sections a single line of evidence is necessary to assess listing status. Two lines of evidence are available in the administrative record to assess this pollutant for REC-1. Thirty-one of 341 samples exceed the GM threshold for Enterococci. Ten of 238 samples exceed the GM threshold for Fecal Coliform. Two lines of evidence are available in the administrative record to assess this pollutant for SHELL. Two hundred and twenty-four out of 517 samples exceed the SHELL threshold for Total Coliform. Based on the readily available data and information, the weight of evidence indicates that there is sufficient justification against placing this water segment-pollutant combination on the CWA section 303(d) List for impairment of REC-1. However, there is sufficient justification for placing this water segment-pollutant combination on the CWA section 303(d) List for impairment of SHELL. This conclusion is based on the staff findings that: 1. The data used satisfies the data quality requirements of section 6.1.4 of the Policy. 2. The data used satisfies the data quantity requirements of section 6.1.5 of the Policy. 3. Thirty-one of 341 samples exceeded the Enterococci water quality threshold and ten of 238 samples exceeded the Fecal Coliform water quality threshold for the protection of REC-1, and this does not exceed the allowable frequency listed in Table 3.2 of the Listing Policy. Two-hundred and twenty-four out of 517 exceed the SHELL threshold for Total Coliform and this does exceed the allowable frequency listed in Table 3.2 of the Listing Policy. 4. Pursuant to section 3.11 of the Listing Policy, no additional data and information are available indicating that standards are not met. While there is justification for placing this water segment-pollutant combination on the CWA section 303(d) List for impairment of SHELL, the San Diego Water Board considers this waterbody-pollutant combination lowest priority for TMDL development as the water quality objective for SHELL has been determined by the State Water Board to require updating. On December 3, 2019, the State Water Board adopted the 2019 Triennial Review of the Ocean Plan and identified as a high priority a project to consider amending the Ocean Plan to review and revise the existing shellfish harvesting total coliform objective. The State Water Board recognized that the current total coliform water quality objective may be unattainable, as exceedances of the standard were found to be common in reference-quality areas. Following the update of the water quality objective, this waterbody will be reassessed and reprioritized for TMDL development, if needed. The Water Quality Control Plan for Ocean Waters (“Ocean Plan”) contains two bacteria water quality objectives applicable to the REC-1 beneficial use: a fecal coliform water quality objective and an enterococci water quality objective. This waterbody is being considered for placement on or removal from the CWA section 303(d) List under section 3.3 or 4.3 of the Listing Policy, as applicable, using the fecal coliform and enterococci objectives. In accordance with section 6.1.5.3 of the Listing Policy, data should be representative of the critical timing that the pollutant is expected to impact the waterbody. Indicator bacteria (total coliform, fecal coliform, E. coli, enterococci) populations may fluctuate substantially on a daily, seasonal, or yearly basis. Lacking constant inputs, they do not persist in the environment for a long period and effects are of relatively short duration. As a result, the historic levels of indicator bacteria in the waterbody may be a poor indicator of current risks to human health, particularly when more recent data are available to sufficiently assess the water quality standard. Additionally, water quality conditions in waterbodies may change as a result of management actions that have been implemented to address bacteria. Unrepresentative data may result in incorrectly placing or not placing a water body segment on the list, which could result in the unnecessary expenditure of public resources or missing a human health problem. Historic lines of evidence for data collected prior to 2010 were evaluated pursuant to these considerations and were not used to assess water quality standards attainment because they do not meet the temporal representation requirements of section 6.1.5.3 of the Listing Policy. For enterococci data, Listing Policy sections 3.3 and 4.3 instructs to use the binomial distribution table in sections 3.2 and 4.2, as applicable. To use the binomial table that uses a four percent exceedance frequency, the data must be collected from coastal beaches from April 1 through October 31 only. |
| Regional Board Decision Recommendation: | After review of the available data and information, RWQCB staff concludes that the water body-pollutant combination should not be removed from the section 303(d) list because applicable water quality standards for the pollutant are being exceeded. |
| State Board Review of Regional Board Conclusion and Recommendation: | The Water Quality Control Plan for Ocean Waters (“Ocean Plan”) contains two bacteria water quality objectives applicable to the REC-1 beneficial use: a fecal coliform water quality objective and an enterococci water quality objective. This waterbody is being considered for placement on or removal from the CWA section 303(d) List under section 3.3 or 4.3 of the Listing Policy, as applicable, using the fecal coliform and enterococci objectives. In accordance with section 6.1.5.3 of the Listing Policy, data should be representative of the critical timing that the pollutant is expected to impact the waterbody. Indicator bacteria (total coliform, fecal coliform, E. coli, enterococci) populations may fluctuate substantially on a daily, seasonal, or yearly basis. Lacking constant inputs, they do not persist in the environment for a long period and effects are of relatively short duration. As a result, the historic levels of indicator bacteria in the waterbody may be a poor indicator of current risks to human health, particularly when more recent data are available to sufficiently assess the water quality standard. Additionally, water quality conditions in waterbodies may change as a result of management actions that have been implemented to address bacteria. Unrepresentative data may result in incorrectly placing or not placing a water body segment on the list, which could result in the unnecessary expenditure of public resources or missing a human health problem. Historic lines of evidence for data collected prior to 2010 were evaluated pursuant to these considerations and were not used to assess water quality standards attainment because they do not meet the temporal representation requirements of section 6.1.5.3 of the Listing Policy. For enterococci data, Listing Policy sections 3.3 and 4.3 instructs to use the binomial distribution table in sections 3.2 and 4.2, as applicable. To use the binomial table that uses a four percent exceedance frequency, the data must be collected from coastal beaches from April 1 through October 31 only. |
| State Board Decision Recommendation: | After review of this Regional Board decision, SWRCB staff recommend the decision be approved by the State Board. |
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| LOE ID: | 220324 | ||||
| Pollutant: | Total Coliform | ||||
| LOE Subgroup: | Pollutant-Water | ||||
| Matrix: | Water | ||||
| Fraction: | None | ||||
| Beneficial Use: | Shellfish Harvesting | ||||
| Number of Samples: | 517 | ||||
| Number of Exceedances: | 98 | ||||
| Data and Information Type: | PATHOGEN MONITORING | ||||
| Data Used to Assess Water Quality: | Water Board staff assessed data for Pacific Ocean Shoreline, Imperial Beach Pier to determine beneficial use support and the results are as follows: 98 of the 517 samples exceeded the water quality threshold for Coliform, Total. The water quality threshold for shellfish is based on the median concentration of Total Coliform at each station, and is calculated as a 30-day rolling median. | ||||
| Data Reference: | Coastal Counties in Region 9 including: Orange, San Diego, and Los Angeles counties. | ||||
| SWAMP Data: | Non-SWAMP | ||||
| Water Quality Objective/Criterion: | California Ocean Plan (SWRCB 2019) states that the median total coliform density shall not exceed 70 per 100 mL. | ||||
| Objective/Criterion Reference: | SWRCB. 2005. Water Quality Control Plan, Ocean Waters of California (Ocean Plan). California Environmental Protection Agency, State Water Resources Control Board. February 2, 2019 | ||||
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| Spatial Representation: | The samples were collected at 1 monitoring site(s), station(s): EH-030 | ||||
| Temporal Representation: | The samples were collected between the days of 2010-09-07 and 2019-06-13 . | ||||
| Environmental Conditions: | |||||
| QAPP Information: | QAPP for San Diego County Beachwatch data | ||||
| QAPP Information Reference(s): | QAPP for San Diego County Beachwatch data for the 2020 Integrated Report. | ||||
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| LOE ID: | 220263 | ||||
| Pollutant: | Total Coliform | ||||
| LOE Subgroup: | Pollutant-Water | ||||
| Matrix: | Water | ||||
| Fraction: | None | ||||
| Beneficial Use: | Shellfish Harvesting | ||||
| Number of Samples: | 517 | ||||
| Number of Exceedances: | 224 | ||||
| Data and Information Type: | PATHOGEN MONITORING | ||||
| Data Used to Assess Water Quality: | Water Board staff assessed data for Pacific Ocean Shoreline, Imperial Beach Pier to determine beneficial use support and the results are as follows: 224 of the 517 samples exceeded the water quality threshold for Coliform, Total. The water quality threshold is based on a 10% exceedance rate that is calculated for a 30-Day peroid. | ||||
| Data Reference: | Coastal Counties in Region 9 including: Orange, San Diego, and Los Angeles counties. | ||||
| SWAMP Data: | Non-SWAMP | ||||
| Water Quality Objective/Criterion: | California Ocean Plan (SWRCB 2019) states that not more than 10 percent of the total coliform samples shall exceed 230 per 100 mL. | ||||
| Objective/Criterion Reference: | SWRCB. 2005. Water Quality Control Plan, Ocean Waters of California (Ocean Plan). California Environmental Protection Agency, State Water Resources Control Board. February 2, 2019 | ||||
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| Spatial Representation: | The samples were collected at 1 monitoring site(s), station(s): EH-030 | ||||
| Temporal Representation: | The samples were collected between the days of 2010-09-07 and 2019-06-13 . | ||||
| Environmental Conditions: | |||||
| QAPP Information: | QAPP for San Diego County Beachwatch data | ||||
| QAPP Information Reference(s): | QAPP for San Diego County Beachwatch data for the 2020 Integrated Report. | ||||
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| LOE ID: | 27779 | ||||
| Pollutant: | Enterococcus | ||||
| LOE Subgroup: | Pollutant-Water | ||||
| Matrix: | Water | ||||
| Fraction: | None | ||||
| Beneficial Use: | Water Contact Recreation | ||||
| Number of Samples: | 30 | ||||
| Number of Exceedances: | 16 | ||||
| Data and Information Type: | PWS pathogen monitoring (ambient water) | ||||
| Data Used to Assess Water Quality: | Beach monitoring data was collected by the County of San Diego from February 2004 through December 2007. A total of 225 single samples were collected with 30 samples correlating with a storm event. Sixteen of the 30 samples exceeded the single sample water quality objective. | ||||
| Data Reference: | National Weather Service Forecast Office, San Diego, California, Chronological Regional Temperature and Precipitation Listings by Station | ||||
| Department of Environmental Health, Ocean & Bay Recreational Water Quality Program, 2007. AB 411 monitoring data 1999 to 2007 | |||||
| SWAMP Data: | Non-SWAMP | ||||
| Water Quality Objective/Criterion: | Single Sample Maximum: Enterococcus density shall not exceed 104 per 100 ml (SWRCB, 2005). | ||||
| Objective/Criterion Reference: | Water Quality Control Plan Ocean Waters of California. California Ocean Plan 2005. Sacramento, CA: State Water Resources Control Board, California Environmental Protection Agency | ||||
| Evaluation Guideline: | |||||
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| Spatial Representation: | Samples were collected at the Imperial Beach Pier, Imperial Beach, California. Department of Environmental Health identification number is EH-030. | ||||
| Temporal Representation: | Samples were collected from February 2004 through December 2007. | ||||
| Environmental Conditions: | Comparisons were made for all data and data associated with storm events. A storm event was defined as 0.2 inches of rainfall within a 72 hour period.
Analyzing only storm water bacteria data is important because the majority of beach monitoring data covers the months of April through October. The data may not capture the full impacts of seasonal storm events and high bacteria levels due to storm water runoff because much of the wet season for Southern California occurs in November through March. |
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| QAPP Information: | Quality control for the bacteria analysis portion was conducted in accordance with the County of San Diego, Department Public Health Laboratory Quality Assurance Manual. | ||||
| QAPP Information Reference(s): | County of San Diego, 2006. Department Public Health Laboratory, Quality Assurance Manual, December 2006 | ||||
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| LOE ID: | 31290 | ||||
| Pollutant: | Enterococcus | ||||
| LOE Subgroup: | Pollutant-Water | ||||
| Matrix: | Water | ||||
| Fraction: | None | ||||
| Beneficial Use: | Water Contact Recreation | ||||
| Number of Samples: | 25 | ||||
| Number of Exceedances: | 0 | ||||
| Data and Information Type: | PWS pathogen monitoring (ambient water) | ||||
| Data Used to Assess Water Quality: | Beach monitoring data was collected by the County of San Diego from June 2004 through October 2007. A total of 195 dry month (April through October) single samples were collected with 25 dry month geomeans calculated. Zero of the 25 geomeans exceeded the geomean water quality objective. | ||||
| Data Reference: | Department of Environmental Health, Ocean & Bay Recreational Water Quality Program, 2007. AB 411 monitoring data 1999 to 2007 | ||||
| SWAMP Data: | Non-SWAMP | ||||
| Water Quality Objective/Criterion: | Geomean: Enterococcus density shall not exceed 35 per 100 ml. | ||||
| Objective/Criterion Reference: | Water Quality Control Plan Ocean Waters of California. California Ocean Plan 2005. Sacramento, CA: State Water Resources Control Board, California Environmental Protection Agency | ||||
| Evaluation Guideline: | |||||
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| Spatial Representation: | Samples were collected at the Imperial Beach Pier, Imperial Beach, California. Department of Environmental Health identification number is EH-030. | ||||
| Temporal Representation: | Samples were collected from June 2004 through October 2007. | ||||
| Environmental Conditions: | |||||
| QAPP Information: | Quality control for the bacteria analysis portion was conducted in accordance with the County of San Diego, Department Public Health Laboratory Quality Assurance Manual. | ||||
| QAPP Information Reference(s): | County of San Diego, 2006. Department Public Health Laboratory, Quality Assurance Manual, December 2006 | ||||
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| LOE ID: | 30571 | ||||
| Pollutant: | Enterococcus | ||||
| LOE Subgroup: | Pollutant-Water | ||||
| Matrix: | Water | ||||
| Fraction: | None | ||||
| Beneficial Use: | Water Contact Recreation | ||||
| Number of Samples: | 195 | ||||
| Number of Exceedances: | 9 | ||||
| Data and Information Type: | PWS pathogen monitoring (ambient water) | ||||
| Data Used to Assess Water Quality: | Beach monitoring data was collected by the County of San Diego from January 2004 through December 2007. A total of 225 single samples were collected of which 195 are dry weather (AB411) samples with 9 samples exceeding the single sample water quality objective. | ||||
| Data Reference: | Department of Environmental Health, Ocean & Bay Recreational Water Quality Program, 2007. AB 411 monitoring data 1999 to 2007 | ||||
| SWAMP Data: | Non-SWAMP | ||||
| Water Quality Objective/Criterion: | Single Sample Maximum: Enterococcus density shall not exceed 104 per 100 ml (SWRCB, 2005). | ||||
| Objective/Criterion Reference: | Water Quality Control Plan Ocean Waters of California. California Ocean Plan 2005. Sacramento, CA: State Water Resources Control Board, California Environmental Protection Agency | ||||
| Evaluation Guideline: | |||||
| Guideline Reference: | |||||
| Spatial Representation: | Samples were collected at Imperial Beach Pier, Imperial Beach, California. Department of Environmental Health identification number is EH-030. | ||||
| Temporal Representation: | Samples were collected from January 2004 through December 2007. | ||||
| Environmental Conditions: | |||||
| QAPP Information: | Quality control for the bacteria analysis portion was conducted in accordance with the County of San Diego, Department Public Health Laboratory Quality Assurance Manual. | ||||
| QAPP Information Reference(s): | County of San Diego, 2006. Department Public Health Laboratory, Quality Assurance Manual, December 2006 | ||||
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| LOE ID: | 27778 | ||||
| Pollutant: | Enterococcus | ||||
| LOE Subgroup: | Pollutant-Water | ||||
| Matrix: | Water | ||||
| Fraction: | None | ||||
| Beneficial Use: | Water Contact Recreation | ||||
| Number of Samples: | 225 | ||||
| Number of Exceedances: | 25 | ||||
| Data and Information Type: | PWS pathogen monitoring (ambient water) | ||||
| Data Used to Assess Water Quality: | Beach monitoring data was collected by the County of San Diego from January 2004 through December 2007. A total of 225 single samples were collected with 25 samples exceeding the single sample water quality objective. | ||||
| Data Reference: | Department of Environmental Health, Ocean & Bay Recreational Water Quality Program, 2007. AB 411 monitoring data 1999 to 2007 | ||||
| SWAMP Data: | Non-SWAMP | ||||
| Water Quality Objective/Criterion: | Single Sample Maximum: Enterococcus density shall not exceed 104 per 100 ml (SWRCB, 2005). | ||||
| Objective/Criterion Reference: | Water Quality Control Plan Ocean Waters of California. California Ocean Plan 2005. Sacramento, CA: State Water Resources Control Board, California Environmental Protection Agency | ||||
| Evaluation Guideline: | |||||
| Guideline Reference: | |||||
| Spatial Representation: | Samples were collected at Imperial Beach Pier, Imperial Beach, California. Department of Environmental Health identification number is EH-030. | ||||
| Temporal Representation: | Samples were collected from January 2004 through December 2007. | ||||
| Environmental Conditions: | |||||
| QAPP Information: | Quality control for the bacteria analysis portion was conducted in accordance with the County of San Diego, Department Public Health Laboratory Quality Assurance Manual. | ||||
| QAPP Information Reference(s): | County of San Diego, 2006. Department Public Health Laboratory, Quality Assurance Manual, December 2006 | ||||
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| LOE ID: | 74856 | ||||
| Pollutant: | Enterococcus | ||||
| LOE Subgroup: | Pollutant-Water | ||||
| Matrix: | Water | ||||
| Fraction: | None | ||||
| Beneficial Use: | Water Contact Recreation | ||||
| Number of Samples: | 90 | ||||
| Number of Exceedances: | 6 | ||||
| Data and Information Type: | Not Specified | ||||
| Data Used to Assess Water Quality: | Six of the 90 geomeans exceeded the objective. | ||||
| Data Reference: | Data for Region 9 Beach Watch. | ||||
| SWAMP Data: | Non-SWAMP | ||||
| Water Quality Objective/Criterion: | The geometric mean standard for entercoccus states that the entercoccus density shall not exceed 35 per 100 mL. Water Quality Control Plan for Ocean Waters 2009. | ||||
| Objective/Criterion Reference: | California Ocean Plan Water Quality Control Plan Ocean Waters of California 2009 | ||||
| Evaluation Guideline: | |||||
| Guideline Reference: | |||||
| Spatial Representation: | Samples were collected at the Imperial Beach Pier site. | ||||
| Temporal Representation: | Samples were collected from January 2008 to August 2010. | ||||
| Environmental Conditions: | |||||
| QAPP Information: | The samples were collected for the Beach Watch program. | ||||
| QAPP Information Reference(s): | |||||
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| LOE ID: | 27780 | ||||
| Pollutant: | Enterococcus | ||||
| LOE Subgroup: | Pollutant-Water | ||||
| Matrix: | Water | ||||
| Fraction: | None | ||||
| Beneficial Use: | Water Contact Recreation | ||||
| Number of Samples: | 44 | ||||
| Number of Exceedances: | 4 | ||||
| Data and Information Type: | PWS pathogen monitoring (ambient water) | ||||
| Data Used to Assess Water Quality: | Beach monitoring data was collected by the County of San Diego from January 2004 through December 2007. A total of 225 single samples were collected with 44 monthly geomeans calculated. Four of the 44 geomeans exceeded the geomean water quality objective. | ||||
| Data Reference: | Department of Environmental Health, Ocean & Bay Recreational Water Quality Program, 2007. AB 411 monitoring data 1999 to 2007 | ||||
| SWAMP Data: | Non-SWAMP | ||||
| Water Quality Objective/Criterion: | Geomean: Enterococcus density shall not exceed 35 per 100 ml. | ||||
| Objective/Criterion Reference: | Water Quality Control Plan Ocean Waters of California. California Ocean Plan 2005. Sacramento, CA: State Water Resources Control Board, California Environmental Protection Agency | ||||
| Evaluation Guideline: | |||||
| Guideline Reference: | |||||
| Spatial Representation: | Samples were collected at the Imperial Beach Pier, Imperial Beach, California. Department of Environmental Health identification number is EH-030. | ||||
| Temporal Representation: | Samples were collected from January 2004 through December 2007. | ||||
| Environmental Conditions: | |||||
| QAPP Information: | Quality control for the bacteria analysis portion was conducted in accordance with the County of San Diego, Department Public Health Laboratory Quality Assurance Manual. | ||||
| QAPP Information Reference(s): | County of San Diego, 2006. Department Public Health Laboratory, Quality Assurance Manual, December 2006 | ||||
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| LOE ID: | 27776 | ||||
| Pollutant: | Fecal Coliform | ||||
| LOE Subgroup: | Pollutant-Water | ||||
| Matrix: | Water | ||||
| Fraction: | None | ||||
| Beneficial Use: | Water Contact Recreation | ||||
| Number of Samples: | 24 | ||||
| Number of Exceedances: | 16 | ||||
| Data and Information Type: | PWS pathogen monitoring (ambient water) | ||||
| Data Used to Assess Water Quality: | Beach monitoring data was collected by the County of San Diego from February 2004 through December 2007. A total of 153 single samples were collected with 24 samples correlated with a storm event. Sixteen of the 24 samples exceeded the single sample water quality objective. | ||||
| Data Reference: | Department of Environmental Health, Ocean & Bay Recreational Water Quality Program, 2007. AB 411 monitoring data 1999 to 2007 | ||||
| National Weather Service Forecast Office, San Diego, California, Chronological Regional Temperature and Precipitation Listings by Station | |||||
| SWAMP Data: | Non-SWAMP | ||||
| Water Quality Objective/Criterion: | Single Sample Maximum; Fecal coliform density shall not exceed 400 per 100 ml (SWRCB, 2005). | ||||
| Objective/Criterion Reference: | Water Quality Control Plan Ocean Waters of California. California Ocean Plan 2005. Sacramento, CA: State Water Resources Control Board, California Environmental Protection Agency | ||||
| Evaluation Guideline: | |||||
| Guideline Reference: | |||||
| Spatial Representation: | Samples were collected atthe Imperial Beach Pier, Imperial Beach, California. Department of Environmental Health identification number is EH-030. | ||||
| Temporal Representation: | Samples were collected from January 2004 through December 2007. | ||||
| Environmental Conditions: | Comparisons were made for all data and data associated with storm events. A storm event was defined as 0.2 inches of rainfall within a 72 hour period.
Analyzing only storm water bacteria data is important because the majority of beach monitoring data covers the months of April through October. The data may not capture the full impacts of seasonal storm events and high bacteria levels due to storm water runoff because much of the wet season for Southern California occurs in November through March. |
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| QAPP Information: | Quality control for the bacteria analysis portion was conducted in accordance with the County of San Diego, Department Public Health Laboratory Quality Assurance Manual. | ||||
| QAPP Information Reference(s): | County of San Diego, 2006. Department Public Health Laboratory, Quality Assurance Manual, December 2006 | ||||
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| LOE ID: | 220316 | ||||
| Pollutant: | Fecal Coliform | ||||
| LOE Subgroup: | Pollutant-Water | ||||
| Matrix: | Water | ||||
| Fraction: | None | ||||
| Beneficial Use: | Water Contact Recreation | ||||
| Number of Samples: | 238 | ||||
| Number of Exceedances: | 10 | ||||
| Data and Information Type: | PATHOGEN MONITORING | ||||
| Data Used to Assess Water Quality: | Water Board staff assessed data for Pacific Ocean Shoreline, Imperial Beach Pier to determine beneficial use support and the results are as follows: 10 of the 238 samples exceeded the water quality threshold for Coliform, Fecal. The water quality threshold is based on a 30-Day rolling geomean. | ||||
| Data Reference: | Coastal Counties in Region 9 including: Orange, San Diego, and Los Angeles counties. | ||||
| SWAMP Data: | Non-SWAMP | ||||
| Water Quality Objective/Criterion: | California Ocean Plan (SWRCB 2019) states that the 30 day geometric mean of fecal coliform density not exceed 200 per 100 mL, calculated based on the five most recent samples from each site. | ||||
| Objective/Criterion Reference: | SWRCB. 2005. Water Quality Control Plan, Ocean Waters of California (Ocean Plan). California Environmental Protection Agency, State Water Resources Control Board. February 2, 2019 | ||||
| Evaluation Guideline: | |||||
| Guideline Reference: | |||||
| Spatial Representation: | The samples were collected at 1 monitoring site(s), station(s): EH-030 | ||||
| Temporal Representation: | The samples were collected between the days of 2010-09-07 and 2019-06-13 . | ||||
| Environmental Conditions: | |||||
| QAPP Information: | QAPP for San Diego County Beachwatch data | ||||
| QAPP Information Reference(s): | QAPP for San Diego County Beachwatch data for the 2020 Integrated Report. | ||||
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| LOE ID: | 220232 | ||||
| Pollutant: | Fecal Coliform | ||||
| LOE Subgroup: | Pollutant-Water | ||||
| Matrix: | Water | ||||
| Fraction: | None | ||||
| Beneficial Use: | Water Contact Recreation | ||||
| Number of Samples: | 518 | ||||
| Number of Exceedances: | 43 | ||||
| Data and Information Type: | PATHOGEN MONITORING | ||||
| Data Used to Assess Water Quality: | Water Board staff assessed data for Pacific Ocean Shoreline, Imperial Beach Pier to determine beneficial use support and the results are as follows: 43 of the 518 samples exceeded the water quality threshold for Coliform, Fecal. The water quality threshold is based on a Single Sample Maximum (SSM) value that is calculated daily. | ||||
| Data Reference: | Coastal Counties in Region 9 including: Orange, San Diego, and Los Angeles counties. | ||||
| SWAMP Data: | Non-SWAMP | ||||
| Water Quality Objective/Criterion: | California Ocean Plan (SWRCB 2019) states that the Single Sample Maximum fecal coliform density not exceed 400 per 100 mL. | ||||
| Objective/Criterion Reference: | SWRCB. 2005. Water Quality Control Plan, Ocean Waters of California (Ocean Plan). California Environmental Protection Agency, State Water Resources Control Board. February 2, 2019 | ||||
| Evaluation Guideline: | |||||
| Guideline Reference: | |||||
| Spatial Representation: | The samples were collected at 1 monitoring site(s), station(s): EH-030 | ||||
| Temporal Representation: | The samples were collected between the days of 2010-09-07 and 2019-06-13 . | ||||
| Environmental Conditions: | |||||
| QAPP Information: | QAPP for San Diego County Beachwatch data | ||||
| QAPP Information Reference(s): | QAPP for San Diego County Beachwatch data for the 2020 Integrated Report. | ||||
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| LOE ID: | 220550 | ||||
| Pollutant: | Enterococcus | ||||
| LOE Subgroup: | Pollutant-Water | ||||
| Matrix: | Water | ||||
| Fraction: | None | ||||
| Beneficial Use: | Water Contact Recreation | ||||
| Number of Samples: | 100 | ||||
| Number of Exceedances: | 21 | ||||
| Data and Information Type: | PATHOGEN MONITORING | ||||
| Data Used to Assess Water Quality: | Water Board staff assessed data for Pacific Ocean Shoreline, Imperial Beach Pier to determine beneficial use support and the results are as follows: 21 of the 100 samples exceeded the Statistical Threshold Value (STV) water quality threshold for Enterococcus. The STV is based on a 10% exceedance rate that is calculated monthly. | ||||
| Data Reference: | Coastal Counties in Region 9 including: Orange, San Diego, and Los Angeles counties. | ||||
| SWAMP Data: | Non-SWAMP | ||||
| Water Quality Objective/Criterion: | California Ocean Plan (SWRCB 2019) states that the bacteria water quality objective to protect the REC-1 beneficial for all ocean waters for Enterococci is a statistical value threshold (STV) of 110 cfu/100 mL. The STV shall not be exceeded by more than 10 percent of the samples collected in a calendar month, calculated in a static manner. | ||||
| Objective/Criterion Reference: | SWRCB. 2005. Water Quality Control Plan, Ocean Waters of California (Ocean Plan). California Environmental Protection Agency, State Water Resources Control Board. February 2, 2019 | ||||
| Evaluation Guideline: | |||||
| Guideline Reference: | |||||
| Spatial Representation: | The samples were collected at 1 monitoring site(s), station(s): EH-030 | ||||
| Temporal Representation: | The samples were collected between the days of 2010-09-07 and 2019-06-13 . | ||||
| Environmental Conditions: | |||||
| QAPP Information: | QAPP for San Diego County Beachwatch data | ||||
| QAPP Information Reference(s): | QAPP for San Diego County Beachwatch data for the 2020 Integrated Report. | ||||
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| LOE ID: | 74878 | ||||
| Pollutant: | Total Coliform | ||||
| LOE Subgroup: | Pollutant-Water | ||||
| Matrix: | Water | ||||
| Fraction: | None | ||||
| Beneficial Use: | Water Contact Recreation | ||||
| Number of Samples: | 90 | ||||
| Number of Exceedances: | 0 | ||||
| Data and Information Type: | Not Specified | ||||
| Data Used to Assess Water Quality: | Zero of the 90 geomeans exceeded the objective. | ||||
| Data Reference: | Data for Region 9 Beach Watch. | ||||
| SWAMP Data: | Non-SWAMP | ||||
| Water Quality Objective/Criterion: | The geometric mean standard for total coliform states that the coliform density shall not exceed 1000 per 100 mL. Water Quality Control Plan for Ocean Waters 2009. | ||||
| Objective/Criterion Reference: | California Ocean Plan Water Quality Control Plan Ocean Waters of California 2009 | ||||
| Evaluation Guideline: | |||||
| Guideline Reference: | |||||
| Spatial Representation: | Samples were collected at the Imperial Beach Pier site. | ||||
| Temporal Representation: | Samples were collected from January 2008 to August 2010. | ||||
| Environmental Conditions: | |||||
| QAPP Information: | The samples were collected for the Beach Watch program. | ||||
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| LOE ID: | 27774 | ||||
| Pollutant: | Total Coliform | ||||
| LOE Subgroup: | Pollutant-Water | ||||
| Matrix: | Water | ||||
| Fraction: | None | ||||
| Beneficial Use: | Water Contact Recreation | ||||
| Number of Samples: | 44 | ||||
| Number of Exceedances: | 0 | ||||
| Data and Information Type: | PWS pathogen monitoring (ambient water) | ||||
| Data Used to Assess Water Quality: | Beach monitoring data was collected by the County of San Diego from January 2004 through December 2007. A total of 224 single samples were collected with 44 monthly geomeans calculated. None of the 44 geomeans exceeded the geomean water quality objective. | ||||
| Data Reference: | Department of Environmental Health, Ocean & Bay Recreational Water Quality Program, 2007. AB 411 monitoring data 1999 to 2007 | ||||
| SWAMP Data: | Non-SWAMP | ||||
| Water Quality Objective/Criterion: | Geomean: Total coliform density shall not exceed 1,000 per 100ml; | ||||
| Objective/Criterion Reference: | Water Quality Control Plan Ocean Waters of California. California Ocean Plan 2005. Sacramento, CA: State Water Resources Control Board, California Environmental Protection Agency | ||||
| Evaluation Guideline: | |||||
| Guideline Reference: | |||||
| Spatial Representation: | Samples were collected at the Pacific Ocean Shoreline at the Imperial Beach Pier, Imperial Beach, California. Department of Environmental Health identification number is EH-030. | ||||
| Temporal Representation: | Samples were collected from January 2004 through December 2007. | ||||
| Environmental Conditions: | |||||
| QAPP Information: | Quality control for the bacteria analysis portion was conducted in accordance with the County of San Diego, Department Public Health Laboratory Quality Assurance Manual. | ||||
| QAPP Information Reference(s): | County of San Diego, 2006. Department Public Health Laboratory, Quality Assurance Manual, December 2006 | ||||
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| LOE ID: | 27768 | ||||
| Pollutant: | Total Coliform | ||||
| LOE Subgroup: | Pollutant-Water | ||||
| Matrix: | Water | ||||
| Fraction: | None | ||||
| Beneficial Use: | Water Contact Recreation | ||||
| Number of Samples: | 224 | ||||
| Number of Exceedances: | 8 | ||||
| Data and Information Type: | PWS pathogen monitoring (ambient water) | ||||
| Data Used to Assess Water Quality: | Beach monitoring data was collected by the County of San Diego from January 2004 through December 2007. A total of 224 single samples were collected with eight samples exceeding the single sample water quality objective. | ||||
| Data Reference: | Department of Environmental Health, Ocean & Bay Recreational Water Quality Program, 2007. AB 411 monitoring data 1999 to 2007 | ||||
| SWAMP Data: | Non-SWAMP | ||||
| Water Quality Objective/Criterion: | Single Sample Maximum: Total coliform density shall not exceed 10,000 per 100ml (SWRCB, 2005). | ||||
| Objective/Criterion Reference: | Water Quality Control Plan Ocean Waters of California. California Ocean Plan 2005. Sacramento, CA: State Water Resources Control Board, California Environmental Protection Agency | ||||
| Evaluation Guideline: | |||||
| Guideline Reference: | |||||
| Spatial Representation: | Samples were collected at the Imperial Beach Pier, Imperial Beach, California. Department of Environmental Health identification number is EH-030. | ||||
| Temporal Representation: | Samples were collected from January 2004 through December 2007. | ||||
| Environmental Conditions: | |||||
| QAPP Information: | Quality control for the bacteria analysis portion was conducted in accordance with the County of San Diego, Department Public Health Laboratory Quality Assurance Manual. | ||||
| QAPP Information Reference(s): | County of San Diego, 2006. Department Public Health Laboratory, Quality Assurance Manual, December 2006 | ||||
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| LOE ID: | 30807 | ||||
| Pollutant: | Total Coliform | ||||
| LOE Subgroup: | Pollutant-Water | ||||
| Matrix: | Water | ||||
| Fraction: | None | ||||
| Beneficial Use: | Water Contact Recreation | ||||
| Number of Samples: | 194 | ||||
| Number of Exceedances: | 4 | ||||
| Data and Information Type: | PWS pathogen monitoring (ambient water) | ||||
| Data Used to Assess Water Quality: | Beach monitoring data was collected by the County of San Diego from January 2004 through December 2007. A total of 224 single samples were collected of which 194 are dry weather (AB411) samples with four samples exceeding the single sample water quality objective. | ||||
| Data Reference: | Department of Environmental Health, Ocean & Bay Recreational Water Quality Program, 2007. AB 411 monitoring data 1999 to 2007 | ||||
| SWAMP Data: | Non-SWAMP | ||||
| Water Quality Objective/Criterion: | Single Sample Maximum: Total coliform density shall not exceed 10,000 per 100ml (SWRCB, 2005). | ||||
| Objective/Criterion Reference: | Water Quality Control Plan Ocean Waters of California. California Ocean Plan 2005. Sacramento, CA: State Water Resources Control Board, California Environmental Protection Agency | ||||
| Evaluation Guideline: | |||||
| Guideline Reference: | |||||
| Spatial Representation: | Samples were collected at the Imperial Beach Pier, Imperial Beach, California. Department of Environmental Health identification number is EH-030. | ||||
| Temporal Representation: | Samples were collected from January 2004 through December 2007. | ||||
| Environmental Conditions: | |||||
| QAPP Information: | Quality control for the bacteria analysis portion was conducted in accordance with the County of San Diego, Department Public Health Laboratory Quality Assurance Manual. | ||||
| QAPP Information Reference(s): | County of San Diego, 2006. Department Public Health Laboratory, Quality Assurance Manual, December 2006 | ||||
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| LOE ID: | 31292 | ||||
| Pollutant: | Total Coliform | ||||
| LOE Subgroup: | Pollutant-Water | ||||
| Matrix: | Water | ||||
| Fraction: | None | ||||
| Beneficial Use: | Water Contact Recreation | ||||
| Number of Samples: | 25 | ||||
| Number of Exceedances: | 0 | ||||
| Data and Information Type: | PWS pathogen monitoring (ambient water) | ||||
| Data Used to Assess Water Quality: | Beach monitoring data was collected by the County of San Diego from June 2004 through October 2007. A total of 116 dry month (April through October) single samples were collected with 25 dry month geomeans calculated. None of the 25 geomeans exceeded the geomean water quality objective. | ||||
| Data Reference: | Department of Environmental Health, Ocean & Bay Recreational Water Quality Program, 2007. AB 411 monitoring data 1999 to 2007 | ||||
| SWAMP Data: | Non-SWAMP | ||||
| Water Quality Objective/Criterion: | Geomean: Total coliform density shall not exceed 1,000 per 100ml; | ||||
| Objective/Criterion Reference: | Water Quality Control Plan Ocean Waters of California. California Ocean Plan 2005. Sacramento, CA: State Water Resources Control Board, California Environmental Protection Agency | ||||
| Evaluation Guideline: | |||||
| Guideline Reference: | |||||
| Spatial Representation: | Samples were collected at the Pacific Ocean Shoreline at the Imperial Beach Pier, Imperial Beach, California. Department of Environmental Health identification number is EH-030. | ||||
| Temporal Representation: | Samples were collected from June 2004 through October 2007. | ||||
| Environmental Conditions: | |||||
| QAPP Information: | Quality control for the bacteria analysis portion was conducted in accordance with the County of San Diego, Department Public Health Laboratory Quality Assurance Manual. | ||||
| QAPP Information Reference(s): | County of San Diego, 2006. Department Public Health Laboratory, Quality Assurance Manual, December 2006 | ||||
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| LOE ID: | 27772 | ||||
| Pollutant: | Total Coliform | ||||
| LOE Subgroup: | Pollutant-Water | ||||
| Matrix: | Water | ||||
| Fraction: | None | ||||
| Beneficial Use: | Water Contact Recreation | ||||
| Number of Samples: | 30 | ||||
| Number of Exceedances: | 4 | ||||
| Data and Information Type: | PWS pathogen monitoring (ambient water) | ||||
| Data Used to Assess Water Quality: | Beach monitoring data was collected by the County of San Diego from February 2004 through December 2007. A total of 224 single samples were collected with 30 samples correlated with a storm event. Four of the 30 samples exceeded the single sample water quality objective. | ||||
| Data Reference: | National Weather Service Forecast Office, San Diego, California, Chronological Regional Temperature and Precipitation Listings by Station | ||||
| Department of Environmental Health, Ocean & Bay Recreational Water Quality Program, 2007. AB 411 monitoring data 1999 to 2007 | |||||
| SWAMP Data: | Non-SWAMP | ||||
| Water Quality Objective/Criterion: | Single Sample Maximum: Total coliform density shall not exceed 10,000 per 100ml (SWRCB, 2005). | ||||
| Objective/Criterion Reference: | Water Quality Control Plan Ocean Waters of California. California Ocean Plan 2005. Sacramento, CA: State Water Resources Control Board, California Environmental Protection Agency | ||||
| Evaluation Guideline: | |||||
| Guideline Reference: | |||||
| Spatial Representation: | Samples were collected at the Imperial Beach Pier, Imperial Beach, California. Department of Environmental Health identification number is EH-030. | ||||
| Temporal Representation: | Samples were collected from February 2004 through December 2007. | ||||
| Environmental Conditions: | Comparisons were made for all data and data associated with storm events. A storm event was defined as 0.2 inches of rainfall within a 72 hour period.
Analyzing only storm water bacteria data is important because the majority of beach monitoring data covers the months of April through October. The data may not capture the full impacts of seasonal storm events and high bacteria levels due to storm water runoff because much of the wet season for Southern California occurs in November through March. |
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| QAPP Information: | Quality control for the bacteria analysis portion was conducted in accordance with the County of San Diego, Department Public Health Laboratory Quality Assurance Manual. | ||||
| QAPP Information Reference(s): | County of San Diego, 2006. Department Public Health Laboratory, Quality Assurance Manual, December 2006 | ||||
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| LOE ID: | 27771 | ||||
| Pollutant: | Total Coliform | ||||
| LOE Subgroup: | Pollutant-Water | ||||
| Matrix: | Water | ||||
| Fraction: | None | ||||
| Beneficial Use: | Shellfish Harvesting | ||||
| Number of Samples: | 224 | ||||
| Number of Exceedances: | 69 | ||||
| Data and Information Type: | PWS pathogen monitoring (ambient water) | ||||
| Data Used to Assess Water Quality: | Beach monitoring data was collected by the County of San Diego from January 2004 through December 2007. A total of 224 single samples were collected with 69 samples exceeding the single sample water quality objective. | ||||
| Data Reference: | Department of Environmental Health, Ocean & Bay Recreational Water Quality Program, 2007. AB 411 monitoring data 1999 to 2007 | ||||
| SWAMP Data: | Non-SWAMP | ||||
| Water Quality Objective/Criterion: | From the Ocean Plan the median coliform density shall not exceed 70 per 100ml, and not more than 10 percent of the samples shall exceed 230 per 100ml (SWRCB, 2005). | ||||
| Objective/Criterion Reference: | Water Quality Control Plan Ocean Waters of California. California Ocean Plan 2005. Sacramento, CA: State Water Resources Control Board, California Environmental Protection Agency | ||||
| Evaluation Guideline: | |||||
| Guideline Reference: | |||||
| Spatial Representation: | Samples were collected at the Pacific Ocean Shoreline at the Imperial Beach Pier, Imperial Beach, California. Department of Environmental Health identification number is EH-030. | ||||
| Temporal Representation: | Samples were collected from January 2004 through December 2007. | ||||
| Environmental Conditions: | |||||
| QAPP Information: | Quality control for the bacteria analysis portion was conducted in accordance with the County of San Diego, Department Public Health Laboratory Quality Assurance Manual. | ||||
| QAPP Information Reference(s): | County of San Diego, 2006. Department Public Health Laboratory, Quality Assurance Manual, December 2006 | ||||
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| LOE ID: | 74877 | ||||
| Pollutant: | Total Coliform | ||||
| LOE Subgroup: | Pollutant-Water | ||||
| Matrix: | Water | ||||
| Fraction: | None | ||||
| Beneficial Use: | Shellfish Harvesting | ||||
| Number of Samples: | 107 | ||||
| Number of Exceedances: | 14 | ||||
| Data and Information Type: | PATHOGEN MONITORING | ||||
| Data Used to Assess Water Quality: | Water Board staff assessed Beach Watch data for Pacific Ocean Shoreline, Imperial Beach Pier to determine beneficial use support and results are as follows: 14 of 107 samples exceed the criterion for Coliform, Total. | ||||
| Data Reference: | Data for Region 9 Beach Watch. | ||||
| SWAMP Data: | Non-SWAMP | ||||
| Water Quality Objective/Criterion: | The California Ocean Plan states that at all areas where shellfish may be harvested for human consumption, not more than 10 percent of the samples shall exceed 230 per 100 mL. | ||||
| Objective/Criterion Reference: | California Ocean Plan Water Quality Control Plan Ocean Waters of California 2009 | ||||
| Evaluation Guideline: | |||||
| Guideline Reference: | |||||
| Spatial Representation: | Data for this line of evidence for Pacific Ocean Shoreline, Imperial Beach Pier was collected at 2 monitoring sites [ Imperial Beach Boulevard, Imperial Beach Pier] | ||||
| Temporal Representation: | Data was collected over the time period 1/17/2008-8/9/2010. | ||||
| Environmental Conditions: | Staff is not aware of any special conditions that might affect interpretation of the data. | ||||
| QAPP Information: | The samples were collected for the Beach Watch program. | ||||
| QAPP Information Reference(s): | |||||
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| LOE ID: | 27773 | ||||
| Pollutant: | Total Coliform | ||||
| LOE Subgroup: | Pollutant-Water | ||||
| Matrix: | Water | ||||
| Fraction: | None | ||||
| Beneficial Use: | Shellfish Harvesting | ||||
| Number of Samples: | 30 | ||||
| Number of Exceedances: | 25 | ||||
| Data and Information Type: | PWS pathogen monitoring (ambient water) | ||||
| Data Used to Assess Water Quality: | Beach monitoring data was collected by the County of San Diego from February 2004 through December 2007. A total of 224 single samples were collected with 30 samples correlating with a storm event. Twenty five of the 30 samples exceeded the single sample water quality objective. | ||||
| Data Reference: | Department of Environmental Health, Ocean & Bay Recreational Water Quality Program, 2007. AB 411 monitoring data 1999 to 2007 | ||||
| National Weather Service Forecast Office, San Diego, California, Chronological Regional Temperature and Precipitation Listings by Station | |||||
| SWAMP Data: | Non-SWAMP | ||||
| Water Quality Objective/Criterion: | From the Ocean Plan the median coliform density shall not exceed 70 per 100ml, and not more than 10 percent of the samples shall exceed 230 per 100ml (SWRCB, 2005).
Comparisons are also made for days with matching bacteria and storm event data. A storm event was defined as 0.2 inches of rainfall within a 72 hour period. |
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| Objective/Criterion Reference: | Water Quality Control Plan Ocean Waters of California. California Ocean Plan 2005. Sacramento, CA: State Water Resources Control Board, California Environmental Protection Agency | ||||
| Evaluation Guideline: | |||||
| Guideline Reference: | |||||
| Spatial Representation: | Samples were collected at the Imperial Beach Pier, Imperial Beach, California. Department of Environmental Health identification number is EH-030. | ||||
| Temporal Representation: | Samples were collected from February 2004 through December 2007. | ||||
| Environmental Conditions: | Comparisons were made for all data and data associated with storm events. A storm event was defined as 0.2 inches of rainfall within a 72 hour period.
Analyzing only storm water bacteria data is important because the majority of beach monitoring data covers the months of April through October. The data may not capture the full impacts of seasonal storm events and high bacteria levels due to storm water runoff because much of the wet season for Southern California occurs in November through March. |
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| QAPP Information: | Quality control for the bacteria analysis portion was conducted in accordance with the County of San Diego, Department Public Health Laboratory Quality Assurance Manual. | ||||
| QAPP Information Reference(s): | County of San Diego, 2006. Department Public Health Laboratory, Quality Assurance Manual, December 2006 | ||||
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| LOE ID: | 77623 | ||||
| Pollutant: | Total Coliform | ||||
| LOE Subgroup: | Pollutant-Water | ||||
| Matrix: | Water | ||||
| Fraction: | None | ||||
| Beneficial Use: | Shellfish Harvesting | ||||
| Number of Samples: | 90 | ||||
| Number of Exceedances: | 21 | ||||
| Data and Information Type: | PATHOGEN MONITORING | ||||
| Data Used to Assess Water Quality: | Twenty-one of the 90 samples exceeded the objective of 70 mpn/100ml applied as a rolling 30 day geomean. | ||||
| Data Reference: | Data for Region 9 Beach Watch. | ||||
| SWAMP Data: | Non-SWAMP | ||||
| Water Quality Objective/Criterion: | The California Ocean Plan states that at all areas where shellfish may be harvested for human consumption, the median total coliform density shall not exceed 70 per 100 mL. Staff applied the objective as a rolling 30 day geometric mean consistent with other state bacteria objectives and with guidance from the National Shellfish Sanitation Program from which the objectives were taken. | ||||
| Objective/Criterion Reference: | California Ocean Plan Water Quality Control Plan Ocean Waters of California 2009 | ||||
| Evaluation Guideline: | |||||
| Guideline Reference: | |||||
| Spatial Representation: | The samples were collected at Pacific Ocean Shoreline, Imperial Beach Pier at stations Imperial Beach Pier and Imperial Beach Boulevard. | ||||
| Temporal Representation: | The samples were collected from January 2008 through August 2010. | ||||
| Environmental Conditions: | |||||
| QAPP Information: | The samples were collected for the beach watch program. | ||||
| QAPP Information Reference(s): | |||||
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| LOE ID: | 28246 | ||||
| Pollutant: | Indicator Bacteria | ||||
| LOE Subgroup: | Health Advisories | ||||
| Matrix: | Water | ||||
| Fraction: | None | ||||
| Beneficial Use: | Water Contact Recreation | ||||
| Number of Samples: | 2555 | ||||
| Number of Exceedances: | 3 | ||||
| Data and Information Type: | PWS pathogen monitoring (ambient water) | ||||
| Data Used to Assess Water Quality: | For the period from January 2001 to December 2007, there were three beach advisory days for this section of shoreline. Bacteriological samples are collected on a weekly basis at ocean and bay locations in San Diego County. When a bacteriological sample exceeds water quality standards, signs are posted indicating that an advisory for waters have exceeded public health standards.
Data and information on the number of beach posting were summarized by the County of San Diego in their annual San Diego County Beach Closure and Advisory Reports. The reporting period was from January 2001 - December 2007. Data used was the number of days the beach was advisories were issued when the ocean or bay failed to meet the bacteriological standards. |
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| Data Reference: | Department of Environmental Health, Land and Water Quality Division. San Diego County Beach Closure and Advisory Report | ||||
| SWAMP Data: | Non-SWAMP | ||||
| Water Quality Objective/Criterion: | California Code of Regulations. Title 17, Section 7960.
(a) When a public beach or public water-contact sports area fails to meet any of the standards as set forth in Section 7957 or 7958 above, the local health officer or the Department, after taking into consideration the causes therefor, may at his or its discretion close, post with warning signs, or otherwise restrict use of said public beach or public water-contact sports area, until such time as corrective action has been taken and the standards as set forth in 7957 and 7958 above are met. |
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| Objective/Criterion Reference: | California Code of Regulations, Title 17, Section 7960 | ||||
| Evaluation Guideline: | |||||
| Guideline Reference: | Water Quality Control Plan Ocean Waters of California. California Ocean Plan 2005. Sacramento, CA: State Water Resources Control Board, California Environmental Protection Agency | ||||
| Spatial Representation: | Bacteriological monitoring samples were collected at Imperial Beach Fishing Pier, Imperial Beach, CA. | ||||
| Temporal Representation: | The beach advisory covers the time frame of January January 2001 to December 2007. | ||||
| Environmental Conditions: | |||||
| QAPP Information: | Samples were collected in compliance with County of San Diego's Quality Assessment/Quality Control document | ||||
| QAPP Information Reference(s): | County of San Diego, 2006. Department Public Health Laboratory, Quality Assurance Manual, December 2006 | ||||
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| LOE ID: | 27777 | ||||
| Pollutant: | Fecal Coliform | ||||
| LOE Subgroup: | Pollutant-Water | ||||
| Matrix: | Water | ||||
| Fraction: | None | ||||
| Beneficial Use: | Water Contact Recreation | ||||
| Number of Samples: | 30 | ||||
| Number of Exceedances: | 3 | ||||
| Data and Information Type: | PWS pathogen monitoring (ambient water) | ||||
| Data Used to Assess Water Quality: | Beach monitoring data was collected by the County of San Diego from January 2004 through December 2007. A total of 153 single samples were collected and 30 geomeans calculated. Three of the 30 geomeans exceeded the geomean water quality objective. | ||||
| Data Reference: | Department of Environmental Health, Ocean & Bay Recreational Water Quality Program, 2007. AB 411 monitoring data 1999 to 2007 | ||||
| SWAMP Data: | Non-SWAMP | ||||
| Water Quality Objective/Criterion: | Geomean; Fecal coliform density shall not exceed 200 per 100 ml; | ||||
| Objective/Criterion Reference: | Water Quality Control Plan Ocean Waters of California. California Ocean Plan 2005. Sacramento, CA: State Water Resources Control Board, California Environmental Protection Agency | ||||
| Evaluation Guideline: | |||||
| Guideline Reference: | |||||
| Spatial Representation: | Samples were collected at the Imperial Beach Pier, Imperial Beach, California. Department of Environmental Health identification number is EH-030. | ||||
| Temporal Representation: | Samples were collected from January 2004 through December 2007. | ||||
| Environmental Conditions: | |||||
| QAPP Information: | Quality control for the bacteria analysis portion was conducted in accordance with the County of San Diego, Department Public Health Laboratory Quality Assurance Manual. | ||||
| QAPP Information Reference(s): | County of San Diego, 2006. Department Public Health Laboratory, Quality Assurance Manual, December 2006 | ||||
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| LOE ID: | 74857 | ||||
| Pollutant: | Fecal Coliform | ||||
| LOE Subgroup: | Pollutant-Water | ||||
| Matrix: | Water | ||||
| Fraction: | None | ||||
| Beneficial Use: | Water Contact Recreation | ||||
| Number of Samples: | 90 | ||||
| Number of Exceedances: | 2 | ||||
| Data and Information Type: | Not Specified | ||||
| Data Used to Assess Water Quality: | Two of the 90 geomeans exceeded the objective. | ||||
| Data Reference: | Data for Region 9 Beach Watch. | ||||
| SWAMP Data: | Non-SWAMP | ||||
| Water Quality Objective/Criterion: | The standard for fecal coliform states that the coliform density shall not exceed 200 per 100 mL. Water Quality Control Plan for Ocean Waters 2009. | ||||
| Objective/Criterion Reference: | California Ocean Plan Water Quality Control Plan Ocean Waters of California 2009 | ||||
| Evaluation Guideline: | |||||
| Guideline Reference: | |||||
| Spatial Representation: | Samples were collected at the Imperial Beach Pier site. | ||||
| Temporal Representation: | Samples were collected from January 2008 to August 2010. | ||||
| Environmental Conditions: | |||||
| QAPP Information: | The samples were collected for the beach watch program. | ||||
| QAPP Information Reference(s): | |||||
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| LOE ID: | 30693 | ||||
| Pollutant: | Fecal Coliform | ||||
| LOE Subgroup: | Pollutant-Water | ||||
| Matrix: | Water | ||||
| Fraction: | None | ||||
| Beneficial Use: | Water Contact Recreation | ||||
| Number of Samples: | 129 | ||||
| Number of Exceedances: | 15 | ||||
| Data and Information Type: | PWS pathogen monitoring (ambient water) | ||||
| Data Used to Assess Water Quality: | Beach monitoring data was collected by the County of San Diego from January 2004 through December 2007. A total of 153 single samples were collected of which 129 are dry weather (AB411) samples with 15 samples exceeding the single sample water quality objective. | ||||
| Data Reference: | Department of Environmental Health, Ocean & Bay Recreational Water Quality Program, 2007. AB 411 monitoring data 1999 to 2007 | ||||
| SWAMP Data: | Non-SWAMP | ||||
| Water Quality Objective/Criterion: | Single Sample Maximum; Fecal coliform density shall not exceed 400 per 100 ml (SWRCB, 2005). | ||||
| Objective/Criterion Reference: | Water Quality Control Plan Ocean Waters of California. California Ocean Plan 2005. Sacramento, CA: State Water Resources Control Board, California Environmental Protection Agency | ||||
| Evaluation Guideline: | |||||
| Guideline Reference: | |||||
| Spatial Representation: | Samples were collected at the Imperial Beach Pier, Imperial Beach, California. Department of Environmental Health identification number is EH-030. | ||||
| Temporal Representation: | Samples were collected from January 2004 through December 2007. | ||||
| Environmental Conditions: | |||||
| QAPP Information: | Quality control for the bacteria analysis portion was conducted in accordance with the County of San Diego, Department Public Health Laboratory Quality Assurance Manual. | ||||
| QAPP Information Reference(s): | County of San Diego, 2006. Department Public Health Laboratory, Quality Assurance Manual, December 2006 | ||||
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| LOE ID: | 31291 | ||||
| Pollutant: | Fecal Coliform | ||||
| LOE Subgroup: | Pollutant-Water | ||||
| Matrix: | Water | ||||
| Fraction: | None | ||||
| Beneficial Use: | Water Contact Recreation | ||||
| Number of Samples: | 16 | ||||
| Number of Exceedances: | 1 | ||||
| Data and Information Type: | PWS pathogen monitoring (ambient water) | ||||
| Data Used to Assess Water Quality: | Beach monitoring data was collected by the County of San Diego from June 2004 through October 2007. A total of 68 dry month (April through October) single samples were collected with 16 dry month geomeans calculated. One of the 16 geomeans exceeded the geomean water quality objective. | ||||
| Data Reference: | Department of Environmental Health, Ocean & Bay Recreational Water Quality Program, 2007. AB 411 monitoring data 1999 to 2007 | ||||
| SWAMP Data: | Non-SWAMP | ||||
| Water Quality Objective/Criterion: | Geomean; Fecal coliform density shall not exceed 200 per 100 ml; | ||||
| Objective/Criterion Reference: | Water Quality Control Plan Ocean Waters of California. California Ocean Plan 2005. Sacramento, CA: State Water Resources Control Board, California Environmental Protection Agency | ||||
| Evaluation Guideline: | |||||
| Guideline Reference: | |||||
| Spatial Representation: | Samples were collected at the Imperial Beach Pier, Imperial Beach, California. Department of Environmental Health identification number is EH-030. | ||||
| Temporal Representation: | Samples were collected from June 2004 through October 2007. | ||||
| Environmental Conditions: | |||||
| QAPP Information: | Quality control for the bacteria analysis portion was conducted in accordance with the County of San Diego, Department Public Health Laboratory Quality Assurance Manual. | ||||
| QAPP Information Reference(s): | County of San Diego, 2006. Department Public Health Laboratory, Quality Assurance Manual, December 2006 | ||||
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| LOE ID: | 27775 | ||||
| Pollutant: | Fecal Coliform | ||||
| LOE Subgroup: | Pollutant-Water | ||||
| Matrix: | Water | ||||
| Fraction: | None | ||||
| Beneficial Use: | Water Contact Recreation | ||||
| Number of Samples: | 153 | ||||
| Number of Exceedances: | 31 | ||||
| Data and Information Type: | PWS pathogen monitoring (ambient water) | ||||
| Data Used to Assess Water Quality: | Beach monitoring data was collected by the County of San Diego from January 2004 through December 2007. A total of 153 single samples were collected with 31 samples exceeding the single sample water quality objective. | ||||
| Data Reference: | Department of Environmental Health, Ocean & Bay Recreational Water Quality Program, 2007. AB 411 monitoring data 1999 to 2007 | ||||
| SWAMP Data: | Non-SWAMP | ||||
| Water Quality Objective/Criterion: | Single Sample Maximum; Fecal coliform density shall not exceed 400 per 100 ml (SWRCB, 2005). | ||||
| Objective/Criterion Reference: | Water Quality Control Plan Ocean Waters of California. California Ocean Plan 2005. Sacramento, CA: State Water Resources Control Board, California Environmental Protection Agency | ||||
| Evaluation Guideline: | |||||
| Guideline Reference: | |||||
| Spatial Representation: | Samples were collected at the Imperial Beach Pier, Imperial Beach, California. Department of Environmental Health identification number is EH-030. | ||||
| Temporal Representation: | Samples were collected from January 2004 through December 2007. | ||||
| Environmental Conditions: | |||||
| QAPP Information: | Quality control for the bacteria analysis portion was conducted in accordance with the County of San Diego, Department Public Health Laboratory Quality Assurance Manual. | ||||
| QAPP Information Reference(s): | County of San Diego, 2006. Department Public Health Laboratory, Quality Assurance Manual, December 2006 | ||||
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| LOE ID: | 220357 | ||||
| Pollutant: | Enterococcus | ||||
| LOE Subgroup: | Pollutant-Water | ||||
| Matrix: | Water | ||||
| Fraction: | None | ||||
| Beneficial Use: | Water Contact Recreation | ||||
| Number of Samples: | 341 | ||||
| Number of Exceedances: | 31 | ||||
| Data and Information Type: | PATHOGEN MONITORING | ||||
| Data Used to Assess Water Quality: | Water Board staff assessed data for Pacific Ocean Shoreline, Imperial Beach Pier to determine beneficial use support and the results are as follows: 31 of the 341 samples exceeded the geomean water quality threshold for Enterococcus. This is a six week rolling geomean that is calculated weekly. | ||||
| Data Reference: | Coastal Counties in Region 9 including: Orange, San Diego, and Los Angeles counties. | ||||
| SWAMP Data: | Non-SWAMP | ||||
| Water Quality Objective/Criterion: | California Ocean Plan (SWRCB 2019) states that the bacteria water quality objective to protect the REC-1 beneficial for all ocean waters for Enterococci is a geometric mean (GM) of 30 cfu/100 mL. The waterbody GM shall not be greater that the GM magnitude in any six-week interval, calculated weekly. | ||||
| Objective/Criterion Reference: | SWRCB. 2005. Water Quality Control Plan, Ocean Waters of California (Ocean Plan). California Environmental Protection Agency, State Water Resources Control Board. February 2, 2019 | ||||
| Evaluation Guideline: | |||||
| Guideline Reference: | |||||
| Spatial Representation: | The samples were collected at 1 monitoring site(s), station(s): EH-030 | ||||
| Temporal Representation: | The samples were collected between the days of 2010-09-07 and 2019-06-13 . | ||||
| Environmental Conditions: | |||||
| QAPP Information: | QAPP for San Diego County Beachwatch data | ||||
| QAPP Information Reference(s): | QAPP for San Diego County Beachwatch data for the 2020 Integrated Report. | ||||
DECISION ID |
68858 |
Region 9 |
Pacific Ocean Shoreline, Imperial Beach Pier |
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| Pollutant: | PCBs (Polychlorinated biphenyls) |
| Final Listing Decision: | Do Not Delist from 303(d) list (TMDL required list) |
| Last Listing Cycle's Final Listing Decision: | Do Not Delist from 303(d) list (TMDL required list)(2016) |
| Revision Status | Original |
| Sources: | A Source Unknown |
| Expected TMDL Completion Date: | 2019 |
| Impairment from Pollutant or Pollution: | Pollutant |
| Regional Board Conclusion: | The decision has not changed from the previous listing cycle. No new data were assessed for the current listing cycle. Therefore, the previous conclusion remains unchanged, and is as follows:
This pollutant is being considered for placement on the section 303(d) list under section 3.5 of the Listing Policy. One line of evidence is available in the administrative record to assess this pollutant. Based on the readily available data and information, the weight of evidence indicates that there is sufficient justification in favor of placing this water segment-pollutant combination on the section 303(d) list in the Water Quality Limited Segments category. This conclusion is based on the staff findings that: 1. The data used satisfies the data quality requirements of section 6.1.4 of the Policy. 2. The data used satisfies the data quantity requirements of section 6.1.5 of the Policy. 3. Three of the 4 samples exceeded the OEHHA Screening Value and this exceeds the allowable frequency listed in Table 3.1 of the Listing Policy. 4. Pursuant to section 3.11 of the Listing Policy, no additional data and information are available indicating that standards are not met. |
| Regional Board Decision Recommendation: | This is a decision previously approved by the State Water Resources Control Board and the USEPA. No new data were assessed by the Regional Board for the current cycle. The decision has not changed. |
| State Board Review of Regional Board Conclusion and Recommendation: | |
| State Board Decision Recommendation: | After review of this Regional Board decision, SWRCB staff recommend the decision be approved by the State Board. |
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| LOE ID: | 390 | ||||
| Pollutant: | PCBs (Polychlorinated biphenyls) | ||||
| LOE Subgroup: | Pollutant-Tissue | ||||
| Matrix: | Tissue | ||||
| Fraction: | Total | ||||
| Beneficial Use: | Commercial or recreational collection of fish, shellfish, or organisms | ||||
| Number of Samples: | 4 | ||||
| Number of Exceedances: | 3 | ||||
| Data and Information Type: | Fish tissue analysis | ||||
| Data Used to Assess Water Quality: | Three out of 4 samples exceeded. All 4 samples were filet composites. Two samples of barred surfperch and two of walleye surfperch were collected. All exceeded guideline except one walleye sample (TSMP, 2002). | ||||
| Data Reference: | Placeholder reference 2006 303(d) | ||||
| SWAMP Data: | Non-SWAMP | ||||
| Water Quality Objective/Criterion: | San Diego RWQCB Basin Plan: All waters shall be maintained free of toxic substances in concentrations that are toxic to, or produce detrimental physiological responses in human, plant, animal, or aquatic life. | ||||
| Objective/Criterion Reference: | Placeholder reference 2006 303(d) | ||||
| Evaluation Guideline: | 20 ng/g (OEHHA Screening Value). | ||||
| Guideline Reference: | Placeholder reference 2006 303(d) | ||||
| Spatial Representation: | One station was sampled on the Imperial Beach Pier. | ||||
| Temporal Representation: | Samples were collected in March 1999 and April 2000. | ||||
| Environmental Conditions: | |||||
| QAPP Information: | CFCP 1998 Year 1 QA Summary - Pesticides and PCBs. California Department of Fish and Game.
CDFG Fish and Wildlife Water Pollution Control Laboratory Data Quality Assurance Report. 1999 Coastal Fish Contamination Program (CFCP Year 2). California Department of Fish and Game. |
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DECISION ID |
83782 |
Region 9 |
Pacific Ocean Shoreline, Imperial Beach Pier |
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| Pollutant: | Trash |
| Final Listing Decision: | List on 303(d) list (being addressed by action other than TMDL) |
| Last Listing Cycle's Final Listing Decision: | List on 303(d) list (being addressed by action other than TMDL)(2016) |
| Revision Status | Original |
| Sources: | A Source Unknown |
| Expected Attainment Date: | 2029 |
| Implementation Action Other than TMDL: | Collected effort of public, agencies, organizations, and permittees. Methods include street sweeping, education programs on littering, installation of trash-catching devices on storm drains. |
| Impairment from Pollutant or Pollution: | Pollutant |
| Regional Board Conclusion: | This pollutant is being considered for placement on the CWA section 303(d) List under section 3.7 of the Listing Policy. Under this section when all other listing factors do not result in the listing of a water segment but information indicates non-attainment of standards, a water segment shall be evaluated to determine whether the weight of evidence demonstrates that water quality standard is not attained. If the weight of evidence indicates non-attainment, the water segment shall be placed on the CWA section 303(d) List.
Based on the readily available data and information, the weight of evidence indicates that there is sufficient justification for placing this water segment-pollutant combination from the CWA section 303(d) List. This conclusion is based on the staff findings that: 1. The data used satisfies the data quality requirements of section 6.1.4 of the Policy. 2. The following information indicates that the water quality standard is not being attained: Coastkeeper cleanups occurred on 12/8/07, 12/13/08, and 12/12/09 for this water body. The total weight of trash (lbs) collected on these dates was 592. However, using the metric, Coastkeeper classified this water body as high for trash impairment. However, any trash found is an exceedance and needs to be addressed by an action other than a TMDL. 3. This process is scientifically defensible and reproducible. |
| Regional Board Decision Recommendation: | After review of the available data and information, RWQCB staff concludes that the water body-pollutant combination should be placed on the section 303(d) list because applicable water quality standards are exceeded and a pollutant contributes to or causes the problem. |
| State Board Review of Regional Board Conclusion and Recommendation: | |
| State Board Decision Recommendation: | After review of this Regional Board decision, SWRCB staff recommend the decision be approved by the State Board. |
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| LOE ID: | 74879 | ||||
| Pollutant: | Trash | ||||
| LOE Subgroup: | Pollutant-Nuisance | ||||
| Matrix: | Not Recorded | ||||
| Fraction: | None | ||||
| Beneficial Use: | Non-Contact Recreation | ||||
| Number of Samples: | 0 | ||||
| Number of Exceedances: | 0 | ||||
| Data and Information Type: | Occurrence of conditions judged to cause impairment | ||||
| Data Used to Assess Water Quality: | The San Diego Coastkeeper conducts trash cleanups and uses a metric (pounds of trash collected per volunteer) to compare levels of trash across beaches and categorizes beaches as either low, medium, high or severe, based on this metric. Coastkeeper cleanups occurred on 12/8/07, 12/13/08, and 12/12/09 for this water body. The total weight of trash (lbs) collected on these dates was 592. However, using the metric, Coastkeeper classified this water body as high for trash impairment. | ||||
| Data Reference: | Data for Trash, Nutrients, and Pathogens in Region 9, 2007-2010. | ||||
| SWAMP Data: | Non-SWAMP | ||||
| Water Quality Objective/Criterion: | Floating Material Waters shall not contain floating material, including solids, liquids, foams, and scum in concentrations which cause nuisance or adversely affect beneficial uses. | ||||
| Objective/Criterion Reference: | Water Quality Control Plan for the San Diego Basin | ||||
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| Spatial Representation: | Imperial Beach Pier. | ||||
| Temporal Representation: | Three cleanups occurred on 12/8/07, 12/13/08, and 12/12/09. | ||||
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| QAPP Information: | San Diego Coastkeeper QAPP was provided. | ||||
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