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HomeMy WebLinkAboutItem 8 Ops Presentation June 3 2015 EnvironmentalLaboratory Ocean Monitoring I y S A N 1 Tq T�o'L 2 � cc C) Ron Coss o -� • Environmental Laboratory & Ocean z Monitoring Manager Fcr/HG THE Orange County Sanitation1 for you. Presentation Overview • General Overview of Division 890 — Ron Coss • Environmental Monitoring — Jeff Armstrong • Toxicological Monitoring — Rob Gamber • Compounds of Emerging Concern (CFCs) — Canh Nguyen 2012 Benchmarking OCSD LACSD CSD Total Laboratory & Ocean Monitoring staff 41 207 122 Analysts / Supervisor 11.7 7.4 4.0 MGD / Lab Staff 4.56 2.46 1.15 Orange County Sanitation Environmental Laboratory and Ocean Monitoring Budget 2009 to Present $9,000,000 $8,011,815 440 $8,000,000 $7,758,432 $7,645,128 $7,676,870 $7,775,670 420 $7,000,000 $7,451,300 402 400 $6,000,000 380 $5,000,000 364 358 369 360 $4,000,000 $3,000,000 340 326 $2,000,000 $1,586,043 $1,741,415 $1,663,072 $1,733,111 $1,717,313 $1,764,163 320 $1,000,000 300 2009/ 010/11 2011/12 2012/13 2013/14 2014/15 Orange Sanitation Environmental Monitoring Jeffrey Armstrong, Ph.D. Environmental Supervisor — Ocean Monitoring Section Environmental Monitoring Program Core Strategic Monitoring Process tudies Regional Monitoring OCSD s Environmental Monitoring Program Must f; Demonstrate : -� - :•Water Quality — safe to swim :• Sediment — r healthy ecosystem :* Fish health — ► ,� ' safe to eat fish � a Core Environmental Monitoring M/V Nerissa Water Quality OceanBottom Health is- Fish Health - e . • • . • Beach Bacteria 6' 10 J 1 ' 1 AN e ��' Legend Treatment Plants •� — 3-Mile Line yolyline • 78"&120"Ocean Outfans • • OC it ngs • ® Water Quality REC-1 Trawl Annual ♦ • - Trawl Semiannual ♦ Q Water Quality-Central Bight • Surkone �'. • © Reclamation Plant 1 0 BenthlcSemiannual �' `� • ' Benihic Annual ` • \ • Bathymetry-50m-pdyline • • \ o0 Treatment Plant 2 o o �. 0 -0 A �� O = - •• s� A 8Q 0 _ -40 0 0 O 0 50 • 0 0 0 ^ Q 0 A 0 `V 00 0 A 0 0 8 .\a\C� so • p o 0 0 0 'oo 0 0 _ too • 0 - -3p00 < 0 p -20 _ o -400 0 1 5 3 NO TH9 12 50 ` Kilometers 0 OCSD April 15, 2015 ks Esri,DeLorme,GEBCO,NOAA NGDC,and other contributors Strategic Process Studies and Regional Monitoring • Strategic Process Studies — Answers questions not addressed in core program • Emerging Contaminants • Water Reuse • Regional Monitoring — SCCWRP — SCCOOS Toxicological Monitoring Robert Gamber Sr. Environmental Specialist — Ocean Monitoring Section ToxicologyLaboratory r � Y•, N rJ �' s _ r AL IIIIII Orange • Sanitation Effluent Testing ( Bioassay) Mhvm- low 1�1' I a1 I _ r i � 1 - 1 i Orange County Sanitation District We're here for you. Recent Special Studies (Toxicology) • 2010 — Final Effluent Ammonia Toxicity Study • 2011 — Low Flow/ZID Impact Study — Test of Significant Toxicity Analysis • 2012 — GWRS Reverse Osmosis Concentrate Study • 2013 — Selenium Mass Loading Benchmark Analysis — Bight 2013 Regional Study • 2015 — SP-173 Effluent Reuse Study (Task 6) W_ WW Orange County Sanitation Contaminants of Emerging Concern ( CFCs) Canh Nguyen Laboratory Supervisor — Analytical & Instrumentation What are contaminants of emerging concerns? • Pesticides/Endocrine Disruptors e.g. dioxin, PCBs, DDT, Nonylphenol • Pharmaceuticals & Personal Care Products • Hormones • Nanomaterials Selected CECs in OCSD Final Effluent February 2014, March 2015 4500 4000 3500 3000 2500 a a J 2000 ■Feb-2014 ■Mar-2015 1500 1000 500 0 �e 01<P • • Sanitation Summary • Permit required monitoring list of CECs • The State is reviewing the effects of CECs on aquatic environment and human health • To better understand the issues associated with CECs the State will require more studies, improved sensitivity of analytical instrumentation, better understanding of removal by treatment processes �I' y'1 r , ,hr ��1'"ill • '�1 ��" I/ I I I I it tI ! 1 " I 1 i I I ll I i II 1 I ' I I 1 a 11 ' III It 1 i I, �i D1 �1 (IlI1 �1 Ilk + I� 11Y 1 iIF � ► + II rtit �. 1 I