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Strategies to Reduce Pollutant Inputs to Lake Tahoe

Explore opportunities for reducing pollutants in Lake Tahoe, analyze cost-effective solutions, and recommend strategies for implementation to maintain water quality.

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Strategies to Reduce Pollutant Inputs to Lake Tahoe

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  1. What are the options for reducing pollutant inputs to Lake Tahoe? Pollutant Reduction Opportunities Questions Addressed

  2. What are the options for reducing pollutant inputs to Lake Tahoe? Review Pollutant Reduction Opportunity analysis approach Highlight PRO project findings Discuss planning level implementation recommendations and overall recommended strategy

  3. Pollution Reduction Opportunity Project Primary Objective: Quantify potential pollutant load reduction opportunities What are the options for reducing pollutant inputs to Lake Tahoe?

  4. Analysis Opportunities Quantify potential basin wide solutions Assess cumulative benefits and relative costs Establish basin wide assessment methods Provide foundation for implementation planning What are the options for reducing pollutant inputs to Lake Tahoe?

  5. Analysis Limitations Analysis not applicable to project scale Limited to quantifiable actions Emphasis on water quality Limited time, resources, and effectiveness data What are the options for reducing pollutant inputs to Lake Tahoe?

  6. Project Team • Source Category Groups • Atmospheric Deposition • Urban Runoff and Groundwater • Forest Runoff • Stream Channel Erosion Source Category Integration Committee Technical Reviewers Focus Team What are the options for reducing pollutant inputs to Lake Tahoe?

  7. Pollutant Reduction Opportunity Development Process Step 1: Pollutant control option selection and screening Step 2: Site scale analysis Treatment Tiers Step 3: Basin-wide extrapolation Pollutant reduction estimates Cost What are the options for reducing pollutant inputs to Lake Tahoe?

  8. Atmospheric Deposition Primary Pollutant Sources Mobile Emissions (Nitrogen) Dust (Fine Sediment) What are the options for reducing pollutant inputs to Lake Tahoe?

  9. Atmospheric Deposition Pollutant Control Opportunities • Emissions – control Nitrogen • Reduce VMT: incentives and transit • Dust control – reduce Fine Sediment • Efficient roadway sweeping • Switch to deicers • Pave or gravel unpaved surfaces What are the options for reducing pollutant inputs to Lake Tahoe?

  10. Forest Upland Primary Pollutant Sources Unpaved roads Disturbed areas Forest management What are the options for reducing pollutant inputs to Lake Tahoe?

  11. Forest Upland Pollutant Control Opportunities Unpaved roadway BMPs Mulch/till recreation areas Restore legacy roads and trails Advance BMPs for forest management work What are the options for reducing pollutant inputs to Lake Tahoe?

  12. Urban & Groundwater Primary Pollutant Sources Impervious surface runoff Erosion Traction abrasives Fertilizers What are the options for reducing pollutant inputs to Lake Tahoe?

  13. Urban & Groundwater Pollutant Control Opportunities Source control methods Remove impervious cover Runoff infiltration Storm water treatment Fertilizer management What are the options for reducing pollutant inputs to Lake Tahoe?

  14. Stream Channel Erosion Primary Sources Emphasis on bank erosion only Upper Truckee River Ward Creek Blackwood Creek What are the options for reducing pollutant inputs to Lake Tahoe?

  15. Stream Channel Erosion Pollutant Control Opportunities Full unconstrained restoration Targeted bank and bed protection A mix to restoration and bank protection What are the options for reducing pollutant inputs to Lake Tahoe?

  16. Pollutant Reduction Opportunity Project Summary Analysis represents average load reductions and costs Basin wide estimates offer relative benefit comparisons Urban Uplands and Atmospheric controls appear to be largest opportunity Forest practices and stream restoration efforts remain important treatments What are the options for reducing pollutant inputs to Lake Tahoe?

  17. Implementation Scenarios Source Category Group load and cost estimates are the foundation of basin-wide implementation options Three different implementation “scenarios” were developed and presented to Focus Teams and the Pathway Forum Focus Team and Forum feedback helped narrow the options to a single basin- wide recommended strategy

  18. Forest Upland Implementation Load reduction opportunities are relatively limited Additional reduction efforts do not appear cost effective Current practices effectively reduce loads What strategy should we implement to reduce pollutant inputs to Lake Tahoe?

  19. Forest Upland Implementation Recommendation Restore/maintain roads as planned Revegetate/treat disturbed lands Treat forest soils Achieve ~1% reduction in total fine particle budget Estimated Cost: $120M Capital, $4.5M Annual O&M What strategy should we implement to reduce pollutant inputs to Lake Tahoe?

  20. Stream Channel Restoration In-channel sources are small Restoration is cost effective Restoration offers multiple benefits Restoration likely provides additional water quality benefits What strategy should we implement to reduce pollutant inputs to Lake Tahoe?

  21. Stream Channel Restoration Recommendation Continue current restoration activities Support monitoring and research Achieve ~2% reduction in total fine particle budget Estimated Cost: $40M Capital What strategy should we implement to reduce pollutant inputs to Lake Tahoe?

  22. Atmospheric Deposition Implementation Addressing mobile sources does not significantly reduce particle loads Mobile source controls are expensive Good opportunity to reduce particle loads by targeting dust sources What are the options for reducing pollutant inputs to Lake Tahoe?

  23. Atmospheric Deposition Recommendation Focus on dust control measures Continue VMT reduction efforts Achieve ~5% reduction in total fine particle budget Estimated Cost: $45M Capital, $0.4M Annual O&M What strategy should we implement to reduce pollutant inputs to Lake Tahoe?

  24. Urban Runoff and Groundwater Implementation Significant particle reductions can be achieved through innovative practices Pump and treat technologies hold promise Finer scale planning is needed to refine implementation approach What are the options for reducing pollutant inputs to Lake Tahoe?

  25. Urban Runoff and Groundwater Recommendation Continue to implement known technologies Move toward more innovative practices and intensive operations and maintenance Achieve ~25% reduction in total fine particle budget Estimated Cost: $1.3B Capital, $6M Annual O&M What strategy should we implement to reduce pollutant inputs to Lake Tahoe?

  26. Recommended Strategy Summary Options to meet clarity challenge are few Implementation approach emphasizes cost effective measures to reduce atmospheric dust sources Innovative measures will be needed to achieve necessary particle load reductions from urban areas Finer scale jurisdiction and/or subwatershed planning is needed to refine actual implementation options and expected load reductions

  27. Charting a course to Clarity

  28. Time Sequence - Move Forward & Innovate What strategy should we implement to reduce pollutant inputs to Lake Tahoe? 28

  29. 1st Clarity Challenge Existing Condition standard The Clarity Challenge: Reverse clarity decline and measurably improve clarity METERS FEET 60 20 80 30 100 120 40 1968 1988 2008 2028 20XX Year

  30. Treatment Tiers Represent different levels of effort and cost 3 tiers for each source category Each tier is unique Several exceptions What strategy should we implement to reduce pollutant inputs to Lake Tahoe?

  31. Tiers : Atmospheric Deposition Tier 1: baseline – no reduction calculated Tier 2: reduce Vehicle Miles Traveled (VMT) by 10% Tier 3: reduce VMT by 25% and increase stationary source controls Cost offsets What strategy should we implement to reduce pollutant inputs to Lake Tahoe?

  32. Tiers : Urban runoff and groundwater Tier 1: enhanced version of the EIP Tier 2: advanced practices, applied more aggressively in a project area Tier 3: Pump and treat system complemented by advanced practices What strategy should we implement to reduce pollutant inputs to Lake Tahoe?

  33. Tiers : Forest runoff Tier 1: surface treatments and (currently) required management practices Tier 2: mulch treatments and full management practices Tier 3: tilling and full restoration to “native” conditions What strategy should we implement to reduce pollutant inputs to Lake Tahoe?

  34. Tiers : Stream channel erosion Tier 1: full restoration unconstrained Tier 2: mix of restoration and stabilization, constraints considered Tier 3: bank stabilization, no floodplain reconnection What strategy should we implement to reduce pollutant inputs to Lake Tahoe?

  35. What about impervious coverage? Approx. 2% increase in particle loading at full build out under current rules Development under current regulations helps control pollutants 35

  36. What about impervious coverage? An increase or decrease in allowable coverage What strategy should we implement to reduce pollutant inputs to Lake Tahoe? 36 Changing impervious cover significantly affects fine particle loading Reducing coverage presents load reduction opportunity 36

  37. Estimated Potential Load Reductions 37

  38. Estimated Potential Costs 38

  39. Combined Load Reductions and Costs 39

  40. C B A A C B A Cost-Effectiveness Table O & M Cost Table Total 20 Year Cost Table Capital Cost Table Pollutant Reduction Opportunity Development Process Step 1: PCO Evaluation Step 2: Site-Scale Analysis Tier 1 Tier 2 Tier 3 PCO Grouping Process TreatmentTiers Settings PCO Concepts PCO Concepts Screening Process Screening Process Screened PCOs • Extrapolation Process • GIS • Models Step 3: Basin-Wide Analysis Nitrogen Reduction Table Sediment Reduction Table Phosphorus Reduction Table Load Tables Combined Results Tables Cost Tables

  41. C B A A C B A Capital Cost Table Cost-Effectiveness Table Total 20 Year Cost Table O & M Cost Table Pollutant Reduction Opportunity Development Process Step 1: PCO Evaluation Step 2: Site-Scale Analysis Tier 1 Tier 2 Tier 3 PCO Grouping Process TreatmentTiers Settings PCO Concepts PCO Concepts Screening Process Screening Process Screened PCOs • Extrapolation Process • GIS • Models Step 3: Basin-Wide Analysis Nitrogen Reduction Table Sediment Reduction Table Phosphorus Reduction Table Load Tables Combined Results Tables Cost Tables

  42. C B A A C B A Capital Cost Table Cost-Effectiveness Table Total 20 Year Cost Table O & M Cost Table Pollutant Reduction Opportunity Development Process Step 1: PCO Evaluation Step 2: Site-Scale Analysis Tier 1 Tier 2 Tier 3 PCO Grouping Process TreatmentTiers Settings PCO Concepts PCO Concepts Screening Process Screening Process Screened PCOs • Extrapolation Process • GIS • Models Step 3: Basin-Wide Analysis Nitrogen Reduction Table Sediment Reduction Table Phosphorus Reduction Table Load Tables Combined Results Tables Cost Tables

  43. Implementation ScenarioSummary What strategy should we implement to reduce pollutant inputs to Lake Tahoe? 43

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