BAY FOUNDATION OF MORRO BAY

The groundwater assessment and protection program (gap or ccamp-gap) is an integral component of the central coast ambient monitoring program (ccamp). Over eighty percent of the people living on the central coast rely on groundwater for their drinking water and other uses. A regional groundwater monitoring program is essential to identify areas of potentially unsafe drinking water supply, measure individual groundwater basin health, and determine the effectiveness of our efforts to protect and improve groundwater quality. Many local agencies monitor groundwater quality to some degree, or have the potential to do so, and there is a great opportunity for the water board to coordinate and leverage these local efforts into a state-of-the-art groundwater protection program.

The mission of the central coast low impact development initiative (lidi) is to support the vision of healthy watersheds through the implementation of lid design principles, hydromodification controls, and sustainable development through the central coast region. The central coast region includes: san luis obispo, monterey, santa cruz, santa barbara, san benito, and part of santa clara and ventura countiesin 2009, the central coast water board established a low impact development endowment fund (lid fund) with the bay foundation of morro bay. This fund provides support for the lidi, which operates in partnership with uc davis extension, land use and natural resources program. Lidi services focus on the planning, design, and implementation of lid projects and programs. This includes training, regulatory compliance, site specific project designs, and large scale, long-tern community level planning. Work is conducted by the program director and by firms and partners selected for their specific expertise related to lid implementation.