Stormwater Action Monitoring - Administering pooled resources

• Track revenue and expenditures.
• Report cash flows quarterly.
• Contract for SAM projects.
• Maintain transparency via websites.
• Attend SWG and PRO-C meetings.
• Run deliverable-based agreements for SAM projects.

Approved deliverables are authorized for payment. All SAM pooled resources from municipal stormwater permittees are held in private/local accounts. Only authorized expenditures can pull from these accounts.

Pooled resources oversight committee (PRO-C)

Next committee meeting: As needed

The PRO-C is a subgroup of the SWG that advises Ecology on contracting decisions. The PRO-C provides oversight on SAM project's scopes, schedules, and budgets. The PRO-C is comprised of local government representatives (permittees) and other stakeholders (non-permittees such as state or federal government). They have regular meetings to provide transparency and accountability in spending the funds contributed by municipal stormwater permittees in Western Washington.

SAM funding

Who is included in the cost sharing program?

In 2013, permittees notified their permit managers in writing which S8.B and S8.C permit condition option they chose. The vast majority of permittees opted to pool monitoring moneys to launch this new program, SAM. (At the time the program was called RSMP — regional stormwater monitoring program).

Other resources are also contributed to the program:

• USGS — $20,000 analyzed nearshore sediment samples for microplastics
• Washington Department of Fish & Wildlife — analyzed mussel tissue samples for microplastics and contaminants of emerging concern
• Ecology — donates lead staff, meeting expenses, and technical services to ensure SAM's overall success
• USGS — $60,000 of co-op funds to conduct enhanced flow data recording using pressure transducers at 15 small streams sites
• USGS — $50,000 of co-op funds to conduct comparisons between small stream data and National Water-Quality Assessment (NAWQA) data in the Puget Sound region in 2015
• Washington State Department of Agriculture — $53,000 analyzed 75 stream sediments samples for an additional 100 pesticides, and report
• Penn Cove Shellfish — donated mussels for both rounds of mussel monitoring study in urban nearshore environments
• City of Redmond — donates project management task on the Paired Basin Watershed study

Projects costs and expected completion dates

SAM Contracted Expenditures by Project - Updated March 2019

Status and trends in receiving waters	Total costs	Completion date
Small Puget Lowland Streams	$2,121,019	June 2018
Puget Sound nearshore sediment chemistry	$322,606	Dec. 2017
Contaminants in marine mussels	$269,030; $285,693 $279,858	Round 1 June 2017 Round 2 June 2019 Round 3 June 2020
Puget Sound bacteria data compilation and summary	$17,193	June 2017

 

Effectiveness studies	Total costs	Completion date
Catch basin inspection and maintenance	$260,305	May 2019
Paired urban watershed restoration	$1,775,755	Jun. 2020
Regional retrofit study in Federal Way	$660,109	Jan. 2019
Stormwater source control at small businesses	$179,336	Sep. 2017
LID bioretention hydrology performance - pre2012 manual	$562,852	Dec. 2018
LID bioretention hydrology performance - post2012 manual	$526,026	Dec. 2019
Bioretention reduction of toxicity to salmon	$149,099	Dec. 2016
Field test of plants and fungi on bioretention performance	$424,920	July 2020
LID Retrofit of Hwy 99 at Echo Lake	$308,255	March 2018
Rain Garden and bioretention protocol and survey	$175,000	March 2019
PCB reduction by bioretention soil mix	$191,955	Dec. 2020
Bioretention blend alternatives	$388,450	Jan. 2020
Individual tree hydrology	$379,495	Dec. 2021
Longevity of bioretention toxicity prevention	$396,076	Sept. 2020
Oyster shell catch basin effectiveness	$273,605	April 2022
Mulch choices for bioretention	$191,497	April 2022
Hydrologic control options for bioretention	$291,266	estimated

 

Source Identification	Total costs	Completion date
IDDE data compilation and analysis	$114,078	Sept. 2017
ICID manual update	$174,000	Aug. 2020
Regional spill hotline scoping	$175,840	Dec. 2020
Small business perspectives on source control

 

SAM program administration	Total costs	Completion date
Total for 2013-2019 permit and extension	$890,000	July 2019

When do each year's payments occur?

We typically invoice permittees in May for payments due in August of each year. Receipts are available for download from PARIS.

Where can you send your payment?

Please send your payment to the address listed on the invoice. If this document is not available, use the information on our make a payment webpage.