Strategies for reducing uncertainties in modeled urban stormwater runoff and contaminant loads in Puget Sound nearshore streams

The University of Washington Tacoma is facilitating ten scientific workshops over the next year to bring together for utilities, environmental community-based organizations, scientists, state and federal agencies, and the Tribes to discuss technical uncertainties related to terrestrial and marine nutrient management and water quality. These workshops build on previous discussions such as Ecology’s Nutrient Forum and on the uncertainties in the forthcoming Puget Sound Marine Water Quality Implementation Strategy to dig deeper into identified challenges such as the interannual variability of ocean influences on the Salish Sea. The 7/26/2022 kickoff workshop will focus on the “Science of Puget Sound Water Quality”. Bob McKane with EPA-ORD's Pacific Ecological Systems Division will contribute a talk on "Strategies for reducing uncertainties in modeled urban stormwater runoff and contaminant loads in Puget Sound nearshore streams"

Impact/Purpose

This workshop brings together leading Puget Sound terrestrial and marine water quality modelers, stakeholders, restoration planners, and policy makers in a single forum to discuss the science and practice for reducing uncertainty in water quality estimates that underpin ecosystem restoration decision making. In so doing, the workshop is an excellent opportunity to strengthen collaboration with regional experts important to the success of VELMA StRAP4 Puget Sound modeling research projects planned for FY 2023 – 2026.

Citation

McKane, Bob, J. Halama, B. Barnhart, P. Pettus, A. Brookes, K. Djang, V. Phan, E. Kolodziej, K. Peter, Z. Tian, S. Mazzilli, M. Larson, AND T. Francis. Strategies for reducing uncertainties in modeled urban stormwater runoff and contaminant loads in Puget Sound nearshore streams. To be presented at Kickoff Workshop on the Science of Puget Sound Water Quality, virtual, OR, July 26, 2022.

• Strategies for reducing uncertainties in modeled urban stormwater runoff and contaminant loads in Puget Sound nearshore streams (PDF)  (10  pp, 5.1 MB, about PDF)