Archives by Tag 'copper'

Clean Estuary Partnership to Develop TMDLs and Other Water Quality Attainment Strategies for the SF Bay-Delta (2002-2006)

For five years, CONCUR worked with a team headed by Applied Marine Sciences to coordinate and facilitate the work program for the Clean Estuary Partnership (CEP). CEP is a collaborative effort of the Regional Water Quality Control Board (RWQCB), the Bay Area Clean Water Agencies (BACWA), and the Bay Area Stormwater Management Agencies Association (BASMAA).
The [...]

Reducing Copper Pollution in the South San Francisco Bay (1993-1994)

In late 1993 and early 1994, CONCUR facilitated the South Bay Copper Reduction Dialogue. The negotiation was convened to meet the terms of permits imposed by the Regional Water Quality Control Board to reduce the combined discharge of copper from the cities of Palo Alto, Sunnyvale, San Jose and the Santa Clara Valley Nonpoint Source [...]

East Bay Municipal Utility District Cleanup of Penn Mine

In the early 1990s, CONCUR advised East Bay Municipal Untility District (EBMUD) staff on structuring the negotiation over the cleanup of Penn Mine, an abandoned copper-zinc mine in northwestern Calaveras County, California. Historically, contaminated surface runoff from the Penn Mine flowed directly into the Mokelumne River. Completion of upstream and downstream dams decreased the streamflow [...]