The Draft Stormwater Monitoring and Assessment Strategy for the Puget Sound Region Volume 1: Scientific Framework was available for review and comments through November 30, 2009.  To view the complete document, please download both of the two ~1MB documents below: the main document and the appendices.

The SWG has been meeting since October 2008 to identify objectives for monitoring stormwater and to develop an approach to provide needed information about stormwater impacts and the effectiveness of stormwater management actions and share results in a way that helps the region make better decisions.  The document that has just been released is Volume 1 of 2 of our strategy.  Volume 1 provides the scientific framework for future monitoring and assessment activities.  Volume 2, due in June 2010, will describe the implementation plan for conducting the activities in a coordinated, efficient manner and with standardized methods.