Body The Orange County Stormwater Program wants to hear feedback from the land development community on the Model Water Quality Management Plan, Technical Guidance Document, and other resources used to prepare Water Quality Management Plans for land development projects in Orange County. Please click the link below for a fact sheet...

Body South OC Municipalities Prepare and Submit the First WQIP Annual Report The County of Orange and municipalities of south Orange County have prepared and submitted to the San Diego Regional Water Board, the first South OC Water Quality Improvement Plan Annual Report, covering progress during the 2017-18 reporting period. The...

Body CHWSRS Work Plan Development On March 4, 2019, OC Environmental Resources, a service area of OC Public Works, and the municipalities of the South Orange County Watershed Management Area (South OC WMA) hosted the CHWSRS Work Plan Development and Public Information Meeting. During the public information meeting and ensuing development...

Body The County of Orange and municipalities of south Orange County have prepared and submitted to the San Diego Regional Water Quality Control Board on January 30, 2020, a South OC Water Quality Improvement Plan Annual Report, covering progress during the 2018-19 reporting period. The South OC WQIP is a long...

Body The County of Orange and municipalities of south Orange County have prepared and submitted to the San Diego Regional Water Quality Control Board on January 30, 2020, a South OC Water Quality Improvement Plan Annual Report, covering progress during the 2018-19 reporting period. The South OC WQIP is a long...

Body On behalf of the South Orange County Watershed Management Area Integrated Regional Water Management (SOCWMA IRWM) Group, you are invited to attend the fourth meeting of the Aliso Creek Watershed Project Collaboration Group. The purpose of this and future meetings of this group is to develop goals for projects within...

Body OC Public Works, on behalf of the municipalities of South Orange County Watershed Management Area (South OC WMA), has initiating the Flow Ecology Special Study as identified in the Water Quality Improvement Plan (WQIP). The Flow Ecology Special Study aims to develop ecologically-based tools and datasets to inform decisions regarding...

Body In a presentation at the California Stormwater Quality Association (CASQA) quarterly meeting on July 15, 2021, the OC Stormwater Program shared how data from a number of sources is enabling the measurement of dry weather bacteria load reduction as a result of structural and non-structural (source control) strategies in South...

Body The OC Stormwater Program has developed an ArcGIS Story Map that acts as a guided tour of Best Management Practice (BMP) implementation throughout the South Orange County Watershed Management Area (SOC WMA). These BMPs (a BMP can refer to a structural or non-structural strategy) have resulted in significant water quality...

Body OC Watersheds receives many questions through the phone hotline and online spill reporting. The following are some of the most commonly asked questions. If you have other questions, please feel free to contact our office directly at 714-955-0600.