Ventura County Watershed Protection District

Santa Clara River Watershed

►Piru Creek Bank Protection Project Draft Initial Study and Mitigated Negative Declaration (October 2006)

► Santa Clara River and Tributary Design Flows provided to FEMA for their Santa Clara River floodplain mapping project, January, 2007.

Santa Clara River Enhancement and Management Plan (SCREMP)

The SCREMP report (PDF, 30 Mb) was finalized in May 2005. The report provides provides a summary of baseline data from resource reports published in 1996 for water resources, biology, cultural resources, flood control, aggregate resources, and recreation and public access. A series of pdf figures show these resources along the river.  The Santa Clara River Parkway website is making these reports and overlays available to the public on behalf of the California State Coastal Conservancy.

Click Here to navigate to the Parkway Website to access and download the SCREMP materials.

►NEW Final Permitting and Funding Guides: The Final Permitting Guide can be found HERE (PDF, 4.57MB). The Final Funding Guide can be found HERE (Word, 172KB)

►NEW Guide to Native and Invasive Streamside Plants: Entire Document can be found HERE (20.3MB) or in the following sections: Part 1: Introduction (PDF, 1.63MB), Part 2: The Invasives (PDF, 4.44MB), Part 3: The Natives (PDF, 9.36MB), Part 4: Resources (PDF, 585KB)

Santa Clara River Feasibility Project

The work begun by the SCREMP is continuing under the Santa Clara River Feasibility Study. The study participants are the US Army Corps of Engineers, the Los Angeles Department of Public Works, and the Ventura County Watershed Protection District.

Right Click Here to save a copy of the HSPF Hydrology Model Simulation Plan document (3.3MB) to your computer for your use.  The Simulation Plan was developed for the District by Aqua Terra, Inc., and describes the available data and proposed Hydrology Model setup, calibration, and validation steps.  The HSPF Hydrology Model will match historical flow peaks and volumes for the selected simulation period and provide data that will be used in the hydraulic and sediment transport models for the watershed.  It will also be used to model water quality conditions in the watersheds and evaluate proposed projects to improve water quality and decrease flooding and stream erosion.  Aqua Terra is currently working on the model and expects to finalize it by Spring, 2007.

Click Here to navigate to the COE website and read about the Feasibility Project.

► Proposed segmentation for the Santa Clara HSPF Model, December 2006 (PDF file, 1.5 mb).

For questions about the SCREMP or Feasibility Study, please email your questions to Sergio Vargas, Deputy Director, VCWPD Planning and Regulatory Division:

Santa Clara River Comprehensive Monitoring Plan (CMP)

The CMP report was finalized in March, 2006. The CMP scope of work was to compile a water quality database, assess the water quality data gaps, and propose a sampling scheme and monitoring locations.  The goal of the sampling is to obtain water quality data to establish a baseline condition and allow the stakeholders to analyze water quality trends over time.

Right Click Here to save a pdf copy of the final CMP report (15 mb) to your computer for your use.

Right Click Here to save a zipped copy of the Access water quality database (4 mb) that contains historic water quality and flow data through 2004.

For questions about the CMP, please email your questions to Gerhardt Hubner, Deputy Director, VCWPD Water and Environmental Resources Division: