P-5351

Preserve Calavera Microfiber

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Project Description

Country: USA

Location: Carlsbad

Total Budget: $1,000

Areas of Focus: Water, sanitation and hygiene, The environment

Activity Type: Water: Volunteer Services

Summary: North San Diego County Watershed Monitoring Program (NSDCWMP) created by Preserve Calavera to regularly monitor water for a variety of parameters including microfiber content.


Name of the organization: North San Diego County Watershed Monitoring Program (NSDCWMP) created by Preserve Calavera, a non-profit volunteer-based organization whose mission is to preserve the natural resources of the coastal San Diego North County.

Short description of the organization's activities: In the spring of 2019, Preserve Calavera created the North San Diego County Watershed Monitoring Program (NSDCWMP) to continue the decade-long work of San Diego Coastkeeper (SDCK) of assessing the health of local surface waters. The water quality in three coastal watersheds (i.e., Buena Vista Creek, Agua Hedionda and Batiquitos Lagoons), all of which are part of the Carlsbad Hydrologic Unit (Fig. 1) is evaluated by sampling water at multiple locations on a bimonthly basis and measuring basic physical (conductivity, turbidity), chemical (pH, dissolved oxygen, nutrient, and ammonia), and biological (total and pathogenic coliform bacteria) parameters. In addition, the team has initiated sampling for the analysis of microfibers in conjunction with Dr. Dimitri Deheyn's laboratory at UC San Diego (Marine Biology Research Division, Scripps Institution of Oceanography).

NSDCWMP is an all-volunteer citizen science effort with a leadership management team comprised of two Preserve Calavera board members (also leaders of the Buena Vista Creek and Batiquitos Lagoon monitoring teams). Technical advisors from the California Water Resources Control Board as well as the San Diego Regional Water Quality Control Board (SDRWCB) provide guidance to the NSDCWMP. Data is posted at www.preservecalavera.org and on the CEDEN website and shared with SDRWCB and the cities of Carlsbad, Oceanside, San Marcos and Vista as needed.

For the 2024-2025 time frame of the project will entailed sampling, filtration and microfiber counting when detected by fluorescence on the filters following the instructions/training used by the Deheyn's UCSD laboratory research team. Initial findings revealed the presence of microplastics in the watershed, hence the potential for toxicity in the food chain.

Data from all measures including the presence of microfibers are reported to local and regional governmental agencies which may use them to make informed regulatory decisions regarding the protection and management of the rivers and streams in our local watersh

Project Contact Person

District: 5340

Rotary Club of: Solana Beach

Primary Contact: Mark DAndrea

Email: mdandrea825@gmail.com

Project Status

Approved
This project is "Approved". This means that the district leadership has reviewed and approved the allocation of district funds for this project. Once the funds from the district have been issued, the status of the project will be changed to "Paid".

Project listed for the 2024-25 Rotary Year.

Proposed Financing

Existing Contributions Towards This Project

Date

Cash

DDF

Total

Solana Beach (5340)

13-Jul-24

$500

$500

$1,000

Total

$500

$500

$1,000

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History Log Entries

13-Jul-24

by Conrad Heede

System Entry: Creation of project page.

14-Jul-24

by Lynn Stevens

System Entry: Project sent for club signatures.

14-Jul-24

by Conrad Heede

System Entry: Project signed by Lynn Stevens.

14-Jul-24

by Conrad Heede

System Entry: Project signed by Carter Stafford.

18-Aug-24

by Mark DAndrea

On-going

13-Sep-24

by Mark DAndrea

System Entry: Project signed by Mark DAndrea.

20-Sep-24

by Alan Turner

System Entry: Project approved by the District Approval Committee.

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