SMC

The Southern California Stormwater Monitoring Coalition (SMC) consists of 16 stormwater management agencies from the regulated and regulatory sectors working to improve stormwater management practices across coastal southern California. The SMC was founded in 2001 when a group of stormwater management agencies decided they could more effectively optimize their stormwater monitoring programs by pooling expertise and resources. Through a cooperative agreement known as the SMC Master Agreement, regulated and regulatory agencies began collaborating to improve monitoring designs and monitoring outcomes. By building a common technical foundation and a set of shared goals for optimizing stormwater monitoring, SMC member agencies have over time taken on an increasingly broad, encompassing research portfolio centered around investigating stormwater mechanisms, the condition of receiving waters, and solutions for improving and protecting regional stormwater quality... The SMC invests in high-..