Suspended Sediment Load (Surface Runoff)
Suspended Sediment Load (Surface Runoff) is include in the Threshold Dashboard. Threshold Indicators are evaluated against Threshold Standards every 4 years. Thresholds are environmental goals and standards for the Lake Tahoe Basin that indirectly define the capacity of the Region to accommodate additional land development.
Status
Fine Sediment Particle load measured at outfalls around the Tahoe Basin. Total for “consistent sites” refers to sites that were monitored in both 2014 and 2015. Sites that have no data for 2014 were only installed for water year 2015. Source: Tahoe Resource Conservation District
Applicable Standard
Reduce total annual nutrient and suspended sediment loads as necessary to achieve loading thresholds for tributaries and littoral and pelagic Lake Tahoe.
Key Points
No Key Points
Delivering and Measuring Success
Transportation Indicators
- Acres of Environmentally Sensitive Land Acquired
- Acres of Forest Fuels Reduction Treatment
- Acres of SEZ Restored or Enhanced
- Disturbed Areas Restored, Enhanced, or Created
- Educational and Interpretive Programs Produced
- Fine Sediment Load Reduction
- Forest Roads Created
- Forest Roads Inspected and Maintained
- Impervious Coverage Retired
- Miles of Roads Decommissioned or Retrofitted
- Miles of Street Sweeping
- Nitrogen Load Reduction
- Non-Compliant Wood Stoves Removed or Retrofitted
- Parcels Inspected for Defensible Space
- Parcels with Stormwater BMPs
- People Served
- Phosphorous Load Reduction