CIP Monitoring Program King County Capital Projects Section » Capital Projects Home The Surface Water Capital Improvement Program (CIP) Monitoring Team collects and assesses data to determine the performance and effects of surface water management projects. These projects are designed and constructed by King County's Capital Projects and Open Space Acquisition (CPOSA) Section of the Department of Natural Resources and Parks, and range from detention ponds to fish habitat enhancement projects. Most monitoring projects are permit-driven, which is to say that permits issued for construction of the project (from the Department of Development and Environmental Services, Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife, US Army Corp of Engineers etc.) require that the project be monitored for some time after construction. This time usually ranges from three to ten years. The parameters of a given monitoring project depend upon the goals of the project: Habitat enhancement projects are monitored for their effects upon the ecological components of their environments.   Flood control projects for their effects on flooding.   Planting projects are inspected to assess the survival of the restored native vegetation. The ultimate goal of the Surface Water CIP Monitoring Program, aside from fulfilling the legal obligations imposed by permits, is the betterment of future surface water projects. Project monitoring also allows for more effective maintenance of existing projects. Monitoring results are published in the Annual CIP Monitoring report which is distributed to the design teams and the permit issuing agencies. The CIP Monitoring Team Consists of scientists and engineers specializing in wetlands, fisheries, geology, water quality, hydrology, and hydraulics. Project-specific monitoring plans are generated and implemented by the members of the CIP Monitoring Team in collaboration with the project design teams.

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