Oscar Romo Watershed Coordinator Tijuana River National ...
Oscar Romo Watershed Coordinator Tijuana River National ...
Oscar Romo Watershed Coordinator Tijuana River National ...
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<strong>Oscar</strong> <strong>Romo</strong><br />
<strong>Watershed</strong> <strong>Coordinator</strong><br />
<strong>Tijuana</strong> <strong>River</strong> <strong>National</strong> Estuarine Research Reserve
Discarded tires being processed as “mats” to build the<br />
retaining wall/water harvesting structurestructure.
Pervious concrete<br />
Native vegetation<br />
Native soil<br />
Side wall (anchor)<br />
Tire cell
Water harvesting structure cross section<br />
Permeable Concrete<br />
and gravel sub‐bedding<br />
Discarded tires<br />
Retaining wall<br />
Water<br />
Storage<br />
Compacted fill<br />
(silt)<br />
Water<br />
Storage<br />
Native soil<br />
Water<br />
Storage
Native grasses and sage will eventually cover the tire wall<br />
note the PET and glass recycled bottles in columns and walls
Main plaza covered with pervious concrete, note the recycled glass bottles columns
<strong>Oscar</strong> <strong>Romo</strong><br />
<strong>Watershed</strong> <strong>Coordinator</strong><br />
<strong>Tijuana</strong> <strong>River</strong> <strong>National</strong> Estuarine Research Reserve
Flooding and Erosion Risk
The <strong>Tijuana</strong> <strong>River</strong> Valley
Los Laureles Canyon Sedimentation/Erosion<br />
Monitoring<br />
Real‐Time<br />
Monitorin<br />
g and<br />
Alerts<br />
<strong>Tijuana</strong> <strong>River</strong> Estuary<br />
Los Laureles<br />
Canyon<br />
Upstream<br />
Monitoring<br />
Location<br />
Pilot<br />
Integrate with NOAA Flood Gauges,<br />
TRNERR Monitoring Downstream
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