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Microplastic Strategy Update on behalf of the Regional Monitoring Program (RMP) for Water Quality in San Francisco Bay

Meg Sedlak, Rebecca Sutton, Liz Miller, Diana Lin | December 2nd, 2019


Based on the detection of microplastics in San Francisco Bay surface water and Bay Area wastewater effluent in 2015, the Regional Monitoring Program for Water Quality in San Francisco Bay (RMP) convened a Microplastic Workgroup (MPWG) in 2016 to discuss the issue, identify management information needs and management questions (MQs), and prioritize studies to provide information to answer these management questions. The MPWG meets annually to review on-going microplastic projects and to conduct strategic long-term planning in response to new information in this rapidly evolving field.

Keywords

microplastics, monitoring, pollutants, Sacramento–San Joaquin Delta, water quality