San Francisco Bay

Regional Monitoring Program for Water Quality in San Francisco Bay 2018 Detailed Workplan and Budget

San Francisco Estuary Institute (SFEI) | November 1st, 2017

In 2018 the Regional Monitoring Program for Water Quality in San Francisco Bay (RMP) is entering its 26th year of collecting data and communicating information to support

In 2018 the Regional Monitoring Program for Water Quality in San Francisco Bay (RMP) is entering its 26th year of collecting data and communicating information to support water quality management decisions. This Detailed Workplan and Budget describes the activities that will be completed in 2018, the proposed funding levels, and the deliverables for each task. 

Regional Monitoring Program for Water Quality in San Francisco Bay Monitoring Design for the Status and Trends Monitoring Program (2014-2027)

San Francisco Estuary Institute (SFEI) | July 1st, 2018

Regional monitoring programs in the United States: Synthesis of four case studies from Pacific, Atlantic, and Gulf Coasts

Regional Studies in Marine Science (Elsevier) | November 17th, 2015

Water quality monitoring is a cornerstone of environmental protection and ambient monitoring provides managers with the critical data they need to take informed action. U

Water quality monitoring is a cornerstone of environmental protection and ambient monitoring provides managers with the critical data they need to take informed action. Unlike site-specific monitoring that is at the heart of regulatory permit compliance, regional monitoring can provide an integrated, holistic view of the environment, allowing managers to obtain a more complete picture of natural variability and cumulative impacts, and more effectively prioritize management actions. By reviewing four long-standing regional monitoring programs that cover portions of all three coasts in the United States–Chesapeake Bay, Tampa Bay, Southern California Bight, and San Francisco Bay–important insights can be gleaned about the benefits that regional monitoring provides to managers. These insights include the underlying reasons that make regional monitoring programs successful, the challenges to maintain relevance and viability in the face of ever-changing technology, competing demands and shifting management priorities. The lessons learned can help other managers achieve similar successes as they seek to establish and reinvigorate their own monitoring programs.

Regional Watershed Modeling and Trends Implementation Plan

San Francisco Estuary Institute (SFEI) | July 1st, 2019

Regional Watershed Spreadsheet Model (RWSM) Year 5 Progress Report

San Francisco Estuary Institute (SFEI) | March 1st, 2016

The Regional Watershed Spreadsheet Model (RWSM) is a regional-scale planning tool developed primarily to estimate long-term average annual loads from the small tributari

The Regional Watershed Spreadsheet Model (RWSM) is a regional-scale planning tool developed primarily to estimate long-term average annual loads from the small tributaries surrounding San Francisco Bay, and secondarily to provide supporting information for prioritizing watersheds or areas within watersheds for management actions. The RWSM has been in development since 2010. In previous years, obstacles to calibrating the PCB and Hg models included issues associated with GIS data underlying the Model, a simplistic model structure and parameterization, lack of available empirical data for calibrating concentrations associated with specific land uses and source areas, and the high uncertainty with the empirical calibration dataset. The modeling effort in Years 2014 and 2015 (Year 4 and 5 of the model development) focused on improving the model calibration to attempt to resolve these issues. The major changes included switching from a sediment-based model to a water-based model, elimination of double counting of source areas on top of general land uses, changes in the model calibration approach, and changes to the land use grouping.

Reinitiation of Consultation on the Coordinated Long-Term Modified Operations of the Central Valley Project and State Water Project

U.S. Bureau of Reclamation (USBR) | February 18th, 2020

U.S. Bureau of Reclamation ROD index page

U.S. Bureau of Reclamation ROD index page

Relationship of Delta Cross Channel Gate Operations to Loss of Juvenile Winter-run Chinook Salmon at the CVP/SWP Delta Facilities

California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) | July 1st, 2003

Winter-run Chinook salmon are distinguishable from the three other Chinook runs in the Sacramento River system by the timing of their upstream migration and spawning. Due

Winter-run Chinook salmon are distinguishable from the three other Chinook runs in the Sacramento River system by the timing of their upstream migration and spawning. Due to precipitous decline in the population from the late 1960’s through the late 1980’s, NOAA Fisheries listed the run as “threatened” in August 1989, and subsequently reclassified the run as “endangered” in 1992. The state of California listed the run as endangered in 1989.  Many factors contributed to the decline in the winter-run Chinook population. Among these factors, operation of the federal Central Valley Project and State Water Project has had continuing impacts on winter-run Chinook. Of particular concern have been the direct entrainment losses of juvenile winter-run Chinook at the project export facilities in the Delta. 

Report of Financial Consultants to State of California Department of Water Resources On Financial Aspects of Program for State Water Resources Development System

California Department of Water Resources (DWR) | October 26th, 1960

Report of the Board of Commissioners on the Irrigation of the San Joaquin, Tulare, and Sacramento Valleys of the State of California

U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) | July 15th, 1874

Report of the Commissioners of Fisheries for the State of California for the Years 1883-4

State of California | January 31st, 1885