Midcoast Groundwater Study Phase III, San Mateo County, California

San Mateo County ‘Midcoast’ extends from northern Half Moon Bay to Devils Slide along Highway 1. It encompasses the communities of Montara, Moss Beach, Seal Cove, Princeton, El Granada, and Miramar. Domestic water is supplied to the southern part of the region by Coastside County Water District (CCWD), providing services from Half Moon Bay to … Continue reading “Midcoast Groundwater Study Phase III, San Mateo County, California”

A Century of Delta Conveyance Plans

The Peripheral Canal. Duke’s Ditch. The Biemond Plan. Jerry Brown’s two tunnels. Gavin Newsom’s one. Sometimes it seems that California water debates revolve around a single question: how best to shift water from the Sacramento River, across, around or under the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta, to farms and cities to the south and west.

Sampling and Analysis Plan for 2016 RMP Status and Trends Bird Egg Monitoring

The samples will be collected by staff at the USGS Western Ecological Research Center [USGS-WERC] who will procure all necessary egg collection permits. Eggs will then be analyzed for: ● Total mercury (THg) (cormorant eggs at Moss Landing Marine Laboratory-Marine Pollution Studies Lab [MLML-MPSL]; tern eggs at USGS-WERC),  ● Selenium (cormorant and tern eggs at … Continue reading “Sampling and Analysis Plan for 2016 RMP Status and Trends Bird Egg Monitoring”

Contaminant Concentrations in San Francisco Bay Sportfish, Cruise Report Regional Monitoring Program (RMP) 2019

This report contains information on the spring and summer field sampling efforts conducted by the Marine Pollution Studies Laboratory at Moss Landing Marine Labs (MPSL-MLML). The purpose of this field effort was to collect sportfish for an eighth season of data (in support of 1994, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2009, and 2014 surveys) in the … Continue reading “Contaminant Concentrations in San Francisco Bay Sportfish, Cruise Report Regional Monitoring Program (RMP) 2019”