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Delta Water Quality - Effects of Ambient Ammonia Concentrations
Recent studies and analyses indicate ammonia may be impacting Delta species. The Regional Water Board, in cooperation with multiple agencies and interested stakeholders, is evaluating the role of ammonia on the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta and Suisun Bay ecosystem.
Ammonia Summit
Date: August 18-19, 2009
Time: 9:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Location: Central Valley Regional Water Board, 69 KB, PDF (PDF info)
11020 Sun Center Drive, #200
Rancho Cordova, California
The Ammonia Summit is part of an integrated series of public workshops coordinated by the Interagency Ecological Program (IEP) in 2009. More information about the other workshops in this series can be found at http://www.water.ca.gov/iep/activities/workshop.cfm.
This workshop is intended to provide a forum to present findings of current research and gather scientific information relevant to the study of the role of ammonia in the Bay-Delta ecosystem. Members of the Regional Water Board may be in attendance; however, no action will be taken by the Board during this workshop.
The workshop will include scientific presentations and discussions among presenters and the audience covering various topic areas, including: sources, concentrations, fate and transport; food web dynamics; and toxicology. This workshop is open to the public and no registration is required. For additional information, please contact Stephanie Fong (swfong@waterboards.ca.gov or 916-464-4822) or Adam Ballard (aballard@waterboards.ca.gov or 916-464-4649).
- Draft Agenda, 99 KB, PDF (PDF info) -
- Abstracts, 536 KB, PDF (PDF info) -
- Presentations:
- F.Wilkerson - Is There Suppression of Algal Production in Suisun Bay?, 905 KB, PDF (PDF info)
- A. Parker -Effect of Wastewater Treatment Plant Effluent on Algal Production in the Sacramento River Part 1: Grow-out and Wastewater Effluent Addition Experiments, 1.20 MB*, PDF (PDF info)
- A. Parker -Effect of Wastewater Treatment Plant Effluent on Algal Production in the Sacramento River Part 2: Transect Results, 279 KB, PDF (PDF info)
- D. Dugdale - Transport of Nutrients From Sacramento River to Suisun and Grizzly Bays: Effects on River and Bay Chlorophyll Concentrations, 539 KB, PDF (PDF info)
- C. Mioni - Does Ammonia Control Harmful Algae Abundance and Toxicity in the San Francisco Estuary, CA?, 787 KB, PDF (PDF info)
- P. Lehman - Microcystis and Ammonium, 228 KB, PDF (PDF info)
- S. Teh - Acute Toxicity of Ammonia, Copper, and Pesticides to Eurytemora affinis and Pseudodiaptomus forbesi, 646 KB, PDF (PDF info)
- I. Werner - Effects of Ammonia/um and Wastewater Effluent Associated Contaminants on Delta Smelt, 1.1 MB*, PDF (PDF info)
- D. Engle - Total Ammonia and Unionized Ammonia Concentrations in the Delta; an Examination of Ambient Concentrations and Toxicity Thresholds, 4.48 MB*, PDF (PDF info)
- M. Johnson - Species Sensitivity Distributions and Exposure Concentrations; Placing Recent Results into Context, 323 KB, PDF (PDF info)
- D. Fullerton - Ammonia Concentrations and the Food Chain in Suisun Bay and the Delta, 1.1 MB*, PDF (PDF info), 1.9 MB*, PDF (PDF info)
- C. Foe - Preliminary Ammonia Results from an Ongoing Monitoring Program, 278 KB, PDF (PDF info)
- C. Kendall - Tracing Sources and Biogeochemical Cycling of NH4 and NO3 in the Sacramento River, Delta, and Northern Bay Using Stable Isotope Techniques, 1.47 MB*, PDF (PDF info)
- M. Guerin - Fate and Transport Modeling of Ammonia in the Delta using DSM2, 2.97 MB*, PDF (PDF info)
- E. Van Nieuwenhyse - Nutrient Limitation of Average Summer Chlorophyll Concentration in the Freshwater Delta, 933 KB, PDF (PDF info)
- P. Gilbert - Ammonium – Global Trends, Issues on the East Coast, and Implications for Plankton Dynamics, 5.45 MB*, PDF (PDF info)
- A. Vargas - Development of a Ammonia/Ammonium Research Framework for the Delta and Suisun Bay, 319 KB, PDF (PDF info)
- C. Irvine - Data (and Science) Gap Analysis (DaSGA) for Determining the Potential Influence of Ammonia/um on the POD, 226 KB, PDF (PDF info)
CALFED Science Program Workshop: The Development of a Research Framework to Assess the Role of Ammonia/Ammonium on the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta and Suisun Bay Ecosystem.
Date: March 10 and 11, 2009
Time: 9:00 am - 5:30 pm
Location: CALFED Offices
650 Capitol Mall, 5th Floor
Delta Room
The purpose of the workshop is to provide a venue for open discussion among interested parties to identify data and science gaps and develop a scientific research framework to determine the role of ammonium and ammonia within the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta (Delta) and Suisun Bay ecosystem. A panel of national experts (Panel) in riverine and estuarine nutrient dynamics, food web processes, and ecotoxicology will assess the best available science in a workshop setting. The Panel will develop a draft Research Framework with input from local experts (invited scientists who are conducting research in the Delta and Suisun Bay relative to the topic of interest in the workshop), stakeholders (invited interest groups and entities who have been engaged in the issue of ammonium-ammonia in the Delta and Suisun Bay), and the interested public. This research framework, combined with input from local experts and stakeholders during workshop discussions, will be used to develop a listing of specific research needs and priorities in a Data and Science Gap Analysis. Details can be found at: http://www.science.calwater.ca.gov/events/workshops/workshop_ammonia.html.
- Background/Summary of Ammonia Investigations in the Sacramento - San Joaquin Delta and Suisun Bay, 970 KB, PDF (PDF info)
Summary of Regional Water Board Screening Studies
The Regional Water Board initiated screening studies to evaluate the effects of ambient ammonia concentrations on delta smelt survival and algal primary production. A review of the initial analyses and the follow-up studies are summarized in the fact sheets at the links below.
- Status Update: Studies of Potential Impacts of Ammonia on Delta Smelt, 20 KB, PDF (PDF info)
- Summary of Issues and Activities Related to Ammonia in the Delta, 12 KB, PDF (PDF info)