Delta Water Quality
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Staff from the State Water Board and the Central Valley and San Francisco Bay Regional Water Boards formed the Bay-Delta Team to improve coordination of the Water Boards’ activities in the San Francisco Bay and Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta (Bay-Delta). The Bay-Delta Team is charged with developing a short and long-term program for addressing impacts to beneficial uses of water in the Bay-Delta. To that end, the Team identified short and long-term actions in a resolution, which was considered and adopted by the Water Boards (Delta Actions Resolution, Resolution No. R5-2007-0161). The Delta Actions Resolution also directed staff to develop a strategic workplan that prioritizes the actions, establishes time schedules for implementing them, and identifies existing and needed resources.
This web page contains links to information regarding the Bay-Delta Team’s water quality activities. Information regarding the State Water Boards’ water rights activities related to the Bay-Delta is located here.
For more information on the Bay-Delta Team, contact Karen Larsen at (916) 464-4646 or by email at klarsen@waterboards.ca.gov
Strategic Work Plan for Activities in the Bay-Delta
Water Boards staff have developed the June 2008 Draft Strategic Workplan for the San Francisco Bay/Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta Estuary. The strategic workplan will be considered by the State Water Board on July 16, 2008. Written comments on the strategic workplan must be submitted by 12 noon on July 9, 2008, to be considered by the State Water Board. If you have any questions regarding this matter, please contact Diane Riddle, Staff Environmental Scientist with the Division of Water Rights, at driddle@waterboards.ca.gov or (916) 341-5297.- Draft Strategic Workplan for Activities in the San Francisco Bay/Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta Estuary, 707 KB, PDF (PDF info)
- Notice of availability and opportunity for public comment on the draft strategic work plan for the Bay-Delta, 101 KB, PDF (PDF info)
Issues and Activities Related to Ammonia
- Summary of Issues and Activities Related to Ammonia in the Delta, 12 KB, PDF (PDF info)
Recent studies and analyses indicating ammonia could be impacting Delta species. The Regional Water Board initiated screening studies to evaluate these preliminary findings, which are summarized in this document.
5 March 2008 Public Meeting
- Staff Report
Staff Report on Central Valley Regional Water Quality Control Board’s Actions to Protect Beneficial Uses of the Sacramento–San Joaquin Delta heard at the March 5, 2008, Public Meeting - Staff Presentation
- Comments on the Staff Report
- Bay Keeper, 948 KB, PDF (PDF info)
- CALFED Bay-Delta Program, 28 KB, PDF (PDF info)
- California Urban Water Agencies, 40 KB, PDF (PDF info)
- Central Valley Clean Water Association, 173 KB, PDF (PDF info)
- Mirant Delta, LLC, 1.71 MB*, PDF (PDF info)
- Sacramento Regional County Sanitation District, 1.54 MB*, PDF (PDF info)
- San Joaquin County and Delta Water Quality Coalition, 71 KB, PDF (PDF info)
- San Luis & Delta-Mendota Water Authority and Westlands Water District, 150 KB, PDF (PDF info)
- South Delta Water Agency, 112 KB, PDF (PDF info)
- State Water Contractors, 1.94 MB*, PDF (PDF info)
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