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TMDL Projects

 The San Francisco Bay Regional Water Quality Control Board is developing more than 30 TMDL projects to address more than 160 listings for water bodies impaired by specific pollutants. Projects can address more than one pollutant and/or water body. For example, the San Francisco Bay Area Urban Creeks Diazinon and Pesticide Related Toxicity TMDL Project addresses more than 30 impaired urban creeks.

Map of Current Projects


Project Schedule:
The following schedule shows both TMDL project report and implementation plan release dates and Regional Board adoption dates (actual and projected) for current projects. Please note that this schedule is subject to change.

TMDL Project Schedule (PDF) (PDF file)

Current TMDL Projects:
Click on the links below to access the web pages of several current TMDL projects. Each active page contains background information, downloadable documents, and contact information for the project. Some contain links to resources related to the TMDL.

Guadalupe River Watershed Mercury
Napa River Sediment
Napa River Nutrients
Napa River Pathogens
San Francisco Bay Mercury
San Francisco Bay PCBs
San Francisco Bay (North of the Dumbarton Bridge) Copper/Nickel
San Francisco Bay (South of the Dumbarton Bridge) Copper/Nickel
San Francisquito Creek Sediment
Sonoma Creek Sediment
Sonoma Creek Nutrients
Sonoma Creek Pathogens
Tomales Bay Pathogens
Urban Creeks Diazinon
Walker Creek Mercury