Delta Water Quality
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Staff from the State Water Board and the Central Valley and San Francisco Bay Regional Water Boards (collectively 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 Bay-Delta Team identified short and long-term actions in a joint resolution (Delta Actions Resolution), which was considered and adopted by the Water Boards:
- State Water Board Resolution No. 2007-0079, 86 KB, PDF (PDF Info)
- Central Valley Regional Water Board Resolution No. R5-2007-0161, 47 KB, PDF (PDF Info)
- San Francisco Bay Regional Water Board Resolution R2-2008-0009, 38 KB, PDF (PDF Info)
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 Workplan for Activities in the Bay-Delta
Water Boards staff developed the June 2008 Draft Strategic Workplan for Activities in the San Francisco Bay/Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta Estuary (Strategic Workplan), which was subsequently adopted by the State Water Board and Central Valley Regional Water Board on 16 July 2008 [Resolution No. 2008-0056, 26 KB, PDF (PDF Info)] and 11 September 2008 [Resolution No. R5-2008-0134, 16 KB, PDF (PDF Info)], respectively. The Strategic Workplan will be considered by the San Francisco Bay Regional Water Board after this year.
- Strategic Workplan for Activities in the San Francisco Bay/Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta Estuary, 566 KB, PDF (PDF Info)
- March 2008 Public Meeting
- Notice of Availability and Opportunity for Public Comment on the Draft Strategic Workplan, 101 KB, PDF (PDF Info)
- Public Comments Received for the Draft Strategic Workplan
Strategic Workplan activities are divided into nine broad elements, as identified below.
- Water Quality and Contaminants Control
- Comprehensive Monitoring Program
- Southern Delta Salinity and San Joaquin River Flow Objectives
- Suisun Marsh Management, Preservation, and Restoration
- Comprehensive Review of the Bay-Delta Plan, Water Rights and Other Requirements to Protect Fish and Wildlife Beneficial Uses and the Public Trust
- Activities to Ensure that the SWP’s and CVP’s Methods of Diversion in the Delta are Reasonable, Beneficial and Protect the Public Trust
- Water Right Compliance, Enforcement, and Other Activities to Ensure Adequate Flows to Meet Water Quality Objectives
- Water Use Efficiency
- Other Activities
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