San Francisco Bay/Sacramento – San Joaquin Delta Estuary (Bay-Delta) Program

Comprehensive Review of the 2006 Water Quality Control Plan for the San Francisco Bay/Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta Estuary (excluding San Joaquin River Flows and Southern Delta Salinity) (Phase II of the Bay-Delta Effort)

The State Water Resources Control Board (State Water Board) is in the process of a phased review and update of the 2006 Water Quality Control Plan for the Bay-Delta (2006 Bay-Delta Plan). The Bay-Delta Plan identifies beneficial uses of water in the Bay-Delta, water quality objectives for the reasonable protection of those beneficial uses, and a program of implementation for achieving the water quality objectives. This webpage includes information about the second phase of the review of the Bay-Delta Plan, which focuses on the following issues: (1) Delta outflow objectives, (2) export/inflow objectives, (3) Delta Cross Channel Gate closure objectives, (4) Suisun Marsh objectives; (5) potential new reverse flow objectives for Old and Middle Rivers; (6) potential new floodplain habitat flow objectives; (7) potential changes to the monitoring and special studies program, and (8) other potential changes to the program of implementation. The State Water Board will also consider other potential changes to the Bay-Delta Plan during this phase, including issues identified through the scoping process, and information that is produced as part of the Bay Delta Conservation Plan (BDCP). Information concerning the other phases of the State Water Board’s review of the Bay-Delta Plan can be found here.

April 9, 2013 Informational Item: Next Steps for Draft Summary Report on Technical Workshops in Support of the Comprehensive (Phase 2) Review of the Bay-Delta Plan.
- Public Comments
- Board Meeting Video: Video 1 | Video 2 | Video 3
Revised Public Notice for 2012 Informational Workshops, dated August 16, 2012. In September, October, and November 2012, workshops were held to receive scientific and technical information on (1) Ecosystem Changes and the Low Salinity Zone; (2) Bay-Delta Fishery Resources (focusing on pelagic fishes and salmonids), and (3) Analytical Tools for Evaluating the Water Supply, Hydrodynamic, and Hydropower Effects of the Bay-Delta Plan.
- Draft Workshops Summary Report prepared by ICF International (posted January 2013)
- Public Comments Received After the Workshops
- Workshop Agendas, Speaker Presentations, Videos, and Comments Received
- Public Comments Regarding Potential Workshop Panel Members (deadline: July 6, 2012)
- Original Notice of Public Workshops, dated June 22, 2012
- Informational Item - June 19, 2012 State Water Board Meeting
  - Possible Workshop Agenda Formats
  - Public Comments Received (deadline was June 14, 2012)
  - June 1, 2012 Workshops Coordination Meeting Handouts
- Save the Dates Notice (issued April 24, 2012)
Supplemental Notice of Preparation (NOP) (issued January 24, 2012)
- Public Comments Received regarding Bay-Delta Plan Supplemental NOP – Comprehensive Review (deadline was April 25, 2012)
Unsolicited Public Comments and Responses
Notice of Preparation (issued February 13, 2009)
- Written Comments Received (deadline was March 19, 2009)
2008-2009 Periodic Review of the 2006 Water Quality Control Plan for the San Francisco Bay/Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta Estuary and Evidentiary Hearings (Staff Report Adopted August 4, 2009)

More Information

For questions about the material presented on this web page, please contact:

Karen Niiya at (916) 341-5365 or by email at Karen.Niiya@waterboards.ca.gov

For questions about the 2012 Informational Workshops, please contact:

Rich Satkowski at (916) 341-5439 or by email at Rich.Satkowski@waterboards.ca.gov