%0 Report %D 2023 %T Conceptual Understanding of Fine Sediment Transport in San Francisco Bay %A Katie McKnight %A Alex Braud %A Scott Dusterhoff %A Letitia Grenier %A Sam Shaw %A Jeremy Lowe %A Melissa Foley %A Lester McKee %X
Sediment is a lifeblood of San Francisco Bay (Bay). It serves three key functions: (1) create and maintain tidal marshes and mudflats, (2) transport nutrients and contaminants, and (3) reduce impacts from excessive human-derived nutrients in the Bay. Because of these important roles, we need a detailed understanding of sediment processes in the Bay.
This report offers a conceptual understanding of how fine-grained sediment (i.e. silt and finer, henceforth called fine sediment) moves around at different scales within the Bay, now and into the future, to synthesize current knowledge and identify critical knowledge gaps. This information can be used to support Bay sediment management efforts and help prioritize funding for research and monitoring. In particular, this conceptual understanding is designed to inform future San Francisco Bay Regional Monitoring Program (RMP) work under the guidance of the Sediment Workgroup of the RMP for Water Quality in San Francisco Bay, which brings together experts who have worked on many different components of the landscape, including watersheds and tributaries, marshes and mudflats, beaches, and the open Bay. This report describes sediment at two scales: a conceptual understanding of open-Bay sediment processes at the Bay and subembayment scale (Chapter 2); and a conceptual understanding of sediment processes at the baylands scale (Chapter 3). Chapter 4 summarizes the key knowledge gaps and provides recommendations for future studies.
This document was prepared with guidance gained through two RMP Sediment Workgroup workshops held in late 2022 and early 2023. Given the variety of participants involved, this Workplan encompasses interests beyond San Francisco Bay RMP funders. We thank the attendees for their contributions.
In 2020, the Sediment Workgroup (SedWG) of the Regional Monitoring Program for Water Quality in San Francisco Bay (RMP) completed a Sediment Monitoring and Modeling Strategy (SMMS) which laid out a conceptual level series of data and information gaps and generally recommended the use of both empirical data collection and modeling tools to answer initial high priority management questions (McKee et al., 2020). At the time, the SMMS promoted the use of surrogates such as time-continuous turbidity measurements for cross-section flux modeling within the Bay without an understanding of existing Bay hydrodynamic models, their strengths, weaknesses, and potential uses for understanding coupled Bay-mudflat-marsh processes. Since then, the Wetland Regional Monitoring Program (WRMP, www.wrmp.org) has generally promoted the use of coupling monitoring and modeling techniques to inform wetlands sediment management decisions. In addition, he completion of the Sediment for Survival report (a RMPEPA funded collaboration) and the further development of sediment conceptual models has also advanced the need for a coupled dynamic modeling and monitoring program that has the capacity to explore more complex management questions (Dusterhoff et al., 2021; SFEI, 2023). Such a program will take time to develop, but will be more cost-efficient and adaptable and allow for more timely answers to pressing questions.
%I San Francisco Estuary Institute %C Richmond, CA %8 11/2023 %G eng %0 Journal Article %J Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry %D 2022 %T Suspect Screening and Chemical Profile Analysis of Storm-Water Runoff Following 2017 Wildfires in Northern California %A Miaomiao Wang %A Juliet Kinyua %A Ting Jiang %A Meg Sedlak %A Lester J . McKee %A Richard Fadness %A Rebecca Sutton %A June-Soo Park %XThe combustion of structures and household materials as well as firefighting during wildfires lead to releases of potentially hazardous chemicals directly into the landscape. Subsequent storm-water runoff events can transport wildfire-related contaminants to downstream receiving waters, where they may pose water quality concerns. To evaluate the environmental hazards of northern California fires on the types of contaminants in storm water discharging to San Francisco Bay and the coastal marine environment, we analyzed storm water collected after the northern California wildfires (October 2017) using a nontargeted analytical (NTA) approach. Liquid chromatography quadrupole time-of-flight mass spectrometric analysis was completed on storm-water samples (n = 20) collected from Napa County (impacted by the Atlas and Nuns fires), the city of Santa Rosa, and Sonoma County (Nuns and Tubbs fires) during storm events that occurred in November 2017 and January 2018. The NTA approach enabled us to establish profiles of contaminants based on peak intensities and chemical categories found in the storm-water samples and to prioritize significant chemicals within these profiles possibly attributed to the wildfire. The results demonstrated the presence of a wide range of contaminants in the storm water, including surfactants, per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, and chemicals from consumer and personal care products. Homologs of polyethylene glycol were found to be the major contributor to the contaminants, followed by other widely used surfactants. Nonylphenol ethoxylates, typically used as surfactants, were detected and were much higher in samples collected after Storm Event 1 relative to Storm Event 2. The present study provides a comprehensive approach for examining wildfire-impacted storm-water contamination of related contaminants, of which we found many with potential ecological risk. Environ Toxicol Chem 2022;00:1–14. © 2022 SETAC
%B Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry %8 06/2022 %G eng %U https://setac.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/etc.5357 %R https://doi.org/10.1002/etc.5357 %0 Report %D 2021 %T Pollutants of Concern Reconnaissance Monitoring Progress Report, Water Years 2015-2020 %A Alicia Gilbreath %A Lester McKee %A Jen Hunt %XThe San Francisco Bay polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB) and mercury (Hg) total maximum daily loads (TMDLs) call for implementation of control measures to reduce PCB and Hg loads entering the Bay via stormwater. In 2009, the San Francisco Bay Regional Water Quality Control Board (Regional Water Board) issued the first Municipal Regional Stormwater Permit (MRP). This MRP contained a provision aimed at improving information on stormwater pollutant loads in selected watersheds (Provision C.8.) and piloted a number of management techniques to reduce PCB and Hg loading to the Bay from smaller urbanized tributaries (Provisions C.11. and C.12.). To address C8, a previously developed fixed station loads monitoring technique was refined that incorporated turbidity and stage sensors recording at 5-15 minute intervals with the collection of velocity and water samples using both manual and auto sampling techniques to compute loads. In 2015, the Regional Water Board issued the second iteration of the MRP. “MRP 2.0” placed an increased focus on identifying those watersheds, source areas, and source properties that are potentially the most polluted and are therefore most likely to be cost-effective areas for addressing load-reduction requirements.
%I San Francisco Estuary Institute %C Richmond, CA %8 11/2021 %G eng %0 Report %D 2020 %T Conceptual Model to Support PCB Management and Monitoring in the Steinberger Slough/Redwood Creek Priority Margin Unit %A Don Yee %A Alicia Gilbreath %A Lester McKee %A Jay Davis %I San Francisco Estuary Institute %C Richmond, CA %G eng %0 Report %D 2020 %T Summary of Water Year 2017 precipitation, discharge, and sediment conditions at selected locations in Arroyo de la Laguna watershed, with a focus on Arroyo Mocho %A Sarah Pearce %A Lester McKee %XThis report summarizes the precipitation, discharge, and sediment conditions observed from October 1, 2016 to September 30th, 2017 (Water Year (WY) 2017) in the Arroyo de la Laguna watershed, with a focus on the Arroyo Mocho watershed. This information was collected by the Zone 7 Water Agency to support operation and maintenance of their flood control facilities. Additionally, this and similar information collected in WY 2018 and 2019 will be utilized to update the Arroyo Mocho watershed sediment budget (Pearce et al, 2020).
%I San Francisco Estuary Institute %C Richmond, CA %8 09/2020 %G eng %0 Report %D 2019 %T Conceptual Model to Support PCB Management and Monitoring in the San Leandro Bay Priority Margin Unit - Final Report %A Don Yee %A Alicia N. Gilbreath %A Lester J . McKee %A Jay A. Davis %XThe goal of RMP PCB special studies over the next few years is to inform the review and possible revision of the PCB TMDL and the reissuance of the Municipal Regional Permit for Stormwater, both of which are tentatively scheduled to occur in 2020. Conceptual model development for a set of four representative priority margin units will provide a foundation for establishing an effective and efficient monitoring plan to track responses to load reductions, and will also help guide planning of management actions. The Emeryville Crescent was the first PMU to be studied in 2015-2016. The San Leandro Bay PMU is second (2016-2018), Steinberger Slough in San Carlos is third (2018), and Richmond Harbor will be fourth (2018-2019).
This document is Phase Three of a report on the conceptual model for San Leandro Bay. A Phase One report (Yee et al. 2017) presented analyses of watershed loading, initial retention, and long-term fate, including results of sediment sampling in 2016. A Phase Two data report (Davis et al. 2017) documented the methods, quality assurance, and all of the results of the 2016 field study. This Phase Three report is the final report that incorporates all of the results of the 2016 field study, and includes additional discussion of the potential influence of contaminated sites in the
watershed, the results of passive sampling by Stanford researchers and a comparative analysis of long-term fate in San Leandro Bay and the Emeryville Crescent, a section on bioaccumulation, and a concluding section with answers to the management questions that were the impetus for the work.
A multiyear water quality performance study of a bioretention rain garden located along a major urban transit corridor east of San Francisco Bay was conducted to assess the efficacy of bioretention rain gardens to remove pollutants. Based on data collected in three years between 2012 and 2017, polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) and suspended sediment concentrations (SSCs) were reduced (>90%), whereas total mercury (Hg), methylmercury (MeHg), and copper (Cu) were moderately captured (37%, 49%, and 68% concentration reduction, respectively). Anthropogenic microparticles including microplastics were retained by the bioretention rain garden, decreasing in concentration from 1.6 particles/L to 0.16 particles/L. Based on subsampling at 50- and 150-mm intervals in soil cores from two areas of the unit, PCBs, Hg, and MeHg were all present at the highest concentrations in the upper 100 mm in the surface media layers. Based on residential screening concentrations, the surface media layer near the inlet would need to be removed and replaced annually, whereas the rest of the unit would need replacement every 8 years. The results of this study support the use of bioretention in the San Francisco Bay Area as one management option for meeting load reductions required by San Francisco Bay total maximum daily loads, and provide useful data for supporting decisions about media replacement and overall maintenance schedules.
%B Journal of Sustainable Water in the Built Environment %I San Francisco Estuary Institute %C Richmond %V 5 %8 04/2019 %G eng %U https://ascelibrary.org/doi/abs/10.1061/JSWBAY.0000883 %N 4 %& 04019004 %R https://ascelibrary.org/doi/abs/10.1061/JSWBAY.0000883 %0 Journal Article %J Journal of Sustainable Water in the Built Environment %D 2019 %T Optimal Selection and Placement of Green Infrastructure in Urban Watersheds for PCB Control %A Jing Wu %A Pete Kauhanen %A Jennifer A. Hunt %A David Senn %A Tony Hale %A Lester J . McKee %XSan Francisco Bay and its watersheds are polluted by legacy polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), resulting in the establishment of a total maximum daily load (TDML) that requires a 90% PCB load reduction from municipal stormwater. Green infrastructure (GI) is a multibenefit solution for stormwater management, potentially addressing the TMDL objectives, but planning and implementing GI cost-effectively to achieve management goals remains a challenge and requires an integrated watershed approach. This study used the nondominated sorting genetic algorithm (NSGA-II) coupled with the Stormwater Management Model (SWMM) to find near-optimal combinations of GIs that maximize PCB load reduction and minimize total relative cost at a watershed scale. The selection and placement of three locally favored GI types (bioretention, infiltration trench, and permeable pavement) were analyzed based on their cost and effectiveness. The results show that between optimal solutions and nonoptimal solutions, the effectiveness in load reduction could vary as much as 30% and the difference in total relative cost could be well over $100 million. Sensitivity analysis of both GI costs and sizing criteria suggest that the assumptions made regarding these parameters greatly influenced the optimal solutions.
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%B Journal of Sustainable Water in the Built Environment %V 5 %8 01/2019 %G eng %U https://doi.org/10.1061/JSWBAY.0000876 %N 2 %R 10.1061/JSWBAY.0000876 %0 Report %D 2019 %T Regional Watershed Modeling and Trends Implementation Plan %A Jing Wu %A Lester McKee %I San Francisco Estuary Institute %C Richmond, CA %G eng %0 Report %D 2019 %T Small Tributaries Pollutants of Concern Reconnaissance Monitoring: Loads and Yields-based Prioritization Methodology Pilot Study %A Lester J . McKee %A Alicia N. Gilbreath %A Jennifer A. Hunt %A Jing Wu %A Don Yee %A Jay A. Davis %I San Francisco Estuary Institute %C Richmond, CA %8 10/2019 %G eng %0 Report %D 2018 %T Bay Area Green Infrastructure Water Quality Synthesis %A Alicia Gilbreath %A Sarah Pearce %A Ila Shimabuku %A Lester McKee %I San Francisco Estuary Institute %C Richmond, CA %8 12/2018 %G eng %0 Report %D 2018 %T Conceptual Model to Support PCB Management and Monitoring in the San Leandro Bay Priority Margin Unit: Phase Three - (Coming Soon) %A Don Yee %A Alicia Gilbreath %A Lester McKee %A Jay Davis %I San Francisco Estuary Institute %C Richmond, CA %G eng %0 Report %D 2018 %T Green Infrastructure Planning for North Richmond Pump Station Watershed with GreenPlan-IT %A Jing Wu %A Pete Kauhanen %A Jennifer Hunt %A Lester McKee %I San Francisco Estuary Institute %C Richmond, CA %G eng %0 Report %D 2018 %T Green Infrastructure Planning for the City of Oakland with GreenPlan-IT %A Jing Wu %A Pete Kauhanen %A Jennifer Hunt %A Lester McKee %I San Francisco Estuary Institute %C Richmond, CA %8 07/2018 %G eng %0 Report %D 2018 %T Green Infrastructure Planning for the City of Richmond with GreenPlan-IT %A Jing Wu %A Pete Kauhanen %A Jennifer Hunt %A Lester McKee %I San Francisco Estuary Institute %C Richmond, CA %G eng %0 Report %D 2018 %T Green Infrastructure Planning for the City of Sunnyvale with GreenPlan-IT %A Jing Wu %A Pete Kauhanen %A Jennifer Hunt %A Lester McKee %I San Francisco Estuary Institute %C Richmond, CA %8 07/2018 %G eng %0 Report %D 2018 %T Green Plan-IT Application Report for the East Bay Corridors Initiative %A Pete Kauhanen %A Jing Wu %A Jennifer Hunt %A Lester McKee %I San Francisco Estuary Institute %C Richmond, CA %G eng %0 Generic %D 2018 %T GreenPlan-IT Tracker %A Tony Hale %A Lawrence Sim %A Lester J. McKee %E Joshua Bradt %XThis technical memo describes the purpose, functions, and structure associated with the newest addition to the GreenPlan-IT Toolset, the GreenPlan-IT Tracker. It also shares the opportunities for further enhancement and how the tool can operate in concert with existing resources. Furthermore, this memo describes a licensing plan that would permit municipalities to use the tool in an ongoing way that scales to their needs. The memo concludes with a provisional roadmap for the development of future features and technical details describing the tool’s platform and data structures.
%I San Francisco Estuary Institute %C Richmond, CA %G eng %0 Report %D 2018 %T Guadalupe River Mercury Concentrations and Loads During the Large Rare January 2017 Storm %A Lester McKee %A Alicia Gilbreath %A Sarah Pearce %A Ila Shimabuku %I San Francisco Estuary Institute %C Richmond, CA %G eng %0 Report %D 2018 %T A Menu of Fire Response Water Quality Monitoring Options and Recommendations for Water Year 2019 and Beyond %A Lester McKee %A Sarah Pearce %A Alicia Gilbreath %A Sarah Lowe %A Jennifer Hunt %I San Francisco Estuary Institute %C Richmond, CA %G eng %0 Report %D 2018 %T Pollutants of Concern Reconnaissance Monitoring Water Years 2015, 2016, and 2017 %A Alicia Gilbreath %A Jing Wu %A Jennifer Hunt %A Lester McKee %I San Francisco Estuary Institute %C Richmond, CA %G eng %0 Report %D 2018 %T RMP Small Tributaries Loading Strategy: Modeling and Trends Strategy 2018 %A Jing Wu %A Phil Trowbridge %A Don Yee %A Lester McKee %A Alicia Gilbreath %I San Francisco Estuary Institute %C Richmond, CA %G eng %0 Report %D 2018 %T Sediment Supply to San Francisco Bay %A David Schoellhamer %A Lester McKee %A Sarah Pearce %A Pete Kauhanen %A Micha Salomon %A Scott Dusterhoff %A Letitia Grenier %A Mathieu Marineau %A Phil Trowbridge %I San Francisco Estuary Institute %C Richmond, CA %G eng %0 Report %D 2018 %T Statistical Methods Development and Sampling Design Optimization to Support Trends Analysis for Loads of Polychlorinated Biphenyls from the Guadalupe River in San Jose, California, USA %A Aroon Melwani %A Don Yee %A Lester McKee %A Alicia Gilbreath %A Phil Trowbridge %A Jay Davis %I Applied Marine Sciences %C Livermore, CA %G eng %0 Report %D 2017 %T Changing Channels: Regional Information for Developing Multi-benefit Flood Control Channels at the Bay Interface %A Scott Dusterhoff %A Sarah Pearce %A Lester J . McKee %A Carolyn Doehring %A Julie Beagle %A Katie McKnight %A Robin Grossinger %A Ruth A. Askevold %XOver the past 200 years, many of the channels that drain to San Francisco Bay have been modified for land reclamation and flood management. The local agencies that oversee these channels are seeking new management approaches that provide multiple benefits and promote landscape resilience. This includes channel redesign to improve natural sediment transport to downstream bayland habitats and beneficial re-use of dredged sediment for building and sustaining baylands as sea level continues to rise under a changing climate. Flood Control 2.0 is a regional project that was created to help develop innovative approaches for integrating habitat improvement and resilience into flood risk management at the Bay interface. Through a series of technical, economic, and regulatory analyses, the project addresses some of the major elements associated with multi-benefit channel design and management at the Bay interface and provides critical information that can be used by the management and restoration communities to develop long-term solutions that benefit people and wildlife.
This Flood Control 2.0 report provides a regional analysis of morphologic change and sediment dynamics in flood control channels at the Bay interface, and multi-benefit management concepts aimed at bringing habitat restoration into flood risk management. The findings presented here are built on a synthesis of historical and contemporary data that included input from Flood Control 2.0 project scientists, project partners, and science advisors. The results and recommendations, summarized below, will help operationalize many of the recommendations put forth in the Baylands Ecosystem Habitat Goals Science Update (Goals Project 2015) and support better alignment of management and restoration communities on multi-benefit bayland management approaches.
%B Flood Control 2.0 %I San Francisco Estuary Institute %C Richmond, CA %8 04/2017 %G eng %0 Report %D 2017 %T Conceptual Model to Support PCB Management and Monitoring in the San Leandro Bay Priority Margin Unit: Phase I %A Don Yee %A Alicia N. Gilbreath %A Lester J. McKee %A Jay A. Davis %I San Francisco Estuary Institute %C Richmond, CA %8 06/2017 %G eng %0 Report %D 2017 %T Conceptual Model to Support PCB Management and Monitoring in the Emeryville Crescent Priority Margin Unit %A Jay A Davis %A Donald Yee %A Alicia N. Gilbreath %A Lester J . McKee %I San Francisco Estuary Institute %C Richmond, CA %G eng %0 Journal Article %J Science of The Total Environment %D 2017 %T Long-term variation in concentrations and mass loads in a semi-arid watershed influenced by historic mercury mining and urban pollutant sources %A Lester J. McKee %A Autumn Bonnema %A Nicole David %A Jay A. Davis %A Amy Franz %A Richard Grace %A Ben K. Greenfield %A Alicia N. Gilbreath %A Cristina Grosso %A Wesley Heim %A Jennifer A. Hunt %A Jon E. Leatherbarrow %A Sarah Lowe %A Sarah A. Pearce %A John R.M. Ross %A Donald Yee %B Science of The Total Environment %V 605-606 %P 482-497 %8 12/2017 %G eng %U http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0048969717310483 %R https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2017.04.203 %0 Generic %D 2017 %T Pollutants of Concern Monitoring: A low-intensity, budget conscious stormwater sampling method to identify highly polluted areas for potential management action %A Alicia Gilbreath %A Lester McKee %A Jennifer Hunt %A Don Yee %I San Francisco Estuary Institute %C Richmond, CA %0 Report %D 2017 %T Pollutants of concern reconnaissance monitoring final progress report, water years 2015 and 2016 %A A. N. Gilbreath %A J. A. Hunt %A D. Yee %A L. J. McKee %8 06/2017 %G eng %0 Report %D 2017 %T Regional Watershed Spreadsheet Model (RWSM): Year 6 Progress Report %A Jing Wu %A Alicia Gilbreath %A Lester J. McKee %I San Francisco Estuary Institute %C Richmond, CA %8 01/23/2017 %G eng %1811
%0 Generic %D 2016 %T Hacienda Avenue Bio-Infiltration Basins (Case Study - Fact Sheet) %A Alicia N. Gilbreath %A Jennifer A. Hunt %A Lester J . McKee %K Bio-Infiltration %K Green Infrastructure %K Low Impact Development %I San Francisco Estuary Institute %C Richmond, CA %0 Generic %D 2016 %T Optimizing sampling methods for monitoring pollutant trends in San Francisco Bay urban stormwater %A Aroon R. Melwani %A Don Yee %A Alicia Gilbreath %A Jay Davis %A Lester McKee %I Applied Marine Sciences %C Livermore, CA %0 Report %D 2016 %T Pollutants of concern (POC) loads monitoring progress report, water years (WYs) 2012, 2013, and 2014 %A Alicia N. Gilbreath %A Jennifer A. Hunt %A Jing Wu %A Kim, P.S. %A Lester J . McKee %8 07/2016 %G eng %0 Report %D 2016 %T Pollutants of concern (POC) reconnaissance monitoring final progress report, water year (WY) 2015 %A Lester J . McKee %A Alicia N. Gilbreath %A Donald Yee %A Jennifer A. Hunt %8 06/2016 %G eng %0 Journal Article %J Regional Studies in Marine Science %D 2016 %T The Regional Monitoring Program for Water Quality in San Francisco Bay, California, USA: Science in support of managing water quality %A Trowbridge, P.R. %A Jay A. Davis %A T. Mumley %A Taberski, K. %A Feger, N. %A Valiela, L. %A Ervin, J. %A Arsem, N. %A Olivieri, A. %A Carroll, P. %A Coleman, J. %A Salop, P. %A Sutton, R. %A D. Yee %A McKee, L.J. %A M. Sedlak %A Cristina Grosso %A Kelly, J. %XThe Regional Monitoring Program for Water Quality in San Francisco Bay (RMP) is a novel partnership between regulatory agencies and the regulated community to provide the scientific foundation to manage water quality in the largest Pacific estuary in the Americas. The RMP monitors water quality, sediment quality and bioaccumulation of priority pollutants in fish, bivalves and birds. To improve monitoring measurements or the interpretation of data, the RMP also regularly funds special studies. The success of the RMP stems from collaborative governance, clear objectives, and long-term institutional and monetary commitments. Over the past 22 years, high quality data and special studies from the RMP have guided dozens of important decisions about Bay water quality management. Moreover, the governing structure and the collaborative nature of the RMP have created an environment that allowed it to stay relevant as new issues emerged. With diverse participation, a foundation in scientific principles and a continual commitment to adaptation, the RMP is a model water quality monitoring program. This paper describes the characteristics of the RMP that have allowed it to grow and adapt over two decades and some of the ways in which it has influenced water quality management decisions for this important ecosystem.
%B Regional Studies in Marine Science %V 4 %8 03/2016 %G eng %U http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352485515000602 %& 21 %R doi:10.1016/j.rsma.2015.10.002 %0 Report %D 2016 %T Regional Watershed Spreadsheet Model (RWSM) Year 5 Progress Report %A Jing Wu %A Alicia N. Gilbreath %A Lester J. McKee %8 03/2016 %G eng %0 Generic %D 2016 %T Simple Mass Budget Model to Evaluate Long Term PCB Fate in the Emeryville Crescent Sub-embayment %A Donald Yee %A Jay A. Davis %A Alicia N. Gilbreath %A Lester J. McKee %8 11/2016 %0 Report %D 2016 %T Sources, Pathways and Loadings: Multi-Year Synthesis with a Focus on PCBs and Hg %A Lester J . McKee %A Alicia N. Gilbreath %A Jennifer A. Hunt %A Jing Wu %A Donald Yee %8 06/2016 %G eng %0 Report %D 2015 %T Cesar Chavez Streetscape Improvement Project (Case Study Site and Technical Reports) %A Alicia N. Gilbreath %A Jennifer A. Hunt %A Lester J. McKee %8 8/2016 %G eng %0 Journal Article %J Science of the Total Environment %D 2015 %T Concentrations and loads of PCBs, dioxins, PAHs, PBDEs, OC pesticides and pyrethroids during storm and low flow conditions in a small urban semi-arid watershed %A Alicia N Gilbreath %A Lester J . McKee %K Arid climate %K Management implications %K Organic pollutants %K Stormwater runoff %K Urban land use %XUrban runoff has been identified in water quality policy documents for San Francisco Bay as a large and potentially controllable source of pollutants. In response, concentrations of suspended sediments and a range of trace organic pollutants were intensively measured in dry weather and storm flow runoff from a 100% urban watershed. Flow in this highly urban watershed responded very quickly to rainfall and varied widely resulting in rapid changes of turbidity, suspended sediments and pollutant concentrations. Concentrations of each organic pollutant class were within similar ranges reported in other studies of urban runoff, however comparison was limited for several of the pollutants given information scarcity. Consistently among PCBs, PBDEs, and PAHs, the more hydrophobic congeners were transported in larger proportions during storm flows relative to low flows. Loads for Water Years 2007-2010 were estimated using regression with turbidity during the monitored months and a flow weighted mean concentration for unmonitored dry season months. More than 91% of the loads for every pollutant measured were transported during storm events, along with 87% of the total discharge. While this dataset fills an important local data gap for highly urban watersheds of San Francisco Bay, the methods, the uniqueness of the analyte list, and the resulting interpretations have applicability for managing pollutant loads in urban watersheds in other parts of the world.
%B Science of the Total Environment %V 526 %P 251-261 %G eng %U https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0048969715005033 %R 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2015.04.052 %0 Journal Article %J Water Environment Research %D 2015 %T Estimation of Contaminant Loads from the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta to San Francisco Bay %A Nicole David %A David C. Gluchowski %A Leatherbarrow, J. E. %A Donald Yee %A Lester J . McKee %XContaminant concentrations from the Sacramento-San Joaquin River watershed were determined in water samples mainly during flood flows in an ongoing effort to describe contaminant loads entering San Francisco Bay, CA, USA. Calculated PCB and total mercury loads during the 6-year observation period ranged between 3.9 and 19 kg/yr and 61 and 410 kg/yr, respectively. Long-term average PCB loads were estimated at 7.7 kg/yr and total mercury loads were estimated at 200 kg/yr. Also monitored were PAHs, PBDEs (two years of data), and dioxins/furans (one year of data) with average loads of 392, 11, and 0.15/0.014 (OCDD/OCDF) kg/yr, respectively. Organochlorine pesticide loads were estimated at 9.9 kg/yr (DDT), 1.6 kg/yr (chlordane), and 2.2 kg/yr (dieldrin). Selenium loads were estimated at 16 300 kg/yr. With the exception of selenium, all average contaminant loads described in the present study were close to or below regulatory load allocations established for North San Francisco Bay.
%B Water Environment Research %V 87 %P 334-346 %G eng %U http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/wef/wer/2015/00000087/00000004/art00007;jsessionid=v4xliljp4isb.x-ic-live-02 %N 4 %R http://dx.doi.org/10.2175/106143015X14212658613721 %0 Report %D 2015 %T Fremont Tree Well Filters: LID Performance on a Redeveloped Urban Roadway (Case Study Site and Technical Reports) %A Alicia N. Gilbreath %A Jennifer A. Hunt %A Lester J. McKee %8 2016 %G eng %0 Generic %D 2015 %T GreenPlan-IT: Locate and determine cost effective watershed scale Green Infrastructure implementation scenarios and model future conditions with Reasonable Assurance %A Lester J . McKee %A Jennifer Hunt %A Pete Kauhanen %A Jing Wu %K GreenPlan %K GreenPlan-IT %K planning %K tool %C Richmond, CA %8 10/2014 %G eng %0 Generic %D 2015 %T PCB Margin Unit Prioritization Final Report %A Alicia Gilbreath %A Don Yee %A Lester McKee %A Jay Davis %I San Francisco Estuary Institute %C Richmond, CA %0 Report %D 2015 %T Quality Assurance Methods for Continuous Rainfall, Run-off, and Turbidity Data %A Lester J . McKee %A Alicia N Gilbreath %A David C. Gluchowski %A Jennifer A. Hunt %A Donald Yee %8 01/2015 %G eng %0 Report %D 2015 %T Sediment Supply, deposition, and transport in the Flood Control Facilities of Arroyo Mocho and Arroyo Las Positas from 2006-2014 %A Sarah A. Pearce %E Alicia N. Gilbreath %E Lester J. McKee %I San Francisco Estuary Institue %C Richmond, CA %G eng %0 Report %D 2014 %T Estimating Regional Pollutant Loads for San Francisco Bay Area Tributaries using the Regional Watershed Spreadsheet Model( RWSM): Year’s 3 and 4 Progress Report %A Lester J . McKee %A Alicia N Gilbreath %A Jing Wu %A Marshall Kunze %A Jennifer Hunt %I San Francisco Estuary Institute - Aquatic Science Center %C Richmond, CA %8 07/2014 %G eng %0 Report %D 2014 %T Newcomb Avenue Green Street (Case Study Site and Technical Reports) %A Alicia N. Gilbreath %A Jennifer A. Hunt %A Lester J. McKee %8 08/2016 %G eng %0 Report %D 2014 %T PCBs in San Francisco Bay: Assessment of the Current State of Knowledge and Priority Information Gaps %A Jay A Davis %A Lester J . McKee %A Thomas W. Jabusch %A Donald Yee %A Ross, J. R. M. %I SFEI %C Richmond, CA %G eng %0 Report %D 2014 %T Pollutants of Concern (POC) Loads Monitoring Data Progress Report: Water Years (WYs) 2012 and 2013 %A Lester J . McKee %A Alicia N. Gilbreath %A Gluchowski, D. %A Jennifer A. Hunt %A Jing Wu %I SFEI %C Richmond, CA %P 1-84 %8 Feb 2014 %G eng %0 Journal Article %J Environment International %D 2014 %T Polychlorinated biphenyls in the exterior caulk of San Francisco Bay Area buildings, California, USA %A Klosterhaus, S. %A Adam Wong %A Lester J . McKee %A Yee. D %A Jamie Kass %B Environment International %V 66 %P 38-43 %G eng %0 Report %D 2014 %T Reducing Methylmercury Accumulation in the Food Webs of San Francisco Bay and Its Local Watersheds %A Greenfield, B. K. %A Blum, J. D. %A Austin, C. M. %A Brodberg, R. %A J. Letitia Grenier %A Jay A Davis %A Lester J . McKee %A Looker, R. E. %A Donald Yee %A Marvin-DiPasquale, M. %I San Francisco Estuary Institute %C Richmond, CA %8 01/2014 %G eng %0 Journal Article %J Journal of Environmental Engineering %D 2014 %T Removal efficiencies of a bioretention system for trace metals, PCBs, PAHs, and dioxins in a semiarid environment %A Nicole David %A Leatherbarrow, J. E. %A Donald Yee %A Lester J . McKee %B Journal of Environmental Engineering %G eng %R 10.1061/(ASCE)EE.1943-7870.0000921 %0 Report %D 2014 %T San Francisco State University Site 1 Vegetated Infiltration Basin (Case Study Site and Technical Reports) %A Alicia N. Gilbreath %A Jennifer A. Hunt %A Lester J. McKee %8 08/2016 %G eng %0 Report %D 2014 %T San Francisco State University Site 3 Basin and Swale System (Case Study Site and Technical Reports) %A Alicia N. Gilbreath %A Jennifer A. Hunt %A Lester J. McKee %8 08/2016 %G eng %0 Report %D 2014 %T Sunset Circle Vegetated Swale and Infiltration System (Case Study Site and Technical Reports) %A Alicia N. Gilbreath %A Jennifer A. Hunt %A Lester J. McKee %8 08/2016 %G eng %0 Journal Article %J Marine Geology Special Issue: A multi-discipline approach for understanding sediment transport and geomorphic evolution in an estuarine-coastal system %D 2013 %T Comparison of sediment supply to San Francisco Bay from watersheds draining the Bay Area and the Central Valley of California. %A Lester J . McKee %A Lewicki, M. %A Schoellhamer, D. H. %A Ganju, N. K. %B Marine Geology Special Issue: A multi-discipline approach for understanding sediment transport and geomorphic evolution in an estuarine-coastal system %G eng %U http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0025322713000297 %0 Report %D 2013 %T Pollutants of concern (POC) loads monitoring data progress report, water year (WY) 2012 %A Lester J . McKee %A David C. Gluchowski %A Alicia N. Gilbreath %A Jennifer A. Hunt %I SFEI %C Richmond, CA %8 03/2013 %G eng %0 Journal Article %J Marine Geology Special Issue: A multi-discipline approach for understanding sediment transport and geomorphic evolution in an estuarine-coastal system %D 2013 %T Sediment transport in the San Francisco Bay Coastal System: An overview. %A Barnard, P. L. %A Schoellhamer, D. H. %A Jaffe, B. E. %A Lester J . McKee %B Marine Geology Special Issue: A multi-discipline approach for understanding sediment transport and geomorphic evolution in an estuarine-coastal system %G eng %U http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0025322713000376 %0 Report %D 2012 %T Concentrations and Loads of Trace Contaminants in a Small Urban Tributary, San Francisco Bay, California %A Alicia N. Gilbreath %A Donald Yee %A Lester J . McKee %I SFEI %C Richmond, CA %P 40 %8 05/2012 %G eng %0 Report %D 2012 %T Conceptual Model of Contaminant Fate on the Margins of San Francisco Bay %A Jones, C. %A Donald Yee %A Jay A Davis %A Lester J . McKee %A Greenfield, B. K. %A Melwani, A. R. %A Lent, M. A. %I SFEI %C Richmond, CA %P 67 %8 04/2012 %G eng %0 Report %D 2012 %T Development of Regional Suspended Sediment and Pollutant Load Estimates for San Francisco Bay Area Tributaries using the Regional Watershed Spreadsheet Model (RWSM): Year 2 Progress Report %A Lent, M. A. %A Alicia N. Gilbreath %A Lester J . McKee %I SFEI %C Richmond, CA %P 17 %8 05/2012 %G eng %0 Report %D 2012 %T Estimation of Loads of Mercury, Selenium, PCBs, PAHs, PBDEs, Dioxins, and Organochlorine Pesticides from the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta to San Francisco Bay %A Nicole David %A David C. Gluchowski %A Leatherbarrow, J. E. %A Donald Yee %A Lester J . McKee %I San Francisco Estuary Institute %C Richmond, CA %8 08/2012 %G eng %0 Report %D 2012 %T Monitoring and Results for El Cerrito Rain Gardens %A Alicia N. Gilbreath %A Sarah Pearce %A Lester J . McKee %I San Francisco Estuary Institute %C Richmond, CA %8 11/2012 %G eng %0 Report %D 2012 %T Pollutant Monitoring in the North Richmond Pump Station: A Pilot Study for Potential Dry Flow and Seasonal First Flush Diversion for Wastewater Treatment %A Jennifer A. Hunt %A David C. Gluchowski %A Alicia N. Gilbreath %A Lester J . McKee %I San Francisco Estuary Institute %C Richmond, CA %8 11/2012 %G eng %0 Report %D 2012 %T Pollutants of Concern (POC) Loads Monitoring Data, Water Year (WY) 2011 %A Lester J . McKee %A Alicia N. Gilbreath %A Jennifer A. Hunt %A Greenfield, B. K. %I San Francisco Estuary Institute %C Richmond, CA %8 12/2012 %G eng %0 Journal Article %J Environmental Research %D 2012 %T Reducing methylmercury accumulation in the food webs of San Francisco Bay and its local watersheds %A Greenfield, B. K. %A Austin, C. %A Blum, J. D. %A Jay A Davis %A Brodberg, R. %A J. Letitia Grenier %A Lester J . McKee %A Looker, R. %A Yee. D %A Marvin-DiPasquale, M. %B Environmental Research %V 119 %P 3-26 %G eng %0 Generic %D 2012 %T San Francisco Bay sediment transport: Comparison of sediment supply to San Francisco Bay from coastal and Sacramento-San Joaquin watersheds %A Lester J . McKee %A Lewicki, M. %A Schoellhamer, D. H. %A Ganju, N. K. %C Sacramento, CA %8 10/2012 %G eng %0 Generic %D 2012 %T Sediment Characteristics of Managed Flood Control Channels in Southern San Francisco Bay %A David C. Gluchowski %A Sarah Pearce %A Lester J . McKee %C Sacramento, CA %8 10/2012 %G eng %0 Report %D 2011 %T Bioretention Monitoring at the Daly City Library (Case Study Technical Report) %A Nicole David %A Lent, M. A. %A Leatherbarrow, J. E. %A Donald Yee %A Lester J . McKee %I San Francisco Estuary Institute %C Oakland, CA %8 03/2011 %G eng %0 Report %D 2011 %T Development of Regional Suspended Sediment and Pollutant Load Estimates for San Francisco Bay Area Tributaries using the Regional Watershed Spreadsheet Model (RWSM): Year 1 Progress Report %A Lent, M. A. %A Lester J . McKee %I SFEI %C Richmond, CA %P 126 %8 12/2011 %G eng %0 Generic %D 2011 %T Estimation of Loads of Mercury, PCBs, PBDEs, PAHs, Dioxins, and Furans from the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta to San Francisco Bay %A Gluchowski, D. %A Nicole David %A Lester J . McKee %A Leatherbarrow, J. E. %C Oakland, CA %8 09/2011 %G eng %0 Report %D 2011 %T Guadalupe River Watershed Loading HSPF Model: Year 3 final progress report %A Lent, M. A. %A Lester J . McKee %I SFEI %C Richmond, CA %8 12/2011 %G eng %0 Report %D 2011 %T Improved nutrient load estimates for wastewater, stormwater and atmospheric deposition to South San Francisco Bay (South of the Bay Bridge) %A Lester J . McKee %A David C. Gluchowski %8 2011 %G eng %0 Report %D 2011 %T Numeric nutrient endpoint development for San Francisco Bay- Literature review and Data Gaps Analysis %A Lester J . McKee %A J. Hunt %A David C. Gluchowski %A Sutula, M. %A Alicia N. Gilbreath %A Julie Beagle %8 June 30, 2011 %G eng %0 Generic %D 2011 %T Reducing Methylmercury Accumulation in the Food Webs of San Francisco Bay and Its Local Watershed %A Jay A Davis %A J. Letitia Grenier %A Donald Yee %A Lester J . McKee %A Greenfield, B. K. %A Looker, R. %A Austin, C. %A Marvin-DiPasquale, M. %A Brodberg, R. %A Blum, J. D. %C Halifax, Nova Scotia %8 07/2011 %G eng %0 Report %D 2010 %T A BMP tool box for reducing Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) and Mercury (Hg) in municipal stormwater %A Lester J . McKee %A Sarah Pearce %A Yee. D %A Ridolfi, K. %A Alicia N. Gilbreath %G eng %0 Report %D 2010 %T Concentrations and Loads of Mercury Species in the Guadalupe River, San Jose, California: Water Year 2010 %A Lester J . McKee %A Jennifer A. Hunt %A Greenfield, B. K. %I San Francisco Estuary Institute %C Oakland %G eng %0 Report %D 2010 %T Concentrations of Hg PCBs in soils sediment and water in the urbanized Bay Area %A Yee. D %A Lester J . McKee %G eng %0 Report %D 2010 %T Concentrations of PCBs and Hg in soils, sediments and water in the urbanized Bay Area: Implications for best management %A Lester J . McKee %A Donald Yee %8 March 31, 2010 %G eng %0 Report %D 2010 %T Exploratory categorization of watersheds for potential stormwater monitoring in San Francisco Bay %A Greenfield, B. K. %A Marcus Klatt %A Leatherbarrow J. E. %A Lester J . McKee %I San Francisco Estuary Institute %C Oakland, CA %G eng %0 Generic %D 2010 %T Guadalupe River Watershed Model: Support tool for regional Hg and PCB management %A Lent, M. A. %A J. J. Oram %A Lester J . McKee %8 May 13, 2010 %G eng %0 Generic %D 2010 %T Memo: Estimates of hydrology in small (<80 km2) urbanized watersheds under dry weather and high flow conditions %A Alicia N. Gilbreath %A Lester J . McKee %G eng %0 Report %D 2010 %T Monitoring Plan Petaluma River Watershed Nutrient and Bacteria Impairment Study: Employing the Reachwide Benthos Method for Stream Algae Sampling and Additional Water Column Nutrient and Fecal Indicator Bacteria Measures %A S. Lowe %A Ridolfi, K. %A Lester J . McKee %I Aquatic Science Center %C Oakland, CA %8 06/2010 %G eng %0 Report %D 2010 %T Optimizing sampling methods for pollutant loads and trends in San Francsico Bay urban stormwater monitoring %A Melwani, A. R. %A Lent, M. %A Greenfield, B. K. %A Lester J . McKee %I San Francisco Estuary Institute %C Oakland, CA %8 07/2010 %G eng %0 Report %D 2010 %T Petaluma River Impairment Assessment for Nutrients, Sediment/Siltation, and Pathogens Part 1: Existing Information and TMDL Comparison %A Ridolfi, K. %A Lester J . McKee %A Sarah Pearce %I Aquatic Science Center %C Oakland %8 3/31/2010 %G eng %0 Generic %D 2010 %T Recent Advances in Bay Area Stormwater Science %A Lester J . McKee %C Oakland, CA %8 10/05/2010 %G eng %0 Generic %D 2010 %T Recent Advances in Bay Area Stormwater Science %A Lester J . McKee %0 Journal Article %J Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry %D 2010 %T A Regional Mass Balance of Methylmercury in San Francisco Bay, California, USA %A Donald Yee %A Lester J . McKee %A J. J. Oram %B Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry %G eng %0 Report %D 2009 %T Alameda Creek Bulk Sediment Study Technical Memorandum %A Sarah Pearce %A Lester J . McKee %8 12/16/09 %G eng %0 Report %D 2009 %T Alameda Creek Bulk Sediment Study Technical Memorandum %A Sarah Pearce %A Lester J . McKee %I San Francisco Estuary Institute %C Oakland,Ca %8 12/2009 %G eng %0 Report %D 2009 %T Concentrations and Loads of Trace Contaminants in the Zone 4 Line A Small Tributary, Hayward, California: Water Year 2007 %A Lester J . McKee %A Alicia N. Gilbreath %I San Francisco Estuary Institute %C Oakland,Ca %8 12/2009 %G eng %0 Report %D 2009 %T Dry Creek Watershed Sediment Source Reconnaissance Technical Memorandum %A Bigelow, P. %A Sarah Pearce %A Lester J . McKee %I San Francisco Estuary Institute %C Oakland,Ca %8 12/2009 %G eng %0 Report %D 2009 %T Going Organic Project %A Nicole David %A Lester J . McKee %I San Francisco Estuary Institute %C Oakland, Ca %8 11/2009 %G eng %0 Generic %D 2009 %T Green Infill for Clean Stormwater (Poster) %A Nicole David %A Lester J . McKee %A Krebs, J. %C Oakland, Ca %G eng %0 Generic %D 2009 %T Guadalupe Watershed Model %A Lent, M. A. %A J. J. Oram %A Lester J . McKee %C San Jose, CA %8 9/9/2009 %G eng %0 Generic %D 2009 %T Guadalupe Watershed Model Support Tool for Regional Hg and PCBs Management %A Lent, M. A. %A J. J. Oram %A Lester J . McKee %C Oakland, Ca %G eng %0 Report %D 2009 %T Guadalupe Watershed Model Year 1 Report %A Lent, M. A. %A J. J. Oram %A Lester J . McKee %C Oakland, CA %8 Nov 2008 %G eng %0 Journal Article %J Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry %D 2009 %T Mercury Concentrations and Loads in a Large River System Tributary to San Francisco Bay, California, USA %A Nicole David %A Lester J . McKee %B Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry %G eng %0 Report %D 2009 %T Review of sediment gauging in Alameda Creek Watershed in relation to District needs %A Lester J . McKee %8 January 27, 2009 %G eng %0 Report %D 2009 %T RMP Small Tributaries Loading Strategy %A Lester J . McKee %A Feng, A. %A Sommers, C. %A Looker, R. %I San Francisco Estuary Institute %C Richmond, CA %8 12/2009 %G eng %0 Generic %D 2009 %T A Sediment Budget for Two Reaches of Alameda Creek: support for flood control channel management %A Sarah Pearce %A Bigelow, P. %A Lester J . McKee %A Alicia N. Gilbreath %C Oakland, Ca %G eng %0 Report %D 2009 %T Watershed Specific and Regional Scale Suspended Sediment Load Estimates for Bay Area Small Tributaries %A Lester J . McKee %A Lewicki, M. %C Oakland, Ca %8 12/2009 %G eng %0 Generic %D 2008 %T Advances in Understanding of Loads of Mercury and Other Pollutants to the Bay %A Lester J . McKee %C Oakland, Ca %8 10/7/08 %G eng %0 Generic %D 2008 %T Alameda Creek Sediment Forum %A Lester J . McKee %A Josh N. Collins %A Sarah Pearce %A Alicia N. Gilbreath %A Bigelow, P. %A Ridolfi, K. %8 4/23/08 %G eng %U alamedacreek %0 Generic %D 2008 %T A First-Order Mass Budget for Methylmercury in San Francisco Bay, CA. %A Donald Yee %A Lester J . McKee %A J. J. Oram %C Tampa, FL %8 11/2008 %G eng %0 Generic %D 2008 %T Guadalupe Watershed Model %A Lent, M. A. %A J. J. Oram %A Lester J . McKee %C San Jose, CA %8 9/3/2008 %G eng %0 Generic %D 2008 %T Guadalupe Watershed Model. Phase: 1 Hydrology Model %A Lent, M. A. %A J. J. Oram %A Lester J . McKee %C Oakland, CA %8 10/7/08 %G eng %0 Journal Article %J Environment International %D 2008 %T A Mass Budget of Polybrominated Diphenyl Ethers in San Francisco Bay, CA. %A J. J. Oram %A Lester J . McKee %A Grace, R. %A Werme, C. %A Connor, M. S. %A Rodigari, F. %A Oros, D. R. %B Environment International %G eng %0 Generic %D 2008 %T Mercury Sources in Local Watersheds %A Lester J . McKee %I RMP Mercury Coordination Meeting %C Oakland, Ca %8 2/20/08 %G eng %0 Generic %D 2008 %T Pinole Creek Watershed Sediment Source Assessments %A Lester J . McKee %A Sarah Pearce %A Shonkoff, S. %8 5/19/08 %G eng %0 Report %D 2008 %T Review of sediment gauging studies in Alameda Creek Watershed %A Lester J . McKee %I San Francisco Estuary Institute %G eng %0 Generic %D 2008 %T San Francisco Bay Mercury Loads: Scientific information development and management response. Harmonizing River Catchment and Estuary %A Lester J . McKee %A Alicia N. Gilbreath %A Looker, R. %A Mangarella, P. %A Donald Yee %A Leatherbarrow, J. E. %A Nicole David %C Shanghai, China %8 Oct 27-30, 2008 %G eng %U http://www.emecs-8.ecnu.edu.cn/ %0 Report %D 2008 %T A Sediment Budget for Two Reaches of Alameda Creek %A Bigelow, P. %A Sarah Pearce %A Lester J . McKee %A Alicia N. Gilbreath %I San Francisco Estuary Institute %8 March %G eng %0 Report %D 2008 %T Sources, Pathways and Loadings Workgroup: Five-Year Workplan (2008-12) %A J. J. Oram %A Lester J . McKee %A Jay A Davis %A Meg Sedlak %A Donald Yee %I San Francisco Estuary Institute %C Oakland %8 December 2008 %G eng %0 Report %D 2008 %T Spatiotemporal variation of turbidity in Alameda Creek and selected tributaries: August thru December 2007 %A Alicia N. Gilbreath %A Lester J . McKee %I San Francisco Estuary Institute %8 February 2008 %G eng %0 Generic %D 2007 %T A Mass Budget of PBDEs in SF Bay %A J. J. Oram %A Lester J . McKee %A Werme, C. %A M. Connor %A Oros, D. R. %8 Nov 2007 %G eng %0 Report %D 2007 %T PBDEs in San Francisco Bay Conceptual Model/Impairment Assessment %A Christine Werme %A John Oram %A Lester J . McKee %A Daniel Oros %A Mike Connor %8 07/2007 %G eng %0 Journal Article %J Environmental Research %D 2007 %T Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) in San Francisco Bay %A J. J. Oram %A Lester J . McKee %A Jay A Davis %A Hetzel, F. %B Environmental Research %V 105 %P 67-86 %8 10/15/07 %@ 0013-9351 %G eng %0 Report %D 2007 %T Stream Inventory Report for La Honda Creek: Prepared for the Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District %A Lester J . McKee %A Sarah Pearce %A Alicia N. Gilbreath %I San Francisco Estuary Institute %8 June %G eng %0 Generic %D 2007 %T Streams, Wetlands, and Woodlands in the Napa Valley: New Perspectives from Old Maps %A Erin E. Beller %A Robin M. Grossinger %A Ruth A. Askevold %A Sarah Pearce %A Josh N. Collins %A Lester J . McKee %A Rainer Hoenicke %A Gardner, S. %C Oakland, CA %8 Ocotber 16-18, 2 %G eng %0 Report %D 2006 %T Concentrations and Loads of Mercury, PCBs and PBDEs in the Lower Guadalupe River, San Jose, California: Water Years 2003, 2004, and 2005. %A J. J. Oram %A Lester J . McKee %A Bonnema, A. %A Heim, W. %A Stephenson, M. %A Leatherbarrow, J. E. %I San Francisco Estuary Institute %C Oakland %G eng %0 Report %D 2006 %T Coyote Creek Watershed Historical Ecology Study: Historical Conditions and Landscape Change in the Eastern Santa Clara Valley, California %A Robin M. Grossinger %A Ruth A. Askevold %A Chuck J. Striplen %A Brewster, E. %A Sarah Pearce %A K. Cayce %A Lester J . McKee %A Josh N. Collins %K Santa Clara %I San Francisco Estuary Institute %8 January 2006 %G eng %U coyotecreek %0 Journal Article %J J. of Hydrology %D 2006 %T Estimates of suspended sediment entering San Francisco Bay from the Sacramento and San Joaquin Delta, San Francisco Bay, California %A Lester J . McKee %A Ganju, N. %A Schoellhamer, D. H. %B J. of Hydrology %G eng %0 Generic %D 2006 %T Mercury budget for stormwater conveyances in the San Francisco Bay Area: Towards achieving TMDL management goals for sediment and fish tissue %A Lester J . McKee %A Mangarella, P. %8 2/22/2006 %G eng %0 Generic %D 2006 %T Mercury Transport to San Francisco Bay Through the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta %A Lester J . McKee %A Nicole David %A Leatherbarrow, J. E. %C San José McEnery Convention Center %8 May 7-11, 2006 %G eng %0 Report %D 2006 %T Monitoring Plan for “Regional Stormwater Monitoring and Urban BMP Evaluation: A Stakeholder Driven Partnership to Reduce Contaminant Loadings” %A Lester J . McKee %A Donald Yee %G eng %0 Report %D 2006 %T Pinole Creek Sediment Source Assessment: Pavon Creeks Sub-basin %A Lester J . McKee %A Sarah Pearce %A Shonkoff, S. %I San Francisco Estuary Institute %P 67 %8 July 2006 %G eng %0 Report %D 2006 %T Quality Assurance Project Plan for the Regional Stormwater Monitoring and Urban BMP Evaluation %A Donald Yee %A Lester J . McKee %G eng %0 Report %D 2006 %T Review of methods to reduce urban stormwater loads %A Lester J . McKee %A GeoSyntec %I San Francisco Estuary Institute %C Oakland %P 150xx %8 April 2006 %G eng %0 Generic %D 2006 %T Riverine Transport of Sediment and Mercury to North San Francisco Bay %A Lester J . McKee %A Nicole David %A Leatherbarrow, J. E. %8 October %G eng %0 Generic %D 2005 %T Characterization of mercury concentrations in suspended sediment loads in Guadalupe River and Coyote Creek, San Jose, California: Can TMDL targets be met? %A Lester J . McKee %A Leatherbarrow, J. E. %C Henry J. Kaiser Convention Center, Oakland California %8 October 4-6, 200 %G eng %0 Report %D 2005 %T Concentrations and loads of mercury, PCBs, and OC pesticides in the lower Guadalupe River, San Jose,California: Water Years 2003 and 2004 %A J. J. Oram %A Lester J . McKee %A Leatherbarrow, J. E. %I San Francisco Estuary Institute %P 80 %8 July 2005 %G eng %0 Report %D 2005 %T Concentratons and Loads of Organic Contaminants and Mercury associated with Suspended Sediment Discharged to San Francisco Bay from the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta, CA %A Lester J . McKee %A Flegal, A. R. %A Ganju, N. %A Leatherbarrow, J. E. %A Schoellhamer, D. H. %I San Francisco Estuary Institute %G eng %0 Magazine Article %D 2005 %T Estuary News RMP Insert 2004/2005 %A Jennifer Hunt %A Lester J . McKee %A Jon Leatherbarrow %A Daniel R. Oros %B Estuary News %G eng %0 Report %D 2005 %T Human influences on nitrogen and phosphorus concentrations in creek and river waters of the Napa and Sonoma watersheds, northern San Francisco Bay, California %A Lester J . McKee %A Krottje, P. %I San Francisco Estuary Institute %C Oakland %G eng %0 Generic %D 2005 %T Mercury and methylmercury loads entering San Francisco Bay from the historic New Almaden mercury mines %A Lester J . McKee %A Leatherbarrow, J. E. %8 13-17 November 2 %G eng %0 Generic %D 2005 %T Mercury transport to San Francisco Bay through the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta %A Lester J . McKee %A Nicole David %A Leatherbarrow, J. E. %8 November 14, 200 %G eng %0 Generic %D 2005 %T Pinole Creek Watershed Sediment Source Assessment: A sediment budget approach highlighting watershed-scale sediment-related processes and supply to the Bay %A Lester J . McKee %A Sarah Pearce %A Arnold, C. %A Hokholt, L. %C Henry J. Kaiser Convention Center, Oakland, CA %8 October, 2005 %G eng %U http://www.sfei.org/presentations_posters/SOE_05/index_poster.html %0 Report %D 2005 %T Pinole Creek Watershed Sediment Source Assessment. A technical report of the Regional Watershed Program, San Francisco Estuary Institute (SFEI), Oakland, California. (report only -- no appendix) %A Lester J . McKee %A Sarah Pearce %A Shonkoff, S. B. %I San Francisco Estuary Institute %C Oakland, CA %8 February 2005 %G eng %0 Report %D 2005 %T Pinole Creek Watershed Sediment Source Assessment. A technical report of the Regional Watershed Program, San Francisco Estuary Institute (SFEI), Oakland, California. (appendix only) %A Lester J . McKee %A Sarah Pearce %A Shonkoff, S. B. %I San Francisco Estuary Institute %C Oakland, CA %8 February 2005 %G eng %0 Map %D 2005 %T Pinole Creek Watershed Sediment Source Assessment. A technical report of the Regional Watershed Program, San Francisco Estuary Institute (SFEI), Oakland, California. (plotter-sized landslide map only) %A Lester J . McKee %A Sarah Pearce %A Shonkoff, S. B. %I San Francisco Estuary Institute %C Oakland, CA %8 February 2005 %G eng %0 Report %D 2005 %T Sources, Pathways, and Loadings: 5-Year Work Plan (2005-2009) %A Lester J . McKee %I San Francisco Estuary Institute %P 25 %8 November 2005 %G eng %0 Report %D 2004 %T The concentration and load of PCBs, OC pesticides, and mercury associated with suspended sediments in the lower Guadalupe River, San Jose, California. A Technical Report of the Regional Watershed Program %A Lester J . McKee %A Eads, R. %A Freeman, L. %A Leatherbarrow, J. E. %I San Francisco Estuary Institute %C Oakland, CA %8 December 2004 %G eng %9 Technical Report %0 Report %D 2004 %T Ecological, Geomorphic, and Land Use History of Carneros Creek Watershed: A component of the watershed management plan for the Carneros Creek watershed, Napa County, California %A Robin M. Grossinger %A Chuck J. Striplen %A Brewster, E. %A Lester J . McKee %I San Francisco Estuary Institute %C Oakland %G eng %0 Report %D 2004 %T Ecological, Geomorphic, and Land Use History of Sulphur Creek Watershed: A component of the watershed management plan for the Sulphur Creek watershed, Napa County, California. %A Robin M. Grossinger %A Chuck J. Striplen %A Brewster, E. %A Lester J . McKee %I San Francisco Estuary Institute %C Oakland %G eng %0 Report %D 2004 %T Fluvial Geomorphology, Hydrology, and Riparian Habitat of La Honda Creek Along the Hwy 84 Transportation Corridor, San Mateo County, California %A Lester J . McKee %A Chuck J. Striplen %A Sarah Pearce %I San Francisco Estuary Institute /CA State Univ of Fresno %8 June 30, 2004 %G eng %0 Report %D 2004 %T San Pedro Creek Watershed Sediment Source Analysis, Volume III: Tributary sediment source assessment %A Lester J . McKee %A Sarah Pearce %A Shonkoff, S. B. %I San Francisco Estuary Institute %C Oakland, CA %G eng %0 Report %D 2003 %T Channel Geomorphology Assessment: A component of the watershed management plan for the Carneros Creek watershed, Napa County, California %A Lester J . McKee %A Sarah Pearce %A O'Connor, M. %A Jones, B. %I San Francisco Estuary Institute %C Oakland, CA %G eng %0 Report %D 2003 %T Channel Geomorphology Assessment: A component of the watershed management plan for the Sulphur Creek watershed, Napa County, California %A Lester J . McKee %A Sarah Pearce %A O'Connor, M. %A Jones, B. %I San Francisco Estuary Institute %C Oakland, CA %G eng %0 Generic %D 2003 %T Contrasting Fluvial Geometric Processes and Historic Change Through Time: Supporting Watershed Management in Tributaries of the Napa River Watershed (poster) %A Sarah Pearce %A Robin M. Grossinger %A O'Connor, M. %A Lester J . McKee %G eng %0 Generic %D 2003 %T Geomorphic Processes and Salmonid Habitat in Sulphur and Carneros Creeks, Napa River Watershed, Napa County California (PowerPoint presentation) %A Lester J . McKee %A Sarah Pearce %A O'Connor, M. %A Jones, B. %I San Francisco Estuary Institute %G eng %0 Generic %D 2003 %T Green Infill for Clean Stormwater %A Nicole David %A Lester J . McKee %A Krebs, Jennifer %C Oakland,Ca %G eng %0 Generic %D 2003 %T Regional Watershed Program %A Lester J . McKee %I San Francisco Estuary Institute %C Oakland, CA %8 3/28/03 %G eng %0 Report %D 2003 %T A review of urban runoff processes in the Bay Area: Existing knowledge, conceptual models, and monitoring recommendations %A Lester J . McKee %A Jay A Davis %A Leatherbarrow, J. E. %A Newland, S. %I San Francisco Estuary Institute %C Oakland, CA %G eng %0 Generic %D 2003 %T Sediment and Contaminant Loading from the Guadalupe River: Implications for TMDLs and Mass Budget Models (presented at NorCal SETAC 2003 Conference) %A Lester J . McKee %A Leatherbarrow, J. E. %C The NorCal SETAC 2003 Conference %8 2003 %G eng %0 Generic %D 2003 %T Sediment Dynamics Drive Contaminant Dynamics %A Lester J . McKee %A Jay A Davis %A Ganju, N. %A Shellenbarger, G. %A Schoellhamer, D. H. %I San Francisco Estuary InstituteU.S. Geological Survey %C The 2003 RMP Annual Meeting %G eng %0 Generic %D 2003 %T A Watershed Year for RMP & CEP: Sources Pathways & Loadings 2002/2003 %A Lester J . McKee %A Leatherbarrow, J. E. %I San Francisco Estuary Institute %C The 2003 RMP Annual Meeting %G eng %0 Generic %D 2002 %T Contaminants at the Estuary Interface %A Lester J . McKee %A Rainer Hoenicke %A Leatherbarrow, J. E. %I San Francisco Estuary InstituteCalifornia Resources Agency %8 March 23, 2002 %G eng %0 Report %D 2002 %T Estimates of suspended-sediment flux entering San Francisco Bay from the Sacramento and San Joaquin Delta %A Lester J . McKee %A Jay A Davis %A Rainer Hoenicke %A Donald Yee %A Ganju, N. %A Leatherbarrow, J. E. %A Schoellhamer, D. H. %G eng %0 Generic %D 2002 %T Estimating sediment related contaminant loads entering San Francisco Bay from the Central Valley: A contribution to Region 2 and Region 5 TMDLs %A Lester J . McKee %I San Francisco Estuary Institute %G eng %0 Report %D 2002 %T Estimation of Total Mercury Fluxes Entering San Francisco Bay from the Sacramento and San Joaquin River Watersheds (Technical Memo) %A Lester J . McKee %A Foe, C. %I San Francisco Estuary Institute %C Oakland, CA %G eng %0 Report %D 2002 %T Estuary Interface Pilot Study (1996 - 1999) %A Lester J . McKee %A Rainer Hoenicke %A Leatherbarrow, J. E. %G eng %0 Generic %D 2002 %T Loadings of Particles and Contaminants to the Bay from the Central Valley %A Lester J . McKee %I San Francisco Estuary Institute %8 March 23, 2002 %G eng %0 Report %D 2002 %T Mallard Island %A Lester J . McKee %G eng %0 Report %D 2002 %T Mapping Urbanized and Rural Drainages in the Bay Area: A Tool for Improved Management of Stormwater Contaminants Derived from Small Tributaries %A Lester J . McKee %A Wittner, E. %I San Francisco Estuary Institute %C Oakland, CA %G eng %0 Report %D 2002 %T Measurement of sediment and contaminant loads from the Guadalupe River watershed: sampling and analysis plan %A Lester J . McKee %I San Francisco Estuary Institute %C Oakland, CA %G eng %0 Report %D 2002 %T Napa River Sediment TMDL Baseline Study: Geomorphic Processes and Habitat form and function in Soda Creek %A Lester J . McKee %A Robin M. Grossinger %A Sarah Pearce %A O'Connor, M. %I San Francisco Estuary Institute %C Oakland, CA %G eng %0 Generic %D 2002 %T The National Hydrography Data Set: San Francisco Bay Area %A Lester J . McKee %A Wittner, E. %I San Francisco Estuary Institute %G eng %0 Report %D 2002 %T Pathogen Occurrence and Analysis in Relation to Water Quality Attainment in San Francisco Bay Area Watersheds %A Lester J . McKee %A Glasner, A. %G eng %0 Report %D 2002 %T Report of Science Advisors: Solano County Natural Community Conservation Plan Habitat Conservation Plan %A Lester J . McKee %A DiGennaro, B. %A Yoshiyama, R. %A Swanson, C. %A Northern, P. %A Grosberg, R. %A Grewell, B. %A Collinge, S. %A Bradbury, M. %A Arnold, D. %A Amundson, R. %A Noss, R. %A Russell, V. %G eng %0 Report %D 2002 %T Results of the Estuary Interface Pilot Study, 1996-1999, Final Report. (Technical Report of the Sources Pathways and Loading Work Group (SPLWG) of the San Francisco Estuary Regional Monitoring Program for Trace Substances (RMP)) %A Lester J . McKee %A Rainer Hoenicke %A Leatherbarrow, J. E. %I San Francisco Estuary Institute %C Oakland, CA %G eng %0 Generic %D 2002 %T Sediment Transport From The Sacramento/San Joaquin Delta During Large Resuspension Events: Implications For Pollutant Transport To San Francisco Bay %A Lester J . McKee %I San Francisco Estuary Institute %G eng %0 Generic %D 2002 %T Urban Runoff Literature Review (TMDL Presentation) %A Lester J . McKee %A Jay A Davis %A Leatherbarrow, J. E. %A Newland, S. %I San Francisco Estuary Institute %G eng %0 Generic %D 2002 %T Water quality modeling: Characterization of nutrients in surface waters and modeling at the watershed scale %A Lester J . McKee %I San Francisco Estuary Institute %C University of California at Berkeley %8 2/21/02 %G eng %0 Conference Proceedings %B Abstracts of the 5th Biannual State of the Estuary Conference – San Francisco Estuary: Achievements, trends and the future %D 2001 %T Building a regionally consistent base map for the Bay Area: The National Hydrography Data Set. %A Lester J . McKee %A Wittner, E. %A Leatherbarrow, J. E. %A Lucas, V. %A Robin M. Grossinger %B Abstracts of the 5th Biannual State of the Estuary Conference – San Francisco Estuary: Achievements, trends and the future %C Palace of the Fine Arts theatre, October 9, 10, and 11, 2001 %P pp 108 %G eng %0 Generic %D 2001 %T The Challenges in Designing an Effective Regional Watershed Sampling Program %A Lester J . McKee %I San Francisco Estuary Institute %G eng %0 Conference Proceedings %B Abstracts of the 5th Biannual State of the Estuary Conference – San Francisco Estuary: Achievements, trends and the future %D 2001 %T Contaminant contributions from the Guadalupe River and Coyote Creek watersheds to the lower South San Francisco Bay %A Lester J . McKee %A Rainer Hoenicke %A Leatherbarrow, J. E. %B Abstracts of the 5th Biannual State of the Estuary Conference – San Francisco Estuary: Achievements, trends and the future %C Palace of the Fine Arts theatre, October 9, 10, and 11, 2001. %G eng %0 Generic %D 2001 %T Determining Loads and Trends in Small Tributaries %A Lester J . McKee %I San Francisco Estuary Institute %G eng %0 Journal Article %J Marine and Freshwater Research %D 2001 %T Influence of climate, geology, and humans on spatial and temporal variability in nutrient geochemistry in the sub-tropical Richmond River catchment, Australia %A Lester J . McKee %A Eyre, B. %A Hossain, S. %A Pepperell, P. %B Marine and Freshwater Research %V 52 %P 235-248 %G eng %0 Generic %D 2001 %T Sediment Loads Transported from The Delta During Large Resuspension Events %A Lester J . McKee %I San Francisco Estuary Institute %G eng %0 Report %D 2001 %T Sediment loads transported from the Delta: Implications for management of pollutants of concern %A Lester J . McKee %I San Francisco Estuary Institute %G eng %0 Generic %D 2001 %T The use of the Simple Model for informing environmental science and management: Is this the right tool for your needs? (Presentation at the Bay Area Stormwater Management Agencies Association (BASMAA) modelling forum, San Francisco Regional Water Quality %A Lester J . McKee %G eng %0 Report %D 2001 %T Wildcat Creek Watershed: A Scientific Study of Physical Processes and Land Use Effects %A Collins, L. M. %A Robin M. Grossinger %A Lester J . McKee %A Riley, A. %A Josh N. Collins %I San Francisco Estuary Institute %C Richmond, CA %8 July 2001 %G eng %U http://www.sfei.org/wildcatcreeklandscapehistory %0 Report %D 2000 %T Contaminant Loads from Stormwater to Coastal Waters in the San Francisco Bay Region: Comparison to Other Pathways and Recommended Approach for Future Evaluation %A Jay A Davis %A Lester J . McKee %A Leatherbarrow, J. E. %A Daum, T. %I San Francisco Estuary Institute %C Richmond, CA %G eng %0 Magazine Article %D 2000 %T Estuary News RMP Insert 2000 %A Lester J . McKee %A Jay A Davis %B Estuary News %G eng %0 Journal Article %J Hydrological Processes %D 2000 %T Intra - and inter-annual export of nitrogen and phosphorus in the sub-tropical Richmond River catchment, Australia %A Lester J . McKee %A Eyre, B. %A Hossain, S. %B Hydrological Processes %V 14 %P 1787-1809 %G eng %0 Report %D 2000 %T Summary of existing information in the watershed of Sonoma Valley in relation to the Sonoma Creek Watershed Restoration Study and recommendations on how to proceed %A Lester J . McKee %A Brewster, E. %A Dale, R. %A Cornwall %A Hunter, R. C. %A Lawton, R. %A Robin M. Grossinger %I San Francisco Estuary Institute %G eng %0 Journal Article %J Biogeochemistry %D 2000 %T Transport and retention of nitrogen and phosphorus in the sub-tropical Richmond River estuary, Australia - a budget approach %A Lester J . McKee %A Eyre, B. %A Hossain, S. %B Biogeochemistry %V 50 %P 241-278 %G eng %0 Report %D 2000 %T The Transport of contaminants to San Francisco Bay by stormwater %A Lester J . McKee %A Jay A Davis %V 9 %P 5-7 %G eng %0 Report %D 1997 %T Historical trends in water quality - Historic data on water quality %A Lester J . McKee %A Eyre, B. %A Hossain, S. %G eng