The 31st Annual Meeting of the Regional Monitoring Program for Water Quality in San Francisco Bay (RMP) was held on Wednesday October 16, 2024, at the David Brower Center in Berkeley, CA, from 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM and online via Zoom. The meeting featured updates on the science and management of emerging contaminants, nutrients, and microplastics.
See the meeting agenda.
Powerpoints and recordings of the presentations are provided below.
Welcome & Session 1: General RMP Highlights/Nutrients
2024 RMP Highlights; Amy Kleckner, San Francisco Estuary Institute
Nutrient Watershed Permit for San Francisco Bay; Robert Schlipf, San Francisco Bay Regional Water Quality Control Board
Overview and emerging understanding of the 2022 Heterosigma bloom in San Francisco Bay; Dave Senn, San Francisco Estuary Institute
Discussion - Moderated by Gerardo Martinez, San Francisco Bay Regional Water Quality Control Board
Session 2: Contaminants of Emerging Concern
A Global Perspective on CEC Monitoring; Derek Muir, Environment and Climate Change Canada
“New Approach Methodologies” in Ecotoxicology and Environmental Monitoring; Dan Villenueve, US Environmental Protection Agency
PFAS Sources to Solutions; Kelly Moran, San Francisco Estuary Institute
Discussion - Moderated by Andria Ventura, Clean Water Action
Session 3: Contaminants of Emerging Concern
Screening Stormwater for Contaminants of Emerging Concern; Rebecca Sutton, San Francisco Estuary Institute
The Soap Opera of Ethoxylated Surfactants: A Drama in Every Drop; Jennifer Dougherty, San Francisco Estuary Institute
QACs in Bay Area Wastewater (and Other Bay Matrices); Ezra Miller, San Francisco Estuary Institute
Discussion - Moderated by Bridgette DeShields, Integral Consulting
Session 4: Contaminants of Emerging Concern and Microplastics
California’s Safer Consumer Products Program Updates: Advancing Chemically Safer Products for People and the Environment; Alyssa Demko, California Department of Toxic Substances Control
Water Board Management of CECs; Maggie Monahan, San Francisco Bay Regional Water Quality Control Board
RMP Microplastics Strategy: Providing Statewide Scientific Leadership; Diana Lin, San Francisco Estuary Institute
Discussion - Moderated by Karin North, City of Palo Alto