2025 RMP Annual Meeting

Dates

Oct 15 2025 | 9am - 4:30pm

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The 32nd Annual Meeting of the Regional Monitoring Program for Water Quality in San Francisco Bay (RMP) was held on Wednesday October 15, 2025, at the David Brower Center in Berkeley, CA, from 9:00am to 4:30pm and online over Zoom. The meeting featured updates on RMP activities across a wide range of Bay water quality topics. We welcome you to review the meeting agenda.

Information about past meetings is on the general RMP Annual Meeting webpage. You can learn more about the latest RMP work in the 2025 RMP Update.

Session 1: Stormwater/CECs

Overview of RMP Stormwater Studies - Matt Heberger, San Francisco Estuary Institute

Remote Stormwater Sampler Development - Don Yee, San Francisco Estuary Institute

Non-targeted analysis to identify unknowns and prioritize monitoring of emerging contaminants in San Francisco Bay - Ezra Miller, San Francisco Estuary Institute

Discussion - Moderated by Tom Mumley, San Francisco Bay Water Board (Retired), RMP Steering Committee Chair

Session 2: Sediment/PCBs/Communications

Water Board Update on Beneficial Reuse - Xavier Fernandez, San Francisco Bay Water Board

Modeling the Recovery of San Leandro Bay from PCB Contamination - Sam McWilliams, Integral Consulting

RMP Communications Strategy - Sierra Garcia, San Francisco Estuary Institute

Discussion - Moderated by Laura Tam, Bay Planning Coalition

Session 3: Fish Contamination

Carquinez Strait Fish and Preservation Project: Overview - LaDonna Williams, All Positives Possible

Carquinez Strait Fish and Preservation Project: Consumption Survey - William Ware, Consultant

Carquinez Strait Fish and Preservation Project: Fish Monitoring Results – Jay Davis, San Francisco Estuary Institute

Discussion - Moderated by Jay Davis, San Francisco Estuary Institute

Session 4: CECs/Nutrients

Wet Season Monitoring of CECs in the Bay - Martin Trinh, San Francisco Estuary Institute

Updated Nutrient Science Plan for the Bay - Dave Senn, San Francisco Estuary Institute

Discussion - Moderated by Luisa Valiela, US Environmental Protection Agency

2025 Bay RMP Annual Meeting Credits

2025 Annual Meeting Photo Gallery

Photos by Sierra Garcia and Kyle Stark. Please contact [email protected] if you'd like to request photos from the Annual Meeting or permission to use any of them.

From left to right, Michelle Azurin, Kara Mirmelstein, and Anna de Lopez sit behind a check-in table with a large posterboard behind them with logo and text reading "RMP Annual Meeting."

Seated crowd views Tom Mumley presenting slide that reads Patricia ("Trish") Mulvey with a photo of her.

Person at edge of crowd watching presentation takes notes.

Close-up of Ezra Miller seated and holding a microphone while gesturing with other hand and smiling.

Don Yee points upwards towards a slide titled "Bad Robots" as a large audience watches.

From left to right, Ezra Miller, Rebecca Sutton, and Jay Davis laugh in the audience.

Kayli Paterson looks up towards the front of the room. Matthew Heberger and Kelly Moran are in partial focus and are looking the same direction.

Sierra Garcia presents standing behind podium and gestures with a slide reading "76% of Americans express a great deal or fair amount of confidence in scientists to act in the public’s best interests."

LaDonna Williams addresses a crowd with a slide reading "Carquinez Strait Fish and Preservation Project" displayed.

Close-up of LaDonna Williams speaking.

William Ware holds microphone standing behind podium and smiles with Carquinez Strait Fish and Preservation Project slide displayed behind him.

Jay Davis presents a slide titled "Mercury Contamination in Carquinez Strait Lower than Rest of Bay."

Luisa Valiela stands in front of a large agenda slide titled "Session 4: CECs/Nutrients" while holding a microphone in one hand and a sheaf of notes in the other.