RMP Update
The Regional Monitoring Program for Water Quality in San Francisco Bay is an innovative collaboration of the San Francisco Bay Regional Water Quality Control Board, the regulated discharger community, and the San Francisco Estuary Institute. It provides water quality regulators with the information they need to manage the Bay effectively. The Program issues a report each year, the Pulse of the Bay in odd years and the RMP Update in even years.
The purpose of the RMP Update is to provide a concise overview of recent RMP activities and findings, and a look ahead to significant products anticipated in the next two years.
The report includes:
- a brief summary of some of the most noteworthy findings of this multifaceted Program;
- a description of the management context that guides the Program; and
- a summary of progress in and plans for addressing priority water quality topics.
In odd years, we publish The Pulse, which provides an in-depth summary of the latest information on Bay water quality.
View the PDF of the 2018 RMP Update here.
For a hard copy of the Update, please send your name, address, and the quantity to [email protected].
If you have comments or corrections please contact Jay Davis at [email protected].
Previous RMP Updates:
Find an interactive, eBook version of the 2014 RMP Update here
Dates:
2012 to 2018
Funders:
Associated Staff:
Programs and Focus Areas:
Clean Water Program
Bay Regional Monitoring Program
Environmental Informatics Program
Data Services
Design and Communications
Related Projects, News, and Events:
The Pulse of the Bay (Project)
Download the Pulse of the Bay! This report from the Regional Monitoring Program for Water Quality in San Francisco Bay features articles on the four major pathways by which pollutants enter the Bay: municipal wastewater, industrial wastewater, stormwater, and dredging and dredged sediment disposal. Each article provides a basic introduction to the pathway and discusses the regulatory framework, recent findings, and future challenges. The report also includes some of the latest highlights from monitoring of important parameters such as nutrients, emerging contaminants, mercury, PCBs, and selenium.
RMP Annual Meeting on Friday, October 7th, 2016 (News)
The Annual Meeting of the Regional Monitoring Program for Water Quality in San Francisco Bay (RMP) will be held on Friday, October 7th, 2016 at the David Brower Center in Berkeley, CA from 9 AM to 4:10 PM. The theme of the meeting is “Science to Support Decision Making.” The meeting will feature presentations and discussion on contaminants of emerging concern, stormwater, sediment transport, contaminants in sport fish & margins sediment, and nutrients.
The RMP Update, An Annual Report of the Regional Monitoring Program (News)
The RMP Update summarizes findings from 12 recent months of research by top scientists on the health and water quality trends in the San Francisco Bay Estuary. The report highlights the “RMP Top Ten”: a list of recent activities and accomplishments. In a new "ebook" format, accessible on any browser, the RMP Update now offers new ways to interact with the content.