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Emerging Contaminants Workgroup of the Regional Monitoring Program

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SFEI at Ocean Hoptimism Most coastal pollution starts upstream of the ocean. That means science—and solutions—start… Event
New Data on Salmon-Killing Chemical In San Francisco Bay A new dataset on San Francisco Bay water includes some of the world's the first information about… News
20 Years of Investigating Underregulated Chemicals The Regional Monitoring Program for Water Quality in San Francisco Bay has grown into a world… News
How Stormwater Studies Can Make the Bay Cleaner As stormwater sampling across the San Francisco Bay Area reveals more poorly regulated chemicals,… News
Meet The Robots When rainstorms wash contaminants into the Bay, scientists can only sample stormwater in a few… News
Why The Fate of Antimicrobial Chemicals Matters for San Francisco Bay Antimicrobial chemicals called QACs have soared in popularity since the COVID-19 pandemic, and are… News
Bay RMP Emerging Contaminants Workgroup Meeting (9:30am - 3:30pm) The Regional Monitoring Program for Water Quality in San Francisco Bay (RMP) is a collaboration… Event
The Storm Chasers: What Stormwater Reveals About Pollution In San Francisco Bay SFEI’s stormwater monitoring team has grown and is innovating techniques to further expand its… News
Winning Stormwater Robot Names Selected Meet Captain Capture, Pre Sipitation, and our 13 other stormwater sampling robots we named with… News
New Bay PFAS Data Show Reasons for Optimism and Concern Monitoring for PFAS, or forever chemicals, has come a long way in the 16 years since the Regional… News
SFEI Scientist Interviewed on Microplastics for Maven's Notebook Senior scientist Ezra Miller was interviewed in Maven's Notebook about SFEI's groundbreaking… News
Fishing for "Forever Chemicals" In the Press: SFEI Study in Dozens of Media Outlets Dozens of media outlets picked up our study that confirmed PFAS (“forever chemicals”) are… News
Green Stormwater Infrastructure by and for Communities Green Stormwater Infrastructure by and for Communities aims to build the capacity of residents in… Project
"Forever Chemicals" Found In Fish Through Most of Bay More than a decade of monitoring found that ten species of popular fish to eat from San Francisco… News
Are clothing dryers a major source of microplastics pollution in the San Francisco Bay? Study participants needed! SFEI is studying dryer emissions to find out if clothing dryers are a significant source of… News
Bay RMP Emerging Contaminants Workgroup Meeting Event
Bay RMP Emerging Contaminants Workgroup Meeting Event
California moves towards sustainable pest management, phase out of highest-risk pesticides by 2050 On January 26, the Secretaries of the California Environmental Protection Agency (CalEPA) and… News
Latest Estuary News takes a look “Beyond the Blubber” Ariel Rubissow-Okamoto’s article “Beyond the Blubber,” based on interviews with SFEI Senior… News
RMP Journal Article: Targeted Monitoring of Organophosphate Esters and Bisphenols Organophosphate esters (OPEs) and bisphenols are two classes of mobile, endocrine-disrupting… News
Scientists Advise a Major Shift in Chemicals Management in the U.S. and Canada A new approach is essential to help governments and businesses eliminate harmful chemicals from… News
The Dirt on Flea Control: New RMP Study featured in Estuary News It’s hard to go to the big box pet store and not stumble over the flea control displays. Most pet… News
New Focus on Stormwater A major multi-year RMP study revealed the critical role of urban stormwater runoff as a path for… Focus Area
Emerging Contaminants (RMP Workgroup) The RMP fills critical science needs for managers to reduce harmful emerging contaminants in San… Focus Area
SFEI’s Dr. Kelly Moran Receives 2023 Teng-chung Wu Pollution Prevention Award On October 8, 2023, the San Francisco Bay Regional Water Quality Control Board presented the 2023… News
Carquinez Strait Fish and Preservation Project SFEI is partnering with All Positives Possible, a community-based organization serving low-income… Project
Emerging Contaminants in Wastewater Down-the-drain discharges from homes and businesses make up the sewage treated by 40 different… Project
CECs in California’s Ambient Aquatic Ecosystems To support the State and Regional Water Boards new Constituents of Emerging Concern Program, we… Project
PFAS in Municipal Wastewater SFEI partnered with Bay Area Clean Water Agencies (BACWA) to implement a collaborative, cost… Project
Emerging Contaminants in Urban Stormwater Runoff Rain-driven flows from city streets and storm drains transport PFAS and other contaminants to the… Project
Emerging Contaminants Toxic chemicals from everyday products contaminate aquatic ecosystems and our own bodies. We use… Focus Area
Emerging Contaminants Workgroup Meeting (Day 2) Event
Emerging Contaminants Workgroup Meeting (Day 1) Event
Storms drive emerging contaminants into the Bay Rainfall washes contaminants from urban landscapes to San Francisco Bay, degrading water quality.… News
RMP Sport Fish Planning Meeting Event
Consumption Survey Questionnaire for San Francisco Bay Subsistence Fishers SFEI is developing a questionnaire that will be used to characterize consumption of Bay-caught fish… Project
Scientists Raise Concerns About Popular COVID Disinfectants The COVID-19 pandemic has boosted the unnecessary use of antimicrobial chemicals linked to health… News
Emerging Contaminants Workgroup Meeting Day 2 Event
Emerging Contaminants Workgroup Meeting Day 1 Event
PFAS in San Francisco Bay Water Scientists with the San Francisco Bay Regional Monitoring Program (RMP) detected PFAS, also known… News
California Pesticides: A Data Visualization Tool to Link Pesticide Use and Management to Water Quality Despite California's data-rich environment, there are still many obstacles when trying to access… Project
Virtual Forum: PFAS in San Francisco Bay Fish Thank you for joining environmental and public health agencies, representatives of tribes… Event
Vehicle Tires Threaten Water Quality Update: On October 1, 2023: California Department of Toxic Substance Control (DTSC) 6PPD… News
Bay RMP Emerging Contaminants Workgroup Meeting Day 2 Event
Bay RMP Emerging Contaminants Workgroup Meeting Day 1 Event
Forum on PFAS elevates the perspectives of local fishing communities Known as “forever chemicals” due to their persistence in the environment, per- and polyfluoroalkyl… News
Virtual Forum: PFAS in San Francisco Bay Fish Bringing together environmental and public health agencies, members of tribes and local fishing… Project
SFEI Experts Assist California’s Safer Consumer Products Program Recent studies by the San Francisco Estuary Institute (SFEI) and the Regional Monitoring Program… News
Bay RMP Emerging Contaminants Workgroup Meeting (Day 2) Event
Bay RMP Emerging Contaminants Workgroup Meeting (Day 1) Event
Next Generation Urban Greening SFEI is working with partners across the Bay Area to design tools to help cities achieve… Project
Dr. Kelly Moran Joins SFEI Staff SFEI is excited to announce that veteran RMP contributor Dr. Kelly Moran has recently… News
Toxic Tire Contaminant Found in Bay Area Stormwater Scientists at the San Francisco Estuary Institute (SFEI) have found a highly toxic tire-related… News
Bay RMP Non-Targeted Analysis Fact Sheet In 2016, the RMP launched a novel investigation to detect new or unexpected contaminants in Bay… News
PFAS Stays in San Francisco Bay SFEI senior scientist, Dr. Rebecca Sutton, published a new study in the journal Chemosphere showing… News
Bay RMP Emerging Contaminants Workgroup Meeting (Day 2) Event
Bay RMP Emerging Contaminants Workgroup Meeting (Day 1) Event
New Book Chapter: Pesticides in Our Homes Wash Down the Drain A state-of-the-science review of current-use pesticides in wastewater, led by SFEI senior scientist… News
2019 Bay RMP Emerging Contaminants Workgroup Meeting - Day 2 Event
2019 Bay RMP Emerging Contaminants Workgroup Meeting - Day 1 Event
Medicating the Bay: RMP Science featured in Estuary News Highlighted in the December 2018 issue of Estuary News, a new report from the Bay’s Regional… News
Bay RMP Emerging Contaminants Workgroup Meeting - Day 2 Event
Bay RMP Emerging Contaminants Workgroup Meeting - Day 1 Event
Non-Sticks Stick Around: Estuary News highlights findings from new RMP study Estuary News writer Kristine Wong interviewed SFEI’s Meg Sedlak, lead scientist on the latest RMP… News
RMP Study in the News: “Dog and cat flea treatments suspected of polluting San Francisco Bay” As a result of summary information presented in the latest Pulse of the Bay (see below), the San… News
East Bay Express Insert for Coastal Cleanup Day Just in time for California Coastal Cleanup Day, an insert in today’s East Bay Express provides… News
Talk: Science to Inform and Advance Environmental Protections SFEI's Dr. Rebecca Sutton will be speaking at an event hosted by the Women Chemists Committee of… Event
Historical Ecology and Landscape Change in the Central Laguna de Santa Rosa This study synthesizes a diverse array of data to examine the ecological patterns, ecosystem… Project
Local coverage of RMP findings on flea control pesticide fipronil A report from ABC7's Dan Ashley last night highlighted key findings from a recent… News
OIMA Brown Bag Seminar: Microplastic Contamination in San Francisco Bay The State Water Board has invited SFEI's Dr. Rebecca Sutton to present findings on… Event
Invited Talk: Metabolomics Metabolomics: Guided Tracking of the Chemical and Biological Journeys of Organic Nutrients and… Event
RMP Microplastic Monitoring and Science Strategy Workshop Event
Bay RMP Emerging Contaminants Workgroup Meeting Event
Science-Policy Briefing: Ocean and Freshwater Plastic Pollution: Impacts and Opportunities Join the California Latino Legislative Caucus and Monterey Bay Aquarium for a science… Event
Estuary News features RMP study on microplastic pollution December's issue of Estuary News features an article, "Unhealthy Fiber in Bay Diet," that… News
New Microplastic Fact Sheet puts Bay study findings in context The same week that the U.S. House of Representatives passes a bill to ban microbeads in cosmetic… News
Green Ribbon Science Panel Meeting The purpose of this meeting is to provide the Green Ribbon Science Panel a forum to discuss… Event
SFEI science informs state policy on microplastic pollution Last week, the Governor signed AB 888, a bill that bans microplastic beads in personal care… News
Plastic microbeads are in the news, and SFEI is providing the science In the wake of the passage of the microbead ban, KQED released a story about its potential hazards.… News
KPIX and KNTV Television interview Rebecca Sutton about microplastic contamination in the Bay With separate news crews, KPIX and KNTV followed up on the San Jose Mercury and… News
New Developments in Emerging Contaminants and Green Chemistry SFEI tracks contaminants of emerging concern (CECs), building the knowledge necessary to prevent… News
RMP Annual Meeting 2016 The RMP Annual Meeting is held every year in the early fall. The meeting is an opportunity for RMP… Event
GreenPlan-IT GreenPlan-IT is a versatile open-source toolset that helps aid municipalities with their efforts to… Project
Casting a wide net: Contaminant discovery via nontarget analysis Nontarget analysis is a cutting-edge approach to uncover potentially concerning and unexpected… Project
PBDEs in San Francisco Bay: A Summary Report Flame retardant use has become widespread in large part due to unusually strict flammability… Project
Contaminant Data Download and Display (CD3) Contaminant Data Display and Download Tool or CD3 is an innovative visualization tool for… Project
Contaminants of Emerging Concern: A Strategy for Future Investigations in San Francisco Bay Tens of thousands of chemicals and mixtures of chemicals have been registered for production and… Project

Publications

Title Abstract Year of Publication
Tire- and Vehicle-derived Contaminants, Current Use Pesticides, Pharmaceuticals, and other Emerging Contaminants in Dry vs. Wet Season Bay Water 2026
Application of non-targeted analysis to inform emerging contaminants monitoring in San Francisco Bay sediment 2026
Load and concentration based performance outcomes for emerging organic contaminants in bioretention stormwater treatment systems The performance capabilities of bioretention systems for a range of stormwater constituents remain lightly characterized, particularly for emerging organic contaminants. To address this gap, we… 2026
Scanning Bay Sediment for Unexpected Contaminants In 2018, the Regional Monitoring Program for Water Quality in San Francisco Bay (RMP) launched an innovative investigation to detect contaminants that were either new to Bay sediment or had… 2026
Stormwater Contaminants of Emerging Concern (CECs) Monitoring Approach 2026
Emerging PFAS Trends in Water and Sediment from San Francisco Bay 2025
Integrated Watershed Modeling and Monitoring Framework to Support the Regional Monitoring Program The Regional Monitoring Program (RMP) is transitioning from a watershed program predominantly using monitoring data and data-driven load estimation methods to support management decisions on… 2025
Quaternary Ammonium Compounds in Wastewater Influents, Effluents, and Biosolids: Analysis from Twelve Wastewater Treatment Plants from 2020 to 2023 Quaternary ammonium compounds (QACs) are high production volume chemicals used in consumer and industrial products, including disinfectants. Influent, effluent, and biosolid samples were collected… 2025
Spatial Trends and Health Risks of Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances in San Francisco Bay Fish from 2009 to 2019 Consumption of contaminated food, especially seafood, is a key source of human perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkylsubstances (PFAS) exposure. Here, we examine the occurrence of PFAS in shiner… 2025
Ethoxylated Surfactants in San Francisco Bay Water, Urban Stormwater Runoff, and Municipal Wastewater Effluent:Summary Report for Water Quality Managers Ethoxylated surfactant compounds are a broad class of non-ionic surfactants that include alkylphenol ethoxylates (APEOs) and alcohol ethoxylates (AEs). Together, APEOs and AEs are used in a wide… 2024
Where the rubber meets the road: Emerging environmental impacts of tire wear particles and their chemical cocktails About 3 billion new tires are produced each year and about 800 million tires become waste annually. Global dependence upon tires produced from natural rubber and petroleum-based compounds represents… 2024
Chlorinated Paraffins in San Francisco Bay Sediment Chlorinated paraffins are a class of mixtures of chlorinated hydrocarbons that are produced and used globally at high volumes for various consumer and industrial applications. Chlorinated paraffins… 2024
Contaminants of Emerging Concern in San Francisco Bay: A Strategy for Future Investigations - 2024 Revision Over 350,000 chemicals and mixtures of chemicals have been registered for production and use worldwide. A portion of these may meet the definition of contaminants of emerging concern (CECs),… 2024
Investigation of quaternary ammonium compounds (QACs) in wastewater effluent, influent, biosolids, and environmental matrices in San Francisco Bay Quaternary ammonium compounds (QACs) are surfactants widely used in a variety of consumer products, particularly as antimicrobials. The COVID-19 pandemic has increased use of products containing QACs… 2024
Screening Bay Area Stormwater for Emerging Contaminants: Summary for Managers As part of a maturing science strategy, the Regional Monitoring Program for Water Quality in San Francisco Bay (RMP) focuses on monitoring and modeling of emerging contaminants in major pathways in… 2024
Storms mobilize organophosphate esters, bisphenols, PFASs, and vehicle-derived contaminants to San Francisco Bay watersheds In urban to peri-urban watersheds such as those surrounding San Francisco Bay, stormwater runoff is a major pathway by which contaminants enter aquatic ecosystems. We evaluated the occurrence of 154… 2024
Study of Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances in Bay Area POTWs: Final Report Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are a broad class of fluorine-rich specialty chemicals with many uses across consumer, commercial, and industrial applications and products. The carbon… 2024
Pharmaceuticals, pesticides, and ultraviolet filters in wastewater discharges to San Francisco Bay as drivers of ecotoxicity Research in the United States evaluating ecotoxic risk to receiving waters posed by contaminants occurring in wastewater discharges typically has focused on measurements of pharmaceuticals and… 2023
Concentrations of Select Commonly Used Organic UV Filters in San Francisco Bay Wastewater Effluent Ultraviolet (UV) radiation filters are chemicals designed to absorb or reflect harmful solar radiation, and are used in products as diverse as personal care products (e.g., sunscreens, lotions, and… 2023
Quaternary Ammonium Compounds: A Chemical Class of Emerging Concern Quaternary ammonium compounds (QACs), a large class of chemicals that includes high production volume substances, have been used for decades as antimicrobials, preservatives, and antistatic agents… 2023
Assessment of Long-Chain Polyethoxylate Surfactants in Wastewater Effluent, Stormwater Runoff, and Ambient Water of San Francisco Bay, CA Ethoxylated surfactants are ubiquitous organic environmental contaminants that have received continued attention over the past several decades, particularly as manufacturing rates increase worldwide… 2023
Tire Wear: Emissions Estimates and Market Insights to Inform Monitoring Design Every vehicle on the road sheds tiny particles from its rubber tires into the environment. Tire wear is one of the top sources of microplastic releases to the environment. Tire wear also disperses… 2023
Optimizing Chemicals Management in the United States and Canada through the Essential-Use Approach Chemicals have improved the functionality and convenience of industrial and consumer products, but sometimes at the expense of human or ecological health. Existing regulatory systems have proven to… 2023
PFAS in San Francisco Bay Water Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), a family of thousands of synthetic, fluorine-rich compounds commonly referred to as “forever chemicals,” are known for their thermal stability, non… 2022
Bisphenols in San Francisco Bay: Wastewater, Stormwater, and Margin Sediment Monitoring Bisphenols are a class of synthetic, mobile, endocrine-disrupting chemicals. Bisphenol A (BPA), the most well-studied bisphenol, is produced and used in vast quantities worldwide—especially in… 2022
A living tool for the continued exploration of microplastic toxicity Throughout the past decade, many studies have reported adverse effects in biota following microplastic exposure. Yet, the field is still emerging as the current understanding of microplastic toxicity… 2022
Strategy for In-Bay Fate Modeling to Support Contaminant and Sediment Management in San Francisco Bay This report presents a strategy and multi-year workplan for modeling polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), contaminants of emerging concern (CECs), and sediment in San Francisco Bay (the Bay). Robust in… 2022
Research recommendations to better understand the potential health impacts of microplastics to humans and aquatic ecosystems To assess the potential risk of microplastic exposure to humans and aquatic ecosystems, reliable toxicity data is needed. This includes a more complete foundational understanding of microplastic… 2022
Risk-based management framework for microplastics in aquatic ecosystems Microplastic particles (MPs) are ubiquitous across a wide range of aquatic habitats but determining an appropriate level of risk management is hindered by a poor understanding of environmental risk.… 2022
Suspect Screening and Chemical Profile Analysis of Storm-Water Runoff Following 2017 Wildfires in Northern California The 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… 2022
Microplastics from Tire Particles in San Francisco Bay Fact Sheet As we drive our cars, our tires shed tiny particles When it rains, stormwater runoff carries tire particles—and the toxic chemicals they contain—from city streets and highways to storm drains and… 2022
CECs in California’s Ambient Aquatic Ecosystems: Occurrence and Risk Screening of Key Classes 2022
Occurrence and risk assessment of organophosphate esters and bisphenols in San Francisco Bay, California, USA Organophosphate esters (OPEs) and bisphenols are two classes of industrial chemicals that are ubiquitously detected in environmental matrices due to high global production and… 2022
Study of Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances in Bay Area POTWs: Phase 2 Sampling and Analysis Plan 2022
A ubiquitous tire rubber-derived chemical induces acute mortality in coho salmon In U.S. Pacific Northwest coho salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch), stormwater exposure annually causes unexplained acute mortality when adult salmon migrate to urban creeks to reproduce. By investigating… 2021
A Synthesis of Microplastic Sources and Pathways to Urban Runoff California Senate Bill 1263 (2018) tasks the Ocean Protection Council (OPC) with leading statewide efforts to address microplastic pollution, and requires the OPC to adopt and implement a Statewide… 2021
PCBs in Shiner Surfperch in Priority Margin Areas of San Francisco Bay Conceptual models developed for selected San Francisco Bay margin areas (referred to as priority margin units, or PMUs) have identified shiner surfperch as a crucial indicator of PCB impairment, due… 2021
2021 RMP Water Cruise Plan This report details plans associated with the annual Regional Monitoring Program for Water Quality in the San Francisco Estuary (RMP) water cruise. The RMP water sampling program was redesigned in… 2021
Assessment of emerging polar organic pollutants linked to contaminant pathways within an urban estuary using non-targeted analysis A comprehensive, non-targeted analysis of polar organic pollutants using high resolution/accurate mass (HR/AM) mass spectrometry approaches has been applied to water samples from San Francisco (SF)… 2021
Microplastics and other anthropogenic particles are prevalent in mussels from San Francisco Bay, and show no correlation with PAHs Microplastics are an emerging contaminant of high environmental concern due to their widespread distribution and availability to aquatic organisms. Filter-feeding organisms like bivalves have been… 2021
Study of Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances in Bay Area POTWs: Phase 1, Sampling and Analysis Plan 2021
Contaminants of Emerging Concern in San Francisco Bay: A Strategy for Future Investigations 2020 Update This 2020 CEC Strategy Update is a brief summary document that describes the addition of recently monitored CECs to the tiered risk-based framework. Reviews of findings relevant to San Francisco Bay… 2020
Neonicotinoids and Their Degradates in San Francisco Bay Water In the summer of 2017, open Bay water samples were collected during the RMP Status and Trends Water Cruise. Samples were analyzed for 19 neonicotinoids and metabolites. The only neonicotinoid… 2020
New San Francisco Bay Contaminants Emerge In 2016, the RMP launched a novel investigation to detect new or unexpected contaminants in Bay waters, as well as treated sewage (or wastewater) discharged to the Bay. This study used non-targeted… 2020
Microparticles, Microplastics, and PAHs in Bivalves in San Francisco Bay California mussels (Mytilus californianus and hybrid Mytilus galloprovincialis / Mytilus trossulus) and Asian clams (Corbicula fluminea) were collected at multiple sites in San Francisco Bay. Mussels… 2020
Multi-box mass balance model of PFOA and PFOS in different regions of San Francisco Bay We present a model to predict the long-term distribution and concentrations of perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) and perfluorooctanesulfonic acid (PFOS) in estuaries comprising multiple intercommunicated… 2020
Current-Use Pesticides, Fragrance Ingredients, and Other Emerging Contaminants in San Francisco Bay Margin Sediment and Water The Regional Monitoring Program for Water Quality in San Francisco Bay (RMP) has recently focused attention on better characterization of contaminants in nearshore “margin” areas of San Francisco Bay… 2020
Flame retardants and plastic additives in San Francisco Bay: Targeted monitoring of organophosphate esters and bisphenols 2020
Characterization of brominated, chlorinated, and phosphate flame retardants in San Francisco Bay, an urban estuary Flame retardant chemical additives are incorporated into consumer goods to meet flammability standards, and many have been detected in environmental matrices. A uniquely wide… 2019
Occurrence and Sources of Pesticides to Urban Wastewater and the Environment Municipal wastewater has not been extensively examined as a pathway by which pesticides contaminate surface water, particularly relative to the well-recognized pathways of agricultural and urban… 2019
Contaminants of Emerging Concern in San Francisco Bay: A Strategy for Future Investigations 2018 Update 2018
Alternative Flame Retardants in San Francisco Bay: Synthesis and Strategy 2018
Non-Targeted Analysis of Water-Soluble Compounds Highlights Overlooked Contaminants and Pathways (Coming Soon) 2018
Per and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) in San Francisco Bay: Synthesis and Strategy 2018
Contaminants of Emerging Concern in San Francisco Bay: A Strategy for Future Investigations. 2017 Revision 2017
Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in San Francisco Bay wildlife: Temporal trends, exposure pathways, and notable presence of precursor compounds 2017
From Sediment to Top Predators: Broad Exposure of Polyhalogenated Carbazoles in San Francisco Bay (U.S.A.) The present study provides the first comprehensive investigation of polyhalogenated carbazoles (PHCZ) contamination in an aquatic ecosystem. PHCZs have been found in soil and aquatic sediment from… 2017
Linkage of In Vitro Assay Results With In Vivo End Points, Phases 1 and 2 2017
Passage of fiproles and imidacloprid from urban pest control uses through wastewater treatment plants in northern California, USA Urban pest control insecticides, specifically fipronil and its four major degradates (fipronil sulfone, sulfide, desulfinyl, and amide) and imidacloprid, were monitored during drought conditions in… 2017
Pilot Study of Contaminants of Emerging Concern (CECs) in the Russian River Watershed: Lessons Learned 2017
Contaminant Concentrations in Eggs of Double-crested Cormorants and Forster's Terns from San Francisco Bay: 2002-2012 2016
Poly- and perfluoroalkyl substances in wastewater: Significance of unknown precursors, manufacturing shifts, and likely AFFF impacts In late 2014, wastewater effluent samples were collected from eight treatment plants that discharge to San Francisco (SF) Bay in order to assess poly- and perfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) currently… 2016
The RMP Emerging Contaminants Program - Fact Sheet RMP stakeholders are pursuing cost-effective solutions to contamination of the SF Bay through measures that prevent, rather than clean up contamination. Early identification of problem CECs and quick… 2016
Contaminants of Emerging Concern in San Francisco Bay: A Strategy for Future Investigations. 2015 Update. About this Update The Regional Monitoring Program for Water Quality in San Francisco Bay (RMP) has been investigating contaminants of emerging concern (CECs) since 2001. CECs can be broadly… 2015
Contaminants of Emerging Concern: Synthesis and Strategy 2012
Monitoring Strategies for Chemicals of Emerging Concern (CECs) in California's Aquatic Ecosystems 2012
Perfluoroalkyl compounds (PFCs) in wildlife from an urban estuary 2012
Contaminants of Emerging Concern: An Update on RMP Activities 2009
Emerging Problems? progress of Identifying Contaminants of Concern in the San Francisco Estuary 2008
Mussels - Miesmuscheln Mytilus 2008
Mechanical shredding of water hyacinth (Eichhornia crassipes): mpacts to water quality in the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta, California 2007
Evaluating impacts of Lake Maid plant control 2006
Control costs, operation, and permitting issues for non-chemical plant control: case studies in the San Francisco Bay-Delta Region, California. 2006
Mercury Methylation of Aquatic Plants: Using X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy (XAS) for Speciation 2005
Evaluation of waterhyacinth survival and growth following cutting 2005
Aquatic Pesticides Monitoring Program Monitoring Project Final Report 2005
Aquatic Pesticides Monitoring Program Nonchemical Alternatives Year 3 Final Report 2005
Aquatic Pesticides Monitoring Program Phase 3 (2005) Bioassessment of Waterbodies Treated With Aquatic Pesticides 2005
APMP Phase 3 Bioassesment Report 2005
Does shredding water hyacinths affect mercury speciation? 2004
California Aquatic Pesticide Nonchemical Alternatives Program, demonstration project findings 2004
Aquatic Pesticides Monitoring Program Phase 3 (2004) Monitoring Project Report 2004
APMP Alternatives Program Executive Summary 2004
A Proposed Lentic Benthic Bioassessment Procedure for California (Protocol Brief for Biological Sampling in Lakes, Reservoirs, and Ponds) 2004
Aquatic Pesticides Alternatives Demonstration Project Report 2004
Aquatic Pesticides Alternatives Literature Review, Review of Alternative Aquatic PestControl Methods For California Waters 2004
Aquatic Pesticides Monitoring Program Phase 2 (2003) Monitoring Project Report 2004
Aquatic Pesticides Monitoring Program Quality Assurance Program Plan 2004
Determining Economic Impacts of Aquatic Plant Management in California Waters 2004
Field Evaluations of Alternative Pest Control Methods in California Waters 2004
Phase 2 (2003) Bioassessment of Waterbodies Treated with Aquatic Pesticides 2004
Review of Alternative Aquatic Pest Control Methods For California Waters 2004
Three mechanical shredders evaluated for controlling water hyacinth (California) 2004
UC Santa Barbara Graduate Project Report: "A Cost and Environmental Analysis of Aquatic Plant Management in California" 2004
Non-Chemical Aquatic Plant Control (presented at 2003
A new research program on non-chemical pest control in California waters 2003
Aquatic Pesticide Monitoring Program Literature Review 2003
Aquatic Pesticide Monitoring Program Modeling Workgroup Final Report 2003
Identification and Evaluation of Previously Unknown Organic Contaminants in the San Francisco Estuary (1999-2001) 2003
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