Special studies address high priority water quality topics and are key to adaptively managing the RMP. They allow the Program to respond to new water quality concerns, develop and refine new approaches, answer management questions, and guide status and trends monitoring. Each of the five special studies is led by a workgroup of RMP stakeholders, state and federal regulators, and science advisors
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Recent Publications
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 previously gone undetected. This…
Conceptual Understanding of Fine Sediment Transport in San Francisco Bay
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…