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Author(s): Amy Kleckner | Jay Davis
2026
The purpose of this document is to guide efforts and summarize plans developed within the RMP. The intended audience includes representatives of the many organizations who directly participate in the Program. This document will also be useful for individuals who are not…
Author(s): Amy Kleckner | Jay Davis
2026
In 2026, the Regional Monitoring Program for Water Quality in San Francisco Bay (RMP) is entering its 34th year of collecting data and communicating information to support water quality management decisions. This Detailed Workplan and Budget describes the activities that will…
Integrated Watershed Modeling and Monitoring Framework to Support the Regional Monitoring Program
Author(s): Lester McKee | Kelly Moran | Jay Davis
2025
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 polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) and mercury (Hg) to an integrated modeling and…
Author(s): Amy Kleckner | Jay Davis
2025
In 2025, the Regional Monitoring Program for Water Quality in San Francisco Bay (RMP) is
entering its 33rd year of collecting data and communicating information to support water
quality management decisions. This Detailed Workplan and Budget describes the activities…
Author(s): Amy Kleckner | Jay Davis
2025
The purpose of this document is to guide efforts and summarize plans developed within the RMP. The intended audience includes representatives of the many organizations who directly participate in the Program. This document will also be useful for individuals who are not…
Screening Bay Area Stormwater for Emerging Contaminants: Summary for Managers
Author(s): Rebecca Sutton | Pedro Avellaneda | Miguel Méndez | Jennifer Dougherty | Alicia Gilbreath
2024
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 an effort to track Bay contaminants back to their sources and better inform…
Author(s): Alicia Gilbreath | Lester McKee | Matthew Heberger | Kelly Moran
2024
The Sources, Pathways, and Loadings (SPL) Workgroup (WG) is one of the five active workgroups within the Regional Monitoring Program for Water Quality in San Francisco Bay (Bay; RMP). The Workgroup produces recommendations for collection, interpretation, and synthesis of data…
Author(s): Yeo Cho | Diana Lin | Donald Yee | Jay Davis | Richard Luthy
2024
To assess historical PCB loading and spatial distribution in the Steinberger Slough and Redwood Creek (SS/RC) complex, a passive sampling campaign was conducted in the summer of 2020 at eight selected sites. Passive sampler uptakes (CPE) successfully captured PCB distribution…
Author(s): Diana Lin | Miguel Méndez | Kayli Paterson | Adam Wong | Donald Yee | Rebecca Sutton | Erika Houtz | Mary Cousins | Lorien Fono
2024
Identification of major sources of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in wastewater requires comprehensive evaluation, as wastewater is a pathway for a wide range of PFAS products in use, and the PFAS class includes thousands of compounds. We applied both EPA Method…
Author(s): Katherine Peter | Alicia Gilbreath | Melissa Gonzalez | Zhenyu Tian | Adam Wong | Donald Yee | Ezra Miller | Pedro Avellaneda | Da Chen | Andrew Patterson | Nicole Fitzgerald | Christopher Higgins | Edward Kolodziej | Rebecca Sutton
2024
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 organic contaminants via liquid chromatography coupled to tandem mass…
Author(s): Amy Kleckner | Jay Davis
2024
The purpose of this document is to guide efforts and summarize plans developed within the RMP. The intended audience includes representatives of the many organizations who directly participate in the Program. This document will also be useful for individuals who are not…
Author(s): Amy Kleckner | Jay Davis
2023
In 2024, the Regional Monitoring Program for Water Quality in San Francisco Bay (RMP) is entering its 32nd year of collecting data and communicating information to support water quality management decisions. This Detailed Workplan and Budget describes the activities that will…
Author(s): Melissa Foley | Jay Davis | Donald Yee
2023
The purpose of this document is to guide efforts and summarize plans developed within the RMP. The intended audience includes representatives of the many organizations who directly participate in the Program. This document will also be useful for individuals who are not…
Author(s): Lester McKee | David Peterson | Alex Braud | Melissa Foley | Scott Dusterhoff | Jeremy Lowe | Allie King | Jay Davis
2023
This document was prepared with guidance gained through two RMP Sediment Workgroup workshops held in late 2022 and early 2023. Given the variety of participants involved, this Workplan encompasses interests beyond San Francisco Bay RMP funders. We thank the attendees for…
Author(s): Applied Marine Sciences (AMS)
2022
This report details activities associated with the biannual Regional Monitoring Program for Water Quality in the San Francisco Estuary (RMP) water cruise. The RMP water sampling program was redesigned in 2002 to adopt a randomized sampling design at thirty-one sites in place…
Author(s): Melissa Foley | Jay Davis | Donald Yee
2022
In 2022 the Regional Monitoring Program for Water Quality in San Francisco Bay (RMP) is entering its 31st year of collecting data and communicating information to support water quality management decisions. This Detailed Workplan and Budget describes the activities that will…
Charter: Regional Monitoring Program for Water Quality in San Francisco Bay
Author(s): Melissa Foley | Jay Davis
2022
This Charter describes the purpose and function of the Regional Monitoring Program for Water
Quality in San Francisco Bay (RMP). Established in 1993, the RMP is a collaborative effort
between the San Francisco Estuary Institute, the California Regional Water…
San Francisco Bay Watershed Dynamic Model (WDM) Progress Report, Phase 2
Author(s): Tan Zi | Alex Braud | Lester McKee | Melissa Foley
2022
The San Francisco Bay total maximum daily loads (TMDLs) call for a 50% reduction in mercury (Hg) loads by 2028 and a 90% reduction in PCBs loads by 2030. In support of these TMDLs, the Municipal Regional Permit for Stormwater (MRP) (SFBRWQCB, 2009, SFBRWQCB, 2015, SFBRWQCB,…
Author(s): Lester McKee | Alicia Gilbreath | Lisa Sabin
2022
Stormwater agencies in the San Francisco Bay Area are identifying watershed areas that are polluted with PCBs in order to prioritize management efforts to reduce impairment in the Bay caused by PCBs carried in stormwater. Water sampling during storms has been used to…
Author(s): Craig Jones | Jay Davis | Donald Yee
2022
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-Bay fate modeling is needed to address priority management questions that…
Author(s): Miguel Mendez | Cristina Grosso | Diana Lin
2022
The Dredged Material Management Office (DMMO) is responsible for annually approving dredging and disposal of millions of cubic yards of sediment to maintain safe navigation in San Francisco Bay. Dredged sediment is characterized for physical, chemical, and biological…
Author(s): Miaomiao Wang | Juliet Kinyua | Ting Jiang | Meg Sedlak | Lester McKee | Richard Fadness | Rebecca Sutton | June-Soo Park
2022
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 runoff events can transport wildfire-related contaminants to downstream…
Author(s): Donald Yee
2021
This memo provides a high-level summary of the quality assurance assessment for data reported by the RMP. In 2019, fish tissue samples were collected from nine Bay/Delta areas and three additional wetland/slough areas for the Regional Monitoring Program for Water…
Author(s): Melissa Foley | Jay Davis | Donald Yee
2021
In 2021 the Regional Monitoring Program for Water Quality in San Francisco Bay (RMP) is entering its 29th year of collecting data and communicating information to support water quality management decisions. This Detailed Workplan and Budget describes the activities that will…
Pollutants of Concern Reconnaissance Monitoring Progress Report, Water Years 2015 - 2019
Author(s): Alicia Gilbreath | Jennifer Hunt | Lester McKee
2020
Reconnaissance monitoring for water years 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019 was completed with funding provided by the Regional Monitoring Program for Water Quality in San Francisco Bay (RMP). This report is designed to be updated each year until completion of the study. At…
Author(s): Sarah Pearce | Lester McKee
2020
This report summarizes the precipitation, discharge, and sediment conditions observed from October 1, 2016 to September 30th, 2017 (Water Year (WY) 2017) in the Arroyo de la Laguna watershed, with a focus on the Arroyo Mocho watershed. This information was collected by the…
Author(s): Melissa Foley | Jay Davis | Donald Yee
2019
In 2019 the Regional Monitoring Program for Water Quality in San Francisco Bay (RMP) is entering its 27th year of collecting data and communicating information to support water quality management decisions. This Detailed Workplan and Budget describes the activities that will…
Author(s): Donald Yee | Alicia Gilbreath | Lester McKee | Jay Davis
2019
The goal of RMP PCB special studies over the next few years is to inform the review and possible revision of the PCB TMDL and the reissuance of the Municipal Regional Permit for Stormwater, both of which are tentatively scheduled to occur in 2020. Conceptual model development…
Optimal Selection and Placement of Green Infrastructure in Urban Watersheds for PCB Control
Author(s): Jing Wu | Pete Kauhanen | Jennifer Hunt | David Senn | Tony Hale | Lester McKee
2019
San Francisco Bay and its watersheds are polluted by legacy polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), resulting in the establishment of a total maximum daily load (TDML) that requires a 90% PCB load reduction from municipal stormwater. Green infrastructure (GI) is a multibenefit…
Author(s): Sarah Lowe | Pete Kauhanen
2019
This report describes the application of GreenPlan-IT’s Site Locator Tool to identify and rank candidate…
Author(s): Scott Dusterhoff | Sarah Pearce | Lester McKee | Carolyn Doehring | Julie Beagle | Katie McKnight | Robin Grossinger | Ruth Askevold
2017
Over the past 200 years, many of the channels that drain to San Francisco Bay have been modified for land reclamation and flood management. The local agencies that oversee these channels are seeking new management approaches that provide multiple benefits and promote…
Author(s): Jing Wu | Pete Kauhanen | Sarah Lowe | Sarah Pearce | Josh Collins
2017
This summary memorandum presents technical recommendations to the 401 Certification and Waste Discharge Program (401 Program) of the State Water Resources Control Board (State Board) for a coherent, scientifically sound, repeatable, watershed approach to wetland restoration…
- 1. Wetland Beneficial Use Protection: Pilot Demonstration Project
- 2. Synthesis of Literature on Wetland Assimilation Capacities, Models, and Pollutant Loads...
- 3.A. Simulating Wetland Assimilation Capacity in the Lower Santa Rosa Creek Watershed Pilot Demonstration Area Using HSPF Model
- 3.B. Demonstration of a Watershed Approach to Wetland Restoration Planning Using GreenPlan-IT
- 4. Evaluating Wetland Beneficial Uses At Project and Watershed Scales
Author(s): Phil Trowbridge | Jay Davis | Tom Mumley | K. Taberski | N. Feger | L. Valiela | J. Ervin | N. Arsem | A. Olivieri | P. Carroll | J. Coleman | P. Salop | Rebecca Sutton | Donald Yee | Lester McKee | M. Sedlak | Cristina Grosso | J. Kelly
2016
The Regional Monitoring Program for Water Quality in San Francisco Bay (RMP) is a novel partnership between regulatory agencies and the regulated community to provide the scientific foundation to manage water quality in the largest Pacific estuary in the Americas. The RMP…
Author(s): K. Schiff | Phil Trowbridge | E.T. Sherwood | P. Tango | R.A. Batiuk
2016
Water quality monitoring is a cornerstone of environmental protection and ambient monitoring provides managers with the critical data they need to take informed action. Unlike site-specific monitoring that is at the heart of regulatory permit compliance, regional monitoring…
Author(s): Alicia Gilbreath | Lester McKee
2015
Urban runoff has been identified in water quality policy documents for San Francisco Bay as a large and potentially controllable source of pollutants. In response, concentrations of suspended sediments and a range of trace organic pollutants were intensively measured in dry…