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Regional Board Monitoring and Special Studies Related to 303d Listing and TMDLs

Regional Board Monitoring and Special Studies Related to 303d Listing and TMDLs. Karen Taberski Regional Water Quality Control Board San Francisco Bay Region. Monitoring and Assessment Integration Team (MAIT).

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Regional Board Monitoring and Special Studies Related to 303d Listing and TMDLs

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  1. Regional Board Monitoring and Special Studies Related to 303d Listing and TMDLs Karen Taberski Regional Water Quality Control Board San Francisco Bay Region

  2. Monitoring and Assessment Integration Team (MAIT) • Members-all staff that work on programs with monitoring and assessment of surface waters • Monthly meetings • Purpose: • Increase communication on monitoring and assessment programs and strategies within the Regional Board • Coordinate efforts within Regional Board to ensure consistent, integrated and strategic monitoring • Identify data gaps and determine how they can be filled • Facilitate the coordination and integration of monitoring efforts in the Region in order to meet management objectives

  3. Statewide Surface Water Ambient Monitoring Program (SWAMP) • Will provide data for 303d listing • All hydrologic units in next 5 years • Public Advisory Group (PAG) • Scientific Advisory Group (SAG) • $3.6 million statewide/ $310,000 region • Statewide database • Regionalimplementation of SWAMP =Regional Monitoring and Assessment Strategy (RMAS) • Regional Board lead watershed monitoring (SWAMP, TSMP, other) • Partner lead watershed monitoring • San Francisco Estuary RMP

  4. Regional Board Special Studies for TMDL Development and ImplementationSan Francisco Estuary • Mercury in SF Bay • CALFED total /methyl mercury sediment study • CALFED avian egg study • Sediment cores in South Bay • PCBs in SF Bay • Bioaccumulation study for modeling effort • Air deposition study • Cu and Ni - Speciation • Stormdrain mapping • Regional inventory of stormdrain information • Develop GIS datasets for the City of Oakland with existing data • GIS model with training manual for use by local agencies

  5. Regional Board Special Studies for TMDL Development and ImplementationTomales Bay and Other Watersheds • Tomales Bay & watershed (pathogens, Hg, nutrients, sediment) • Fecal coliform studies during runoff • Mercury studies • Fish and shellfish monitoring • Post remediation water monitoring for Hg and TSS • Sediment Cores • Bioaccumulation in invertebrates • Modeling and associated studies • Sediment in watersheds • GIS mapping and analysis of stream channels in listed basins • Region wide assessment of excess sediment supply to channels - Napa River watershed pilot

  6. Regional Board Objectives in Developing Studies for 303d Listing and TMDLs • Through SWAMP provide guidance to facilitate the implementation, coordination and standardization of watershed assessments for 303d listing • Identify and fill data gaps for the development and implementation of TMDLs • Conduct all studies in coordination with ongoing projects to maximize efficiency and develop relationships for future partnerships • Provide scientific and public review to ensure the technical quality of studies and the involvement of stakeholders

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