2017 Regional Monitoring Program (RMP) Field Sampling Report

The Regional Monitoring Program for Water Quality in San Francisco Bay (RMP) is the primary source for long-term contaminant monitoring information for the Bay. The RMP is an innovative and collaborative effort among the scientific community, the San Francisco Bay Regional Water Quality Control Board (Water Board), and the regulated discharger community. The Program was initiated by the Water Board as a pilot study in 1989 and has been collecting water, sediment, and bivalve tissue data since its official inception in 1993. Regular monitoring of sport-fish tissue and bird eggs for toxic contaminants was incorporated into the Program in 1997 and 2006, respectively. Additionally, margins sediment monitoring commenced in 2015 and occurred again in 2017.