2017 Regional Monitoring Program (RMP) Field Sampling Report

San Francisco Estuary Institute (SFEI) | December 4th, 2017

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

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.

2017 Regional Monitoring Program (RMP) Multi-Year Plan

San Francisco Estuary Institute (SFEI) | January 17th, 2017

Water Board passed Resolution No. 92-043 directing the Executive Officer to send a letter to regulated dischargers requiring them to implement a regional multi-media poll

Water Board passed Resolution No. 92-043 directing the Executive Officer to send a letter to regulated dischargers requiring them to implement a regional multi-media pollutant monitoring program for water quality (RMP) in San Francisco Bay. The Water Board’s regulatory authority to require such a program comes from California Water Code Sections 13267, 13383, 13268 and 13385. The Water Board offered to suspend some effluent and local receiving water monitoring requirements for individual discharges to provide cost savings to implement baseline portions of the RMP, although they recognized that additional resources would be necessary. The Resolution also included a provision that the requirement for a RMP be included in discharger permits. The RMP began in 1993, and over ensuing years has been a successful and effective partnership of regulatory agencies and the regulated community.  The goal of the RMP is to collect data and communicate information about water quality in San Francisco Bay in support of management decisions. 

2017 Regional Monitoring Program (RMP) Water Cruise Plan

San Francisco Estuary Institute (SFEI) | August 1st, 2017

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 samplin

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 2002 to adopt a randomized sampling design at thirty-one sites in place of the twenty-six base program stations sampled previously. In 2007, the number of sites was decreased to twenty-two stations, and it remains as such for 2017.

2017 Regional Monitoring Program (RMP) Water Cruise Report

San Francisco Estuary Institute (SFEI) | October 17th, 2018

This report details activities associated with the annual Regional Monitoring Program for Water Quality in the San Francisco Estuary (RMP) water cruise. The RMP water sam

This report details activities 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 2002 to adopt a randomized sampling design at thirty-one sites in place of the twenty-six “spine of the Estuary” stations sampled previously. In 2007, the number of sites was decreased to twenty-two stations and it remains as such for 2017. 

2017 Regional Monitoring Program (RMP) Water Samples Quality Assurance Report

San Francisco Estuary Institute (SFEI) | June 1st, 2018

 In 2017, grab water samples were collected from 22 sites, with samples analyzed for select trace elements (Cu, MeHg, Se), ancillary water quality parameters (DOC, POC,

 In 2017, grab water samples were collected from 22 sites, with samples analyzed for select trace elements (Cu, MeHg, Se), ancillary water quality parameters (DOC, POC, SSC, hardness) and weak acid dissociable cyanide. Additionally, water samples were collected for toxicity tests from 7 sites, and one site (Golden Gate) sampled for nutrients (nitrogen species, silica). The sampling and analysis was conducted by the Regional Monitoring Program for Water Quality in San Francisco Bay. The details of the cruise and sample collection methods are described in the RMP Quality Assurance Program Plan, cruise plans, cruise reports, and field sampling reports.

2017 Update to Cyanide Rolling Average

San Francisco Estuary Institute (SFEI) | July 1st, 2018

As part of the site-specific objectives (SSO), NPDES dischargers are required to calculate the 3-event rolling average of dissolved copper and total cyanide concentration

As part of the site-specific objectives (SSO), NPDES dischargers are required to calculate the 3-event rolling average of dissolved copper and total cyanide concentrations in each segment of the Bay, based on RMP data.

2017/2018 Salmonid and Green Sturgeon Incidental Take and Monitoring Report

California Department of Water Resources (DWR) | October 19th, 2018

2018 Bay Regional Monitoring Program (RMP) Multi-Year Plan

San Francisco Estuary Institute (SFEI) | January 6th, 2018

2018 Bivalve Deployment Cruise Plan

San Francisco Estuary Institute (SFEI) | June 27th, 2018

2018 Bivalve Retrieval Cruise Report

San Francisco Estuary Institute (SFEI) | November 1st, 2018

This report describes activities associated with the 2018 bivalve retrieval cruise of the Regional Monitoring Program for Water Quality in San Francisco Bay (RMP). Measur

This report describes activities associated with the 2018 bivalve retrieval cruise of the Regional Monitoring Program for Water Quality in San Francisco Bay (RMP). Measurement of contaminant concentrations in transplanted bivalves accumulated during dry season deployment is designed to provide long-term data on the bioaccumulation of trace elements and trace organic compounds in tissue throughout the Estuary.