Environmental Monitoring Program [EMP]: Discrete Water Quality Monitoring

Science activity #50146, updated 29 April 2022

Environmental Monitoring Program [EMP]: Discrete Water Quality Monitoring

Description / purpose

There are 24 fixed discrete stations within the San Francisco Estuary that are monitored at high water slack tide. The stations are primarily accessed by the Research Vessel Sentinel, or vehicle transport. Discrete sampling is completed once a month due to the intensity of collecting a wide collection of physical parameters (e.g. water temperature) and grab samples for laboratory analysis (e.g. nitrogen and phosphorous). The data from the discrete sampling is helpful to document long-term changes within the estuary.

Linked science activities

None specified

Collaborators

None specified

Activity status

1 Awarded / Initiating (1970)
2 In progress / Ongoing (1970 - 2019)
3 Complete

Funding summary

Total allocated funding: $0

Location

Subbasins

Delta regions

Geographic tags

ATLAS TRACT , BACON ISLAND , BETHEL ISLAND , BIG BREAK , BISHOP TRACT/DLIS-14 , BIXLER TRACT , BOULDIN ISLAND , BRACK TRACT , BRADFORD ISLAND , BRANNAN-ANDRUS , BROWNS ISLAND , BYRON TRACT , CACHE HAAS AREA , CANAL RANCH TRACT , CENTRAL STOCKTON , CHIPPS ISLAND , CLIFTON COURT FOREBAY , CONEY ISLAND , DEAD HORSE ISLAND , DECKER ISLAND , DLIS-01 [PITTSBURG AREA] , DLIS-02 [ANTIOCH AREA] , DLIS-03 [LOWER SHERMAN ISLAND] , DLIS-04 [WEST ISLAND] , DLIS-05 [DONLON ISLAND] , DLIS-06 [OAKLEY AREA] , DLIS-07 [KNIGHTSEN AREA] , DLIS-08 [DISCOVERY BAY AREA] , DLIS-09 [BYRON AREA] , DLIS-10 , DLIS-12 [PARADISE CUT] , DLIS-18 , DLIS-19 [GRIZZLY SLOUGH AREA] , DLIS-20 [YOLO BYPASS] , DLIS-21 , DLIS-22 [RIO VISTA] , DLIS-23 [GEORGIANA OXBOW] , DLIS-37 [CHADBOURNE AREA] , DLIS-41 [JOICE ISLAND AREA] , DLIS-42 [PEYTONIA ECO PRSRV] , DLIS-44 [HILL SLOUGH UNIT] , DLIS-62 , DLIS-63 [GRIZZLY ISLAND AREA] , DLIS-64 , DLIS 15-17 Lodi , DLIS 25-27 [Morrow Island] , DLIS 28-36 , DLIS 38-40 , DLIS 43,45 [Potrero Hills Area] , DLIS 46-61 , DREXLER POCKET , DREXLER TRACT , DUTCH SLOUGH , EGBERT TRACT , EHRHEARDT CLUB , EMPIRE TRACT , FABIAN TRACT , FAY ISLAND , GLANVILLE , GLIDE DISTRICT , GRAND ISLAND , HASTINGS TRACT , HOLLAND TRACT , HOLT STATION , HONKER BAY , HONKER LAKE TRACT , HOTCHKISS TRACT , IDA ISLAND , JERSEY ISLAND , JONES TRACT [LOWER AND UPPER] , KASSON DISTRICT , KING ISLAND , KINGS ISLAND , LIBBY MCNEIL , LIBERTY ISLAND , LISBON DISTRICT , LITTLE EGBERT TRACT , FRANKS TRACT , LITTLE MANDEVILLE ISLAND , LONG ISLAND , LOWER ROBERTS ISLAND , MAINTENANCE AREA 9 NORTH , MAINTENANCE AREA 9 SOUTH , MANDEVILLE ISLAND , MCCORMACK-WILLIAMSON TRACT , MCDONALD ISLAND , MCMULLIN RANCH , MEDFORD ISLAND , MEIN'S LANDING , MERRITT ISLAND , MIDDLE & UPPER ROBERTS ISLAND , MILDRED ISLAND , MOSSDALE ISLAND , NETHERLANDS , NEW HOPE TRACT , NORTH STOCKTON , PALM-ORWOOD , PARADISE JUNCTION , PEARSON DISTRICT , PESCADERO DISTRICT , PETERS POCKET , PICO-NAGLEE , PROSPECT ISLAND , QUIMBY ISLAND , RANDALL ISLAND , RECLAMATION DISTRICT 17 , RINDGE TRACT , RIO BLANCO TRACT , RIVER JUNCTION , ROUGH AND READY ISLAND , RYER ISLAND , SHERMAN ISLAND , SHIMA TRACT , SHIN KEE TRACT , STARK TRACT , STATEN ISLAND , STEWART TRACT , SUNRISE CLUB , SUTTER ISLAND , TERMINOUS TRACT , TWITCHELL ISLAND , TYLER ISLAND , UNION ISLAND EAST , UNION ISLAND WEST , UPPER ANDRUS ISLAND , VEALE TRACT , VENICE ISLAND , VICTORIA ISLAND , WALNUT GROVE , WALTHALL , WEBB TRACT , WEST SACRAMENTO , WETHERBEE LAKE , WINTER ISLAND , WOODWARD ISLAND , WRIGHT-ELMWOOD TRACT , YOLANO

Products and outputs

Title	Description	Views
Discrete Water Quality Metadata- Field Methods	Details of the methodology for measuring each samp	0
Discrete Water Quality Monitoring Active and Historical Site Map	Map of the active and historic discrete water qual	2
Discrete Water Quality Monitoring Website	Website for the Discrete Water Quality Monitoring	1
Discrete Water Quality Metadata-Laboratory Methods	Laboratory methodology for analysis of different s	0
Discrete Water Quality Bryte Chemical Laboratory Quality Assurance Manual	Laboratory Quality Assurance Manual	0
Interagency Ecological Program (IEP) Data Management Plan: Discrete Water Quality	Since 1975, the Interagency Ecological Program's (	0
Interagency Ecological Program (IEP) 2019 Work Plan and Funding	This Work Plan reflects the annuallyâ€planned	2
Environmental Monitoring Program Review and Recommendations - Final Report	D-1641 requires a review of the EMP every three ye	0
A road map for designing and implementing a biological monitoring program	When initiating a new monitoring program, the lack	0

Type and context

Science action area

Unspecified

Management themes

Habitat management , Water quality

Science themes

Environmental conditions , Habitat changes

Types

None specified

Science functions

None specified

Management actions

Habitat protection / enhancement / restoration , Pollution control

Science Topics

Tides , Wind , Nitrogen / ammonia , Phosphorous , Carbon , Salinity , Water temperature , Dissolved oxygen , pH , Turbidity , Main channels , Sloughs , Conductivity

Lead implementing organization

California Department of Water Resource [DWR]

Partner implementing organizations

California Department of Water Resource [DWR]

Funding organizations

None specified

Funding programs

None specified

Funding sources

None specified