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Title	Effects of copper exposure on the olfactory response of Delta smelt [Hypomesus transpacificus]: Investigating linkages between morphological and behavioral anti-predator response
Lead	University of California - Davis [UC Davis]
Description	This study aimed to address the question of how water-borne copper can affect the ability of delta smelt to detect predator related odorants and conduct essential behaviors. To do this, the project included a thorough morphological and cytological study of the delta smelt olfactory organ, which had previously not been well-studied. The researchers also characterized the olfactory mediated antipredatory response to alarm cues and assessed the effects of copper exposure on the anti-predator behavior and morphology of the olfactory rosette of delta smelt.
Science topics	Copper, Delta Smelt, Toxicity
Updated	November 17, 2022

Title	Surface Water Quality Monitoring
Lead	California State Water Resources Control Board [SWRCB]
Description	Within the ILRP, growers can opt to acquire one of 2 types of permit coverage: Coalition coverage and Individual coverage. If the coalition option is chosen, a grower is allowed to share the cost of compliance, monitoring and reporting with other members of the coalition and reduces/eliminates grower interactions with the Central Valley Water Board (CVWB). The CVWB will then undertake the water quality monitoring. Ambient water and sediment quality monitoring for agricultural discharge will occur using three types of monitoring: Core Monitoring, Assessment Monitoring, and Management Plan Monitoring. Combined, these three levels of monitoring are designed to characterize the discharge from irrigated agriculture as a result of irrigation and storm water runoff.
Science topics	Agriculture, Surface water / flow, Nitrogen / ammonia, Phosphorous, Carbon, Chemistry, Toxicity, Water temperature, Dissolved oxygen, pH, Turbidity, Lead, Copper, Zinc, Arsenic, Selenium, Insecticides, Rodenticides, Herbicides, Fungicides, Other discharge contaminants, Conductivity, Fecal coliform / E. coli
Updated	April 29, 2022

Title	Delta-Mendota Canal Water Quality Monitoring
Lead	U.S. Bureau of Reclamation [USBR]
Description	Reclamation proposes to execute contracts with local water districts to convey non-project water in the Delta-Mendota Canal (DMC) subject to water quality monitoring, groundwater monitoring and reporting requirements outlined in this document
Science topics	Surface water / flow, Nitrogen / ammonia, Salinity, Turbidity, Hg and methyl mercury, Lead, Copper, Zinc, Arsenic, Selenium, Other discharge contaminants, Conductivity
Updated	April 29, 2022

Title	National Pollution Discharge Elimination System [NPDES] Self-Monitoring Program
Lead	U.S. Environmental Protection Agency [USEPA]
Description	The NPDES permit program, created in 1972 by the Clean Water Act (CWA), helps address water pollution by regulating point sources that discharge pollutants to waters of the United States. The permit provides two levels of control: technology-based limits and water quality-based limits (if technology-based limits are not sufficient to provide protection of the water body). NPDES requires self-monitoring for its permitting programs: stormwater, industrial, vessel, and municipal discharges.
Science topics	Wastewater discharge, Nitrogen / ammonia, Salinity, Water temperature, Dissolved oxygen, pH, Turbidity, Hg and methyl mercury, Lead, Copper, Zinc, Conductivity, Stormwater runoff / drainage, Fecal coliform / E. coli
Updated	April 29, 2022

Title	Contra Costa Water District Source Water Monitoring
Lead	Contra Costa Water District [CCWD]
Description	CCWD source water monitoring provides information on Delta water prior to intake and treatment for water supply. Conduct monitoring at several water supply sites located near the intakes of (or inside) the California and North Bay aqueducts and Contra Costa Canal. Water supply programs monitor general water quality and a wide range of constituents of concern relevant to drinking water, including nutrients, OC, bromide, pathogens, and pesticides.
Science topics	Nitrogen / ammonia, Harmful algal blooms HAB, Salinity, pH, Turbidity, Lead, Copper, Other discharge contaminants, Conductivity, Fecal coliform / E. coli
Updated	April 29, 2022

Title	Water Quality Exchange [WQX]
Lead	U.S. Environmental Protection Agency [USEPA]
Description	The Water Quality Exchange (WQX) is the mechanism for data partners to submit water monitoring data to EPA. The Water Quality Exchange (WQX) is a framework that allows states, tribes and other data partners to submit and share water quality monitoring data via the web to the Water Quality Portal. WQX uses the technology, standards and protocols of the National Environmental Information Exchange Network, or Exchange Network, to provide a means for data partners to share water quality monitoring data to the Water Quality Portal. WQX is not a distributed database, but rather a standard set of data elements that all data partners map to in order to share data. States, tribes and others who store water quality data in a personal database and have the ability to generate XML files, can now submit data directly to the publicly-accessible Water Quality Portal using the WQX framework. In response to the need for common access to standardized water quality data for the nation, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and the National Water Quality Monitoring Council developed the Water Quality Portal (WQP), the largest standardized water quality data access tool available at the time of this writing.
Science topics	Salinity, Water temperature, Dissolved oxygen, pH, Turbidity, Hg and methyl mercury, Polychlorinated biphenyl PCB, Hydrocarbons / polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons PAH, Flame retardants, Endocrine disruptors, Lead, Cadmium, Copper, Zinc, Arsenic, Selenium, Constituent of emerging concern CEC, Insecticides, Rodenticides, Herbicides, Fungicides, Microplastics, Nitrogen / ammonia, Other discharge contaminants, Conductivity, Fecal coliform / E. coli
Updated	April 29, 2022

Title	Water Quality in the Nation's Stream and Rivers
Lead	U.S. Geological Survey [USGS]
Description	In 1991, Congress established the National Water-Quality Assessment (NAWQA) Project to address where, when, why, and how the Nation's water quality has changed, or is likely to change in the future, in response to human activities and natural factors. A prominent feature of NAWQA is the development of long-term consistent and comparable information on streams, rivers, ground water, and aquatic systems. The NAWQA Project is designed to answer these questions: 1. What is the current condition of our Nation's streams, rivers, and groundwater? 2. How are these conditions changing over time? 3. How do natural features and human activities affect these conditions, and where are those effects most pronounced? Under the National Water-Quality Assessment (NAWQA) project, there are several surface water and ecology studies, including the Regional Stream Quality Assessment (RQSA) (a baseline assessment of streams), and current conditions and long-term trends monitoring.
Science topics	Wastewater discharge, Nitrogen / ammonia, Phosphorous, Carbon, Chlorophyll A / B, Harmful algal blooms HAB, Suspended sediment, Chemistry, Toxicity, Salinity, Water temperature, Dissolved oxygen, pH, Turbidity, Hg and methyl mercury, Polychlorinated biphenyl PCB, Hydrocarbons / polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons PAH, Flame retardants, Endocrine disruptors, Lead, Cadmium, Copper, Zinc, Arsenic, Selenium, Constituent of emerging concern CEC, Insecticides, Rodenticides, Herbicides, Fungicides, Microplastics, Other discharge contaminants, Main channels, Sloughs, Backwater, Benthos, Insects, Mollusks, Crustaceans, Fish, Invertebrates
Updated	April 29, 2022

Title	SJCDWQC Surface Water Monitoring
Lead	San Joaquin County and Delta Water Quality Coalition [SJCDWQC]
Description	The San Joaquin County and Delta Water Quality Coalition (SJCDWQC or Coalition) performs monthly surface water quality monitoring as part of the Irrigated Lands Regulatory Program to characterize discharge from irrigated agriculture.
Science topics	Wastewater discharge, Agriculture, Surface water / flow, Toxicity, Dissolved oxygen, pH, Lead, Cadmium, Copper, Zinc, Arsenic, Selenium, Insecticides, Rodenticides, Other discharge contaminants, Non-forested vegetation, Conductivity
Updated	April 29, 2022

Title	Sacramento Watershed Coordinated Monitoring Program [SWCMP]
Lead	Central Valley Regional Water Quality Control Board [Central Valley RWQCB]
Description	SWCMP is a coordinated monitoring effort between DWR and Central Valley RWQCB. This program monitors ambient water quality at locations in the Sacramento River starting upstream of Lake Shasta and going south to Verona, and at the lower end of all large streams tributary to the Sacramento River. It is funded jointly by DWR Northern District Water Quality Section and the Central Valley RWQCB SWAMP. The SWCMP is designed to meet the monitoring needs of the Regional Boardâ€™s Surface Water Ambient Monitoring Program (SWAMP) and the DWR Northern Districtâ€™s Water Quality and Biology section. Coordination allows both agencies to maximize the use of their limited resources.
Science topics	Nitrogen / ammonia, Phosphorous, Carbon, Suspended sediment, Toxicity, Water temperature, Dissolved oxygen, pH, Turbidity, Lead, Cadmium, Copper, Zinc, Arsenic, Selenium, Other discharge contaminants, Main channels, Sloughs, Backwater, Benthos, Insects, Mollusks, Crustaceans, Conductivity, Invertebrates
Updated	April 29, 2022

Title	California Rice Commission [CRC] Surface Water Monitoring
Lead	California Rice Commission
Description	The efforts began under the RPP and, beginning in 2004, included activities under the Conditional Waiver for Rice (CWFR) under the ILRP. The CWFR expired at the end of 2014, and in 2015 the Rice Waste Discharge Requirements (Rice WDR) takes effect. The CRC implements water quality monitoring and reporting activities in compliance with the following two programs of the CVRWQCB: -CVRWQCB Order No. R5-2014-0032, Waste Discharge Requirements General Order for Sacramento Valley Rice Growers, and associated Monitoring and Reporting Program (MRP) Order R5-2014-0032 -Rice Pesticides Program (RPP), pursuant to the Conditional Prohibition of Discharge requirements specified in the Water Quality Control Plan for the Sacramento and San Joaquin River Basins (Basin Plan;Resolution R5-2010-9001)
Science topics	Wastewater discharge, Agriculture, Surface water / flow, Nitrogen / ammonia, Phosphorous, Toxicity, Water temperature, Dissolved oxygen, pH, Turbidity, Copper, Insecticides, Non-forested vegetation, Conductivity
Updated	April 29, 2022

Title	Sacramento River Water Quality Monitoring
Lead	Woodland-Davis Clean Water Agency
Description	The Woodland-Davis Clean Water Agency (WDCWA)â€”a cooperative partnership between the City of Davis and the City of Woodlandâ€”was formed to implement the Davis-Woodland Water Supply Project (DWWSP) and construct a new surface water treatment plant to treat water from the Sacramento River which, once complete, will largely replace the Citiesâ€™ current groundwater supply. In October 2013, CH2M-Hill was selected as the Design-Build-Operate (DBO) Company for this project. In anticipation of this new surface water treatment facility, the WDCWA began an extensive source water monitoring program in August 2009. The purpose of this monitoring program was to characterize the quality of Sacramento River water at the DWWSP intake, to assist in the selection of an effective treatment process train, and to provide the required raw water data necessary for obtaining a Domestic Water Supply Permit from the State Water Resources Control Boardâ€™s Drinking Water Program (DWP;formerly under the California Department of Public Health (CDPH)). After fulfilling the initial one-year monitoring program agreed to by CDPH, a scaled down sampling program was initiated to better understand seasonal trends in water quality, and to fill the time gap between the initial 2009-2010 monitoring efforts and startup of the new Regional Water Treatment Facility (RWTF).
Science topics	Surface water / flow, Groundwater, Nitrogen / ammonia, Phosphorous, Salinity, Dissolved oxygen, pH, Turbidity, Hg and methyl mercury, Polychlorinated biphenyl PCB, Lead, Cadmium, Copper, Zinc, Arsenic, Selenium, Insecticides, Rodenticides, Herbicides, Fungicides, Other discharge contaminants, Conductivity, Water use / demand, Fecal coliform / E. coli
Updated	April 29, 2022

Title	Municipal Water Quality Investigation Program [MWQI]
Lead	California Department of Water Resource [DWR]
Description	DWR's municipal water quality monitoring program studies the effect the Delta has on quality, treatability, and reliability of source waters for municipal use. Discrete water quality samples are collected monthly and biweekly throughout the Delta. The Real Time Data and Forecasting-Comprehensive Program (RTDF-CP) collects continuous data at 5 key locations in the Delta, State Water Project and Central Valley Project, coalesces the data into graphs, and provides model-based water quality forecasts. Together, these resources are essential tools for drinking water purveyors in efficiently managing water treatment operations. MWQI monitoring data are used in drinking water supply studies, to identify long-term trends in drinking water quality, and to help DWR and other agencies research and mitigate drinking water issues in Delta waters and the SWP. Additionally, in collaboration with the BDO, O&M EAB, and OCO, monitoring data are used to further develop the "early warning" system that provides advance notice to Delta water users of possible drinking water quality problems. Monitoring data are collected by two different monitoring strategies;1) discrete grab samples, and 2) continuous real-time monitoring via remotely located instrumentation. Municipal water quality monitoring parameters include: Organic carbon, Anions, Cations, Salinity, Nutrients, Chlorophyll, Metals, and Total dissolved solids
Science topics	Water conveyance / infrastructure, Agriculture, Nitrogen / ammonia, Phosphorous, Carbon, Chlorophyll A / B, Detritus, Harmful algal blooms HAB, Phytoplankton, Other zooplankton, Salinity, Water temperature, Dissolved oxygen, pH, Turbidity, Hg and methyl mercury, Polychlorinated biphenyl PCB, Hydrocarbons / polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons PAH, Flame retardants, Endocrine disruptors, Lead, Cadmium, Copper, Zinc, Arsenic, Selenium, Constituent of emerging concern CEC, Insecticides, Rodenticides, Herbicides, Fungicides, Microplastics, Other discharge contaminants, Main channels, Sloughs, Fecal coliform / E. coli
Updated	June 14, 2024

Title	Quality Assurance & Quality Control [QA/QC] Program
Lead	California Department of Water Resource [DWR]
Description	The QA/QC Program implements our QA/QC Policy through Water Resources Engineering Memo (WREM) 60 (PDF). WREM 60 establishes our policies and procedures to assure that quality assurance is used in our chemical and physical measurements, data collection, and data measurement and management activities. Our QA/QC Program ensures that all water-related data is collected in a way that is scientifically sound, legally defensible, comparable and compatible with State and federal agencies, and is properly documented. All of our divisions, districts, contractors, and agency cooperators performing measurement activities are subject to the provisions of WREM 60. QA/QC protocols include: Standard operating procedures Quality assurance templates Quality control standards Quality assurance assessments Department-wide quality assurance guidance documents
Science topics	Salinity, Water temperature, Dissolved oxygen, pH, Turbidity, Hg and methyl mercury, Polychlorinated biphenyl PCB, Hydrocarbons / polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons PAH, Flame retardants, Endocrine disruptors, Lead, Cadmium, Copper, Zinc, Arsenic, Selenium, Constituent of emerging concern CEC, Insecticides, Rodenticides, Herbicides, Fungicides, Microplastics, Nitrogen / ammonia, Other discharge contaminants, Fecal coliform / E. coli
Updated	June 14, 2024

Title	Surface Water Protection Program
Lead	California Department of Pesticide Regulation [DPR]
Description	CA Department of Pesticide Regulation is the lead agency for regulating the registration, sales and use of pesticides in California. It is required by law to protect the environment, including surface waters, from environmentally harmful pesticides by prohibiting, regulating, or controlling the uses of such pesticides. The Surface Water Protection Program addresses both agricultural and nonagricultural sources of pesticide residues in surface waters. It has preventive and response components that reduce the presence of pesticides in surface waters. The preventive component includes local outreach to promote management practices that reduce pesticide runoff. Prevention also relies on DPR's registration process in which potential adverse effects to surface water quality, particularly those in high-risk situations are evaluated. The response component includes mitigation options to meet water quality goals, recognizing the value of self-regulating efforts to reduce pesticides in surface water as well as regulatory authorities of DPR, the State Water Resources Control Board (SWRCB) and the Regional Water Quality Control Boards (RWQCB).
Science topics	Surface water / flow, Groundwater, Toxicity, Endocrine disruptors, Copper, Constituent of emerging concern CEC, Insecticides, Rodenticides, Herbicides, Fungicides, Main channels, Sloughs, Backwater, Non-forested vegetation, Habitat
Updated	April 29, 2022

Title	Stormwater Multiple Application and Report Tracking System [SMARTS]
Lead	California State Water Resources Control Board [SWRCB]
Description	SMARTS provides a platform where dischargers, regulators, and the public can enter, manage, and view storm water data including permit registration documents, compliance, and monitoring data associated with California's Storm Water General Permits. SMARTS is compliant with the EPA's Cross-Media Electronic Reporting Rule (CROMERR) which sets requirements for electronic reporting of National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permit and report submittals. The Storm Water Multiple Application and Report Tracking System more commonly referred to as SMARTS is the Water Boardâ€™s online database. The Industrial General Permit requires all documents related to Storm Water to be certified and submitted electronically on the website. These documents can include a siteâ€™s Notice of Intent (NOI) or No Exposure Certification (NEC) application, Storm Water Pollution Prevention Plan (SWPPP), Storm Water Sample Results, or Annual Reports. SMARTS has three types of user roles: Legally Responsible Persons (LRPs), Duly Authorized Representatives (DARs), and Data Entry Persons (DEPs). Each Facility is required to have an LRP account on SMARTS in order to apply for either NOI or NEC coverage under the IGP. That LRP has the option to link additional users to the account. For example, Frog Environmental can be linked to SMARTS as a Data Entry Person. As your DEP, Frog Environmental can assist with uploading and properly preparing documents that are required to be on SMARTS. Although we can help with the data entry, all documents are required to certified and submitted by either the LRP or the DAR that is linked to the facilityâ€™s SMARTS account. We also assist with the certification process by sending step by step instructions and answering any questions you may have regarding SMARTS.
Science topics	Wastewater discharge, Urban development, Salinity, Water temperature, Dissolved oxygen, pH, Turbidity, Hg and methyl mercury, Polychlorinated biphenyl PCB, Hydrocarbons / polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons PAH, Flame retardants, Endocrine disruptors, Lead, Cadmium, Copper, Zinc, Arsenic, Selenium, Constituent of emerging concern CEC, Insecticides, Rodenticides, Herbicides, Fungicides, Microplastics, Nitrogen / ammonia, Other discharge contaminants, Stormwater runoff / drainage, Fecal coliform / E. coli
Updated	April 29, 2022

Title	Regional Monitoring Program for Water Quality in San Francisco Bay
Lead	U.S. Geological Survey [USGS]
Description	The Regional Monitoring Program for Water Quality in San Francisco Bay (RMP) is SFEI's largest program. It provides the information that regulators and decision-makers need to manage the Bay effectively. The RMP is an innovative collaborative effort between SFEI, the Regional Water Quality Control Board, and the regulated discharger community.
Science topics	Stage, Solar irradiance, Nitrogen / ammonia, Phosphorous, Carbon, Chlorophyll A / B, Suspended sediment, Salinity, Water temperature, Dissolved oxygen, Turbidity, Hg and methyl mercury, Copper, Selenium, Other discharge contaminants, Main channels, Conductivity, Habitat
Updated	April 29, 2022

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