Environmental Monitoring Program (EMP)
Description / purpose
The Environmental Monitoring Program (EMP) began in 1975 to conduct baseline and compliance monitoring of water quality, phytoplankton, zooplankton, and benthic invertebrates in the San Francisco Bay-Delta estuary. This monitoring program was designed to track the impact of water diversions to the State Water Project (SWP) and Central Valley Project (CVP) on the Bay-Delta. In the decades since, EMP scientists have monitored these constituents at fixed and floating stations throughout the estuary and ensured compliance with state and federal mandates such as Water Right Decision 1641 (D-1641). In the years and decades since its inception, EMP has become one of the cornerstones for scientists' and managers' understanding of the pace and pattern of change in this critical ecosystem. By sampling water quality and biological communities concurrently, EMP has created a dataset that is uniquely useful in better understanding causal connections between physical, biological, and biogeochemical processes.
Collaborators
Activity status
- 1 Awarded / Initiating (1975)
- 2 In progress / Ongoing (1975 - 2019)
- 3 Complete
Funding summary
Total allocated funding: $0
Location
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Products and outputs
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Discrete Water Quality Metadata- Field Methods | Details of the methodology for measuring each samp | 1 |
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Discrete Water Quality Monitoring Active and Historical Site Map | Map of the active and historic discrete water qual | 4 |
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Discrete Water Quality Monitoring Website | Website for the Discrete Water Quality Monitoring | 2 |
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Discrete Water Quality Metadata-Laboratory Methods | Laboratory methodology for analysis of different s | 0 |
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Discrete Water Quality Bryte Chemical Laboratory Quality Assurance Manual | Laboratory Quality Assurance Manual | 0 |
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Interagency Ecological Program (IEP) Data Management Plan: Discrete Water Quality | Since 1975, the Interagency Ecological Program's ( | 0 |
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Interagency Ecological Program (IEP) 2019 Work Plan and Funding | This Work Plan reflects the annuallyâ€planned | 2 |
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Environmental Monitoring Program Review and Recommendations - Final Report | D-1641 requires a review of the EMP every three ye | 0 |
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A road map for designing and implementing a biological monitoring program | When initiating a new monitoring program, the lack | 0 |