Science activity #50176,
updated 29 April 2022
Continuous Monitoring of Water Quality & Suspended-Sediment Transport [Bay-Delta]
Description / purpose
Our group at the USGS continuously monitors suspended-sediment concentration (SSC), turbidity, dissolved oxygen, temperature, salinity, and water level at many sites throughout the San Francisco Bay (Bay) and the Sacramento-San Joaquin Rivers Delta (Delta).
Our work began in 1988 to explore the spatial and temporal variability of water quality and sediment transport and to provide decision makers, resource managers, and the public with the most up-to-date knowledge. Topics we study include water quality, sediment transport, water clarity, erosion and deposition, sediment-associated contaminants and habitat quality, wetland restoration, and sea level rise.
Linked science activities
None specifiedCollaborators
None specifiedActivity status
- 1 Awarded / Initiating (1972)
- 2 In progress / Ongoing (1972 - 2019)
- 3 Complete
Funding summary
Total allocated funding: $0
Location
Subbasins
Delta regions
Geographic tags
Products and outputs
| Type | Title | Description | Views |
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Bay Delta Live Portal | Bay-Delta Live is a collaborative community of int | 2 |
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California Data Exchange Center (CDEC) | The California Data Exchange Center (CDEC) install | 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) historical perspective | As new programs and constraints are developed to c | 0 |
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USGS National Water Information System (NWIS) - Water Data for the Nation | Data portal that provides access to water-resource | 2 |
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USGS Measuring Suspended-sediments and Water Quality (methods) | Overview of how Suspended-sediment and Suspended-s | 2 |
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USGS Continuous Water Quality Monitoring (Bay-Delta) - General information | Overview of the Continuous Monitoring of Water Qua | 3 |
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Techniques and Methods Publications Portal (USGS) | This webpage links users to all of the "Techniques | 0 |
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Guidelines and standard procedures for continuous water-quality monitors | Guidelines and standard procedures for continuous | 0 |
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Interagency Ecological Program (IEP) 2019 Work Plan and Funding | This Work Plan reflects the annuallyâ€planned | 0 |
Type and context
Science action area
Management themes
Water supply management
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Flood risk and land use management
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Habitat management
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Native species management
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Water quality
Science themes
Types
None specified
Science functions
None specified
Management actions
Water operations
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Water storage
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Water conveyance / infrastructure
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Flood control
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Habitat protection / enhancement / restoration
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Population enhancement of listed species
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Pollution control
Science Topics
Water operations / exports
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Water storage
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Water conveyance / infrastructure
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Surface water / flow
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Stage
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Velocity
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Suspended sediment
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Bedload
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Deposition
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Erosion
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Chemistry
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Toxicity
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Salinity
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Water temperature
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Dissolved oxygen
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Turbidity
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Other discharge contaminants
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Intertidal / transition zones
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Main channels
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Sloughs
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Open water
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Riparian wildlife
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Conductivity
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Water use / demand
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Water intakes, fish screens & passage
Lead implementing organization
Partner implementing organizations
Department of Fish and Game [DFG]
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California Department of Water Resource [DWR]
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U.S. Bureau of Reclamation [USBR]
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U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service [USFWS]
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U.S. Army Corps of Engineers [USACE]
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U.S. Environmental Protection Agency [USEPA]
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National Marine Fisheries Service [NMFS]
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California State Water Resources Control Board [SWRCB]
Funding organizations
None specified
Funding programs
None specified
Funding sources
None specified