Triennial Review Sacramento and San Joaquin River Basins

Triennial Review Sacramento and San Joaquin River Basins Betty Yee, Senior Engineer 13 August 2009 Agenda Item #15 Central Valley Water Board Meeting of 13 August 2009 Slide 1

Triennial Review Workshop n Legal Basis n Last Review and Status n This Review and Comments n Next Steps Agenda Item #15 Central Valley Water Board Meeting of 13 August 2009 Slide 2

Basin Plans n California Water Code Beneficial Uses n Water Quality Objectives n Implementation Program n n Clean Water Act n Water Quality Standards Agenda Item #15 Central Valley Water Board Meeting of 13 August 2009 Slide 3

Triennial Reviews n Triennial Reviews Identification of planning issues n Prioritization of planning issues n n Basin Plan Amendments Agenda Item #15 Central Valley Water Board Meeting of 13 August 2009 Slide 4

Triennial Review Workplan n Triennial Review Issues Brief n Justifies issue n n Basin Plan Amendments Studies – Scientific justification, environmental impacts n Federal and state laws and regulations n Agenda Item #15 Central Valley Water Board Meeting of 13 August 2009 Slide 5

Last Triennial Review - Status High Priority Issues: 1. Beneficial Use Designations n Old Alamo Creek n Sulphur Creek Agenda Item #15 Central Valley Water Board Meeting of 13 August 2009 Slide 6

Last Triennial Review - Status High Priority Issues: 2. Effluent Dominated Water Bodies n Old Alamo Creek n p. H and Turbidity n Temperature in Deer Creek In progress: n n n New Alamo and Ulatis Creeks City of Colusa receiving waters Atwater Drain Agenda Item #15 Central Valley Water Board Meeting of 13 August 2009 Slide 7

Last Triennial Review - Status High Priority Issues: 3. Agricultural Dominated Water Bodies n Staff met with stakeholders Agenda Item #15 Central Valley Water Board Meeting of 13 August 2009 Slide 8

Last Triennial Review - Status High Priority Issues: 4. Salinity and Boron in the San Joaquin River n Control Program for Salt and Boron In Progress n Upstream salt and boron objectives Agenda Item #15 Central Valley Water Board Meeting of 13 August 2009 Slide 9

Last Triennial Review - Status High Priority Issues: 5. Dissolved Oxygen in the San Joaquin River n Control Program for Stockton Deep Water Ship Channel Agenda Item #15 Central Valley Water Board Meeting of 13 August 2009 Slide 10

Last Triennial Review - Status High Priority Issues: 6. Pesticide Control Efforts n Diazinon and Chlorpyrifos In Delta and Delta tributaries In Progress n Central Valley pesticide control program Agenda Item #15 Central Valley Water Board Meeting of 13 August 2009 Slide 11

Last Triennial Review - Status High Priority Issues: 7. Mercury Load Reduction Program n Cache Creek In Progress n Methylmercury in the Delta Agenda Item #15 Central Valley Water Board Meeting of 13 August 2009 Slide 12

Last Triennial Review - Status High Priority Issues: 8. Drinking Water Policy n Staff working with stakeholders Agenda Item #15 Central Valley Water Board Meeting of 13 August 2009 Slide 13

Last Triennial Review - Status High Priority Issues: 9. Temperature n Staff met with stakeholders Agenda Item #15 Central Valley Water Board Meeting of 13 August 2009 Slide 14

Last Triennial Review - Status High Priority Issues: 10. Salt Management Policy n Staff started working with stakeholders Agenda Item #15 Central Valley Water Board Meeting of 13 August 2009 Slide 15

Last Triennial Review - Summary n Progress on 8 issues n Amendments in 6 issues RB adopted 5 amendments n 10 amendments became effective n Agenda Item #15 Central Valley Water Board Meeting of 13 August 2009 Slide 16

Current Triennial Review Solicitation of comments for the triennial review n Workshop (13 August 2009) n Response to Comments and Workplan n Public Review n Hearing (tentatively February 2010) n Agenda Item #15 Central Valley Water Board Meeting of 13 August 2009 Slide 17

Comments n n n California Farm Bureau Federation Central Valley Clean Water Association Department of Fish and Game, Region 4 Downey Brand, on behalf of the City of Tracy US EPA Jo Anne Kipps Nevada County Sanitation District No. 1 Pacific Gas and Electric Company Sacramento Regional County Sanitation District O’Laughlin & Parris LLP on behalf of the San Joaquin River Group Authority South Delta Water Agency Agenda Item #15 Central Valley Water Board Meeting of 13 August 2009 Slide 18

Late Comments n California Urban Water Agency Agenda Item #15 Central Valley Water Board Meeting of 13 August 2009 Slide 19

Potential Issues – 303(d) n Issues identified during the development of the 303(d) list n n n City of Roseville – Pleasant Grove Creek, COLD Contra Costa Clean Water Program – Lower Kellogg Creek, COLD East San Joaquin Water Quality Coalition and the San Joaquin County Delta and Water Quality Coalition – Tributary Statement Madera County – Fresno River above Hensley Reservoir, COLD Stockton East Water District – Old Calaveras River channel, COLD Agenda Item #15 Central Valley Water Board Meeting of 13 August 2009 Slide 20

Comment Topics n Concurrence on Previous High Priority Issues Beneficial Use Dedesignations n Effluent Dominated Water Bodies n Agricultural Dominated Water Bodies n Salt Management Policy n Temperature Objectives n Agenda Item #15 Central Valley Water Board Meeting of 13 August 2009 Slide 21

Suggestions for Beneficial Use Issue Subcategorize current water body reaches n New beneficial use to represent the transition between WARM and COLD n Compile a list of water bodies falling under exceptions in the Sources of Drinking Water n Policy Agenda Item #15 Central Valley Water Board Meeting of 13 August 2009 Slide 22

Comment Topics n Beneficial Uses Tributary Rule n Process for De-Designating Beneficial Uses n Grassland wetland water supply channels n Agenda Item #15 Central Valley Water Board Meeting of 13 August 2009 Slide 23

Comment Topics n Water Quality Objectives n n n n n Secondary MCLs EC DO TMDL constituents (i. e. methylmercury) OC Pesticides Pentachlorophenol Selenium Drinking Water Constituents Bacteria Flow Agenda Item #15 Central Valley Water Board Meeting of 13 August 2009 Slide 24

Comment Topics n Implementation Three Species Chronic Test n 2006 Bay Delta Plan n Guidelines for the Land Disposal of Stillage n Waste from Wineries n Federal and state anti-degradation Agenda Item #15 Central Valley Water Board Meeting of 13 August 2009 Slide 25

Comment Topics References to the Bay-Delta Plan should not include the year n Define “potential” uses n Define “natural receiving water temperature” n Agenda Item #15 Central Valley Water Board Meeting of 13 August 2009 Slide 26

Comment Topics n Prioritization Comments Drinking Water Policy n Pesticide Control Program n Groundwater n Agenda Item #15 Central Valley Water Board Meeting of 13 August 2009 Slide 27

Next Steps Response to Comments n Workplan n Prioritized Issues n Resource Needs n Public Comment n Hearing n Agenda Item #15 Central Valley Water Board Meeting of 13 August 2009 Slide 28

Questions and Discussion Agenda Item #15 Central Valley Water Board Meeting of 13 August 2009 Slide 29