Proposals for Voluntary Agreements to Update and Implement the Bay-Delta Plan
This page includes public information available to the State Water Board related to efforts by the California Natural Resources Agency and water users in the Bay-Delta watershed to establish voluntary agreements (VAs) related to the Board’s efforts to update and implement the Water Quality Control Plan for the San Francisco Bay/Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta Estuary (Bay-Delta Plan).
Visit the California Natural Resources Agency website for additional information on the proposed VAs.
Documents Available Upon Request
Some resources related to the proposed VAs are available on the Board's File Transfer Protocol (FTP) site. To request a copy of any of the documents referenced on this page, please email SacDeltaComments@waterboards.ca.gov.
Sacramento/Delta Proposed VAs
Draft VA Documents
- March/April 2024 Package
- Cover Memo
- Global, Implementing, and Enforcement Agreements
- Flow Accounting (Delta flow accounting procedures available on FTP)
- Non-Flow Measure Accounting
- September 2023 Package (included as Appendix G1 to Draft Staff Report)
- 2022 Memorandum of Understanding
- Strategic Plan
- Governance Program
- Science Plan
- Early Implementation Project List
Other Relevant Information
- External Scientific Peer Review of the Final Draft Scientific Basis Report Supplement (February 2024)
- Draft Staff Report in Support of Sacramento/Delta Update (September 2023)
- See Chapter 9 and Appendix G
- Final Draft Scientific Basis Report Supplement (September 2023)
- Draft Scientific Basis Report Supplement (January 2023)
Board Actions
- April 24-26, 2024 – Board Workshop on Proposed VAs Related to Sacramento/Delta Update
- April 24 Recording
- April 25 Recording
- April 26 Recording (Part 1 | Part 2)
- Presentation slides
- March 8, 2024 – Notice of Board Workshop on Proposed VAs Related to Sacramento/Delta Update to Bay-Delta Plan
- May 18, 2023 – Scoping Meeting for Possible Amendment to Incorporate Tuolumne River VA
- April 11, 2023 – Notice of Preparation of Environmental Documentation and Scoping Meeting for Possible Amendment to Incorporate Tuolumne River VA
- January 19, 2023 – Board Informational Item on Upcoming Actions to Update and Implement the Bay-Delta Plan and Workshop on Draft Scientific Basis Report Supplement
- January 5, 2023 – Notice of Workshop and Opportunity to Comment on Draft Scientific Basis Report Supplement in Support of Proposed VAs for Sacramento/Delta Update
- December 12, 2018 – State Water Board Resolution No. 2018-0059 adopting amendments to the Bay-Delta Plan and providing further direction related to VAs
- February 22, 2016 – Letter from the Executive Director to the California Natural Resources Agency
Actions by Others
- November 10, 2022 – Revised Memorandum of Understanding
- March 29, 2022 – Memorandum of Understanding Advancing a Term Sheet for the VAs
- March 6, 2019 – Letter from California Sportfishing Protection Alliance et al. to the Executive Director regarding the VA Submittal by the Department of Water Resources and Department of Fish and Wildlife
- March 5, 2019 – Letter from Trout Unlimited et al. to the Secretary of the California Environmental Protection Agency regarding the VA Submittal by the Department of Water Resources and Department of Fish and Wildlife
- March 1, 2019 – Letter from Oakdale Irrigation District and South San Joaquin Irrigation District regarding a VA on the Stanislaus River
- March 1, 2019 – Voluntary Agreement Submittal by the Department of Water Resources and Department of Fish and Wildlife
- December 12, 2018 – Presentation to the State Water Board by Director Bonham of the Department of Fish and Wildlife and Director Nemeth of the Department of Water Resources
- December 12, 2018 – California Natural Resource Agency Framework Proposal
