San Francisco Bay/Sacramento – San Joaquin Delta Estuary (Bay-Delta) Watershed Efforts

Announcements

Save the Date! At the State Water Board meeting on June 7, 2023, the Board will hold an informational item regarding the potential addition of tribal beneficial uses to the Bay-Delta Plan.

Bay-Delta Plan Update and Implementation

Protecting the Bay-Delta watershed and its many beneficial uses is one of the State Water Board’s primary responsibilities and top priorities.  The State Water Board is responsible for adopting and updating the Water Quality Control Plan for the San Francisco Bay/Sacramento–San Joaquin Delta Estuary (Bay-Delta Plan), which establishes water quality control measures and flow requirements needed to provide reasonable protection of beneficial uses in the watershed. The State Water Board is now engaged in urgent efforts to address prolonged and precipitous declines of native aquatic species in the Bay-Delta and the ecosystem they depend upon.

The Bay-Delta Plan is being updated and implemented through separate processes (Plan amendments).

For questions related to Lower San Joaquin River Flows and Southern Delta Salinity please contact LSJR-SD-Comments@waterboards.ca.gov. For questions related to Sacramento River, Delta, and Eastside Tributaries, please contact Bay-Delta@waterboards.ca.gov.

Related to the Bay-Delta Plan update and implementation process, the California Natural Resources Agency is currently engaged in an effort to develop proposed voluntary agreements with various water users in the watershed.   View information regarding the proposed voluntary agreements process.

For information regarding outreach and consultation with California Native American Tribes, please visit our tribal consultation webpage.

Drought Information

  For more information on drought activities in other regions of the state, visit the main drought webpage.

  For information regarding drought activities in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta Watershed, please visit the Delta Watershed Drought Information webpage.

The following links include information on past and current drought response actions:

Bay-Delta Compliance

Information on some of the Bay-Delta compliance issues is located at the following links:

Water Quality Control Plans and Associated Water Right Decisions

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