On July 26, a coalition of organizations from fishing, environmental, tribal, Delta, and business communities submitted a letter to the State Water Resources Control Board (Water Board) demanding stronger flow standards in its update of the Bay-Delta Water Quality Control Plan—a document that sets regulatory standards for water quality and flow criteria in Central Valley Rivers and the San Francisco Bay Estuary, including the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta.
The Bay-Delta Water Quality Control Plan’s updates consist of two parts—the first (“Phase I”), proposes final flow standards for the San Joaquin River and three of its lower tributaries, in addition to setting new south Delta salinity standards, according to a joint press release from the Bay Institute, Friends of the San Francisco Estuary, and the San Francisco Crab Boat Owners Association. “The second (“Phase II”), currently exists as a draft framework for a long-awaited update to standards for the Sacramento River and its tributaries, through-Delta flows, and San Francisco Bay inflow.
Read the rest by Dan Bacher here: http://redgreenandblue.org/2018/07/27/5 ... standards/
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