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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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