Delta Flow Criteria

Exhibits Submitted for the Informational Proceeding of March 22, 2010

Sacramento Regional County Sanitation District

• Written Summary
• Exhibit Identification List
• Witness Identification List
• Statement of Qualifications
  • Diana L. Engle
  • Cameron A. Irvine
  • Thomas R. Grovhoug
  • Stanley R. Dean
• Written Testimonies
  • Diana L. Engle
  • Cameron A. Irvine
  • Thomas R. Grovhoug
• Other Exhibits
  • Exhibit 1a - Baxter, R., R. Breuer, L. Brown, M. Chotkowski, F. Feyrer, M. Gingras, B. Herbold, A. Müller-Solger, M. Nobriga, T. Sommer, and K. Souza. 2008. Pelagic organism decline progress report: 2007 Synthesis of results. Interagency Ecological Program for the San Francisco Estuary.
  • Exhibit 1aa - USEPA. 2000. Excerpt from: California Toxics Rule [CTR], Water Quality Standards; Establishment of Numeric Criteria for Priority Toxic Pollutants for the State of California; Federal Register Rule 40CFR Part 131. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, D.C.
  • Exhibit 1b - Bouley, P., and W. J. Kimmerer. 2006. Ecology of a highly abundant, introduced cyclopoid copepod in a temperate estuary. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 324: 219-228.
  • Exhibit 1bb - USEPA. 2009. Draft 2009 Update Aquatic Life Ambient Water Quality Criteria for Ammonia-Freshwater. EPA 822-D-09-001. United States Environmental Protection Agency, December 2009
  • Exhibit 1c - Brinkman, S.F., J.D. Woodling, A.M.Vajda, and D.O. Norris. 2009. Chronic Toxicity of Ammonia to Early Life Stage Rainbow Trout. Trans. Amer. Fish. Soc. 138: 433-440.
  • Exhibit 1cc - Werner, I. 2009. Effects of Ammonia/um and Wastewater Effluent Associated Contaminants on Delta Smelt. Central Valley Regional Water Quality Control Board Ammonia Summit, Sacramento, California, August 18-19, 2009.
  • Exhibit 1d - Burkhalter, D.E., and D.M. Kaya. 1977. Effects of Prolonged Exposure to Ammonia on Fertilized Eggs and Sac Fry of Rainbow Trout (Salmo gairdneri). Trans. Amer. Fish. Soc. 106: 470-475.
  • Exhibit 1dd - Werner, I., and J.T. Hollibaugh. 1993. Potamocorbula amurensis: Comparison of clearance rates and assimilation efficiencies for phytoplankton and bacterioplankton. Limnol. Oceanogr. 38: 949-964.
  • Exhibit 1e - Dugdale, R. C., F. P. Wilkerson, V. E. Hogue, and A. Marchi. 2007. The role of ammonium and nitrate in spring bloom development in San Francisco Bay. Estuar. Coast. Shelf Sci. 73: 17-29.
  • Exhibit 1ee - Werner, I., L.A. Deanovic, M. Stillway, and D. Markiewicz. 2009a. The Effects of Wastewater Treatment Effluent-Associated Contaminants on Delta Smelt. Draft Final Report to the Central Valley Regional Water Quality Control Board. January 28, 2009.
  • Exhibit 1f - Foe, C. 2009. August 2009 Ammonia Summit Summary. Technical Memo to Jerry Bruns and Sue McConnell, Central Valley Regional Water Quality Control Board, 24 September 2009.
  • Exhibit 1ff - Wilkerson, F.P., R.C. Dugdale, V.E. Hogue, and A. Marchi. 2006. Phytoplankton blooms and nitrogen productivity in San Francisco Bay. Estuaries Coasts 29: 401-416.
  • Exhibit 1g - Foe, C., A. Ballard, & R. Dahlgren. 2009a. Preliminary Ammonia Results form an Ongoing Monitoring Program. Central Valley Regional Water Quality Control Board Ammonia Summit, Sacramento, California, August 18-19, 2009.
  • Exhibit 1gg - Werner, I., L.A. Deanovic, M. Stillway, and D. Markiewicz. 2009b. Acute toxicity of Ammonia/um and Wastewater Treatment Effluent-Associated Contaminant on Delta Smelt - 2009. Draft Report to the Central Valley Regional Water Quality Control Board. October 30, 2009.
  • Exhibit 1h - Gifford, J.M., G. Rollwagen-Bollens, and S.M. Bollens. 2007. Mesozooplankton omnivory in the upper San Francisco Estuary. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser., 348: 33-46.
  • Exhibit 1i - Hall, C., and A. Mueller-Solger. 2005. Culturing delta copepods. IEP Newsletter., Vol. 18, No. 3, Summer 2005.
  • Exhibit 1j - Kimmerer, W.J. 2005. Long-term changes in apparent uptake of silica in the San Francisco Estuary. Limnol. Oceanogr 50: 793-798.
  • Exhibit 1k - Lehman, P.W. 2000. The influence of climate on phytoplankton community biomass in San Francisco Bay Estuary. Limnol. Oceanogr. 45: 580-590.
  • Exhibit 1l - Lehman, P.W., G. Boyer, M. Satchwell, and S. Waller. 2008. The influence of environmental conditions on the seasonal variation of Microcystis cell density and microcystins concentration in the San Francisco Estuary. Hydrobiologia 600: 187-204.
  • Exhibit 1m - Lehman, P.W., S.J. Teh, G.L. Boyer, M.L. Nobriga, E. Bass, and C. Hogle. 2010. Initial impacts of Microcystis aeruginosa blooms on the aquatic food web in the San Francisco Estuary. Hydrobiologia 637: 229-248.
  • Exhibit 1n - Mioni, C.E., and A. Paytan. 2009. Does ammonia control harmful algae abundance & toxicity in the San Francisco Estuary, CA? Central Valley Regional Water Quality Control Board Ammonia Summit, Sacramento, California, August 18-19, 2009.
  • Exhibit 1o - Passell, H.D., C.N. Dahm, & E.J. Bedrick. 2007. Ammonia modeling for assessing potential toxicity to fish species in the Rio Grande, 1989-2002. Ecol. Appl. 17: 2087-2099.
  • Exhibit 1p - Parker A.E., R.C. Dugdale, F.P. Wilkerson, A. Marchi, J.Davidson-Drexel, S. Blaser, and J. Fuller. 2009a. Effect of wastewater treatment plant effluent on algal productivity in the Sacramento River Part 1: Grow-out and wastewater effluent addition experiments. Central Valley Regional Water Quality Control Board Ammonia Summit, Sacramento, California, August 18-19, 2009.
  • Exhibit 1q - Parker A.E., R.C. Dugdale, F.P. Wilkerson, A. Marchi, J.Davidson-Drexel, J. Fuller, & S. Blaser. 2009b. Transport and Fate of Ammonium Supply from a Major Urban Wastewater Treatment Facility in the Sacramento River, CA. 9th Biennial State of the San Francisco Estuary Conference, Oakland, CA, September 29-October 1, 2009.
  • Exhibit 1r - Rollwagen-Bollens, G. C., and D. L. Penry. 2003. Feeding dynamics of Acartia spp. copepods in a large, temperate estuary (San Francisco Bay, CA). Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 257: 139-158.
  • Exhibit 1s - Solbe, J.F.L.G., & D.G. Schurben. 1989. Toxicity of ammonia to early life stages of rainbow trout (Salmo gairdneri). Water Res. 23:127-129.
  • Exhibit 1t - Teh, S., S. Lesmeister, I. Flores, M. Kawaguchi, and C. Teh. 2009a. Acute Toxicity of Ammonia, Copper, and Pesticides to Eurytemora affinis and Pseudodiaptomus forbesi. Central Valley Regional Water Quality Control Board Ammonia Summit, Sacramento, California, August 18-19, 2009.
  • Exhibit 1u - Teh, S.J, S. Lesmeister, I. Flores, M. Kawaguchi, and C. Teh. 2009b. Final Report. Acute Toxicity of Ammonia, Copper, and Pesticides to Eurytemora affinis, of the San Francisco Estuary. Appendix A In: Reece, C., D. Markiewicz, L. Deanovic, R. Connon, S. Beggel, M. Stillway, and I. Werner. 2009. Pelagic Organism Decline (POD): Acute and Chronic Invertebrate and Fish Toxicity Testing in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta. UC Davis Aquatic Toxicology Laboratory, Progress Report, 29 September 2009.
  • Exhibit 1v - Thurston, R.V., R.C. Russo, R.J. Luedtke, C.E. Smith, E.L. Meyn, C. Chakoumakos, K.C. Wang, & C.J.D. Brown. 1984. Chronic Toxicity of Ammonia to Rainbow Trout. Trans. Amer. Fish. Soc. 113:56-73.
  • Exhibit 1w - USEPA. 1985a. Guidelines for Deriving Numerical National Water Quality Criteria for the Protection of Aquatic Organisms and Their Uses. United States Environmental Protection Agency.
  • Exhibit 1x - USEPA. 1985b. Ambient Water Quality Criteria for Ammonia - 1984. EPA 440/5-85-001. United States Environmental Protection Agency, January 1985.
  • Exhibit 1y - USEPA. 1989. Ambient Water Quality Criteria for Ammonia (Saltwater) - 1989. EPA 440-5-88-004. United States Environmental Protection Agency, April 1989.
  • Exhibit 1z - USEPA. 1999. 1999 Update of Ambient Water Quality Criteria for Ammonia. EPA 822-R-99-014. United States Environmental Protection Agency, December 1999.
  • Exhibit 2a - Irvine, C. 2 July, 2009. 2008/2009 Summary of Don Weston’s (UC Berkeley) 2008/2009 Pyrethroid Source Evaluation Study Results from SRWTP Effluent. Draft Technical Report. Prepared for the Sacramento Regional County Sanitation District.
  • Exhibit 2b - Reece, C., D. Markiewicz, L.Deanovic, R. Connon, S. Beggel, M. Stillway, and I Werner, I.L.29 September, 2009. Pelagic Organism Decline (POD): Acute and Chronic Invertebrate and Fish Toxicity Testing in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta 2008-2010, Progress Report III.
  • Exhibit 2c - Seyfried, R. 30 November, 2009. Sacramento Regional Comments on Acute Toxicity of Ammonia/um and Wastewater Treatment Effluent - Associated Contaminants on Delta Smelt - 2009, Draft Report (10/30/09). Letter to Stephanie Fong, Central Valley Regional Water Quality Control Board.
  • Exhibit 2d - United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA). 1999. 1999 Update of Ambient Water Quality Criteria for Ammonia. Office of Water. EPA-822-R-99-014.
  • Exhibit 2e - Werner, I., C. Irvine, and C. Foe. 2008a. The Effects of Wastewater Treatment Effluent-Associated Contaminants on Delta Smelt. Ammonia Toxicity Sampling and Analysis Plan. 28 July
  • Exhibit 2f - Werner, I., L. Deanovic, D. Markiewicz M. Stillway, N. Offer, R. Connon, and Susan Brander.. 30 April, 2008b. Pelagic Organism Decline (POD): Acute and Chronic Invertebrate and Fish Toxicity Testing in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta 2006-2007. Final Report to the California Department of Water Resources, Sacramento, CA.
  • Exhibit 2g - Werner, I., L. Deanovic, M. Stillway, and D. Markiewicz. 3 April, 2009a. Acute Toxicity of Ammonia/um and Wastewater Treatment Effluent-Associated Contaminants on Delta Smelt, Final Report.
  • Exhibit 2h - Werner, I., L. Deanovic, M. Stillway, and D. Markiewicz. 30 October, 2009b. Acute Toxicity of Ammonia/um and Wastewater Treatment Effluent-Associated Contaminants on Delta Smelt - 2009. Draft Report.
  • Exhibit 2i - Weston, D.P., and M.J. Lydy. In press. Urban and Agricultural Sources of pyrethroid insecticides to the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta of California. Environmental Science & Technology.
  • Exhibit 3a - Clark, et al. 2009. Quantification of Pre-Screen Loss of Juvenile Steelhead in Clifton Court Forebay. Department of Water Resources, The California Natural Resources Agency
  • Exhibit 3b - Department of Water Resources, Department of Fish and Game and US Bureau of Reclamation. June 1995. Agreement Pursuant to Article VII Negotiations for Interim South Delta Facilities Concerning Fish in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Estuary.
  • Exhibit 3c - Grimaldo, et al. 2009. Factors Affecting Fish Entrainment into Massive Water Diversions in a Tidal Freshwater Estuary: Can Fish Losses be Managed? North American Journal of Fisheries Management 29:1253-1270.
  • Exhibit 3d - Larry Walker Associates, 2010. A Review of Delta Fish Population Losses from Pumping Operations in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta. Prepared for Sacramento Regional County Sanitation District. January.
  • Exhibit 3e - Kimmerer, W. 2008. Losses of Sacramento River Chinook Salmon and Delta Smelt to Entrainment in Water Diversions in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta. San Francisco Estuary and Watershed Science. June 2008. Vol. 6, Issue 2.

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