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San Francisco Estuary Institute We deliver visionary science that empowers people to revitalize nature in our communities • Clean Water • Resilient Landscapes • Environmental Informatics

Regional Monitoring Program Collect data and communicate information about water quality in San Francisco Bay in support of management decisions ~ 68 entities in the Program • Municipal wastewater • Industrial wastewater • Municipal stormwater • Dredgers

RMP Contributions - 2020 San Mateo Co. WWTF $236,000 Industry San Mateo Co. Contributions $437,450 Stormwater - $101k (11%) Wastewater - $236k (13%) 18.2% Dredgers Dredgers - variable $692,313 Other WWTF 45.8% $1,506,193 Other 24.5% Stormwater $830,959 San Mateo Co. 11.5% Stormwater $101,000

RMP Budget 2020 Program Mgmt $381,700 Governance $305,200 Special Studies QA and data $1,241,600 $225,000 Reporting $209,000 Communications S & T Monitoring $173,000 $1,273,000

Status of the Bay

PCBs in Sport Fish Status (2014) No trend: 1994-2014

Mercury in Sport Fish Status (2014) No trend: 1971-2014

Stormwater Monitoring Pollutants of concern Recon Monitoring > 80 sites sampled since 2015 12 sites > 500 ng/g PCBs 7 sites in San Mateo Co.

Stormwater Monitoring Emerging Contaminants 3-yr Characterization Study Phosphate flame - retardants PFAS - Ethox surfactants - Stormwater CECs - 17 sites monitored WY19 & 20

Stormwater Monitoring Planning for WY2021 - Five sites in San Mateo Co.

Microplastics 12 Sites 1 storm each Full storm composite

Microparticles in Stormwater * *

Microparticles in Stormwater Stormwater > 300x higher than wastewater 0.06 * *

For More Information Melissa Foley, PhD Jay Davis, PhD RMP Manager RMP Lead Scientist melissaf@sfei.org jay@sfei.org (510) 746-7368 (510) 746-7345 www.sfei.org/RMP