San Joaquin River Dissolved Oxygenation TMDL
Technical Working Group Meeting
November 18, 2004
Meeting Notes
Attendance List:
Bill BeckonU.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Russ BrownJones & Stokes
Mark BrunellUniversity of Pacific
Byron BuckSan Joaquin River Water Quality Management Group
Laura DiPalermoUniversity of California, Davis
Bill FleenorUniversity of California, Davis
Ali GesUniversity of California, Davis
Steve GittingsCity of Stockton
Mark GowdyCentral Valley Regional Water Quality Control Board
Russ GrimesJones & Stokes
John HeadleeU.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Carol KendallUSGS
Peggy LehmanDepartment of Water Resources
Gary LittonUniversity of Pacific
Zhrimin LuRegional Water Quality Control Board
Barbara MarcotteCalifornia Bay-Delta Authority
George NicholState Water Resources Control Board
Bob PedlarDepartment of Water Resources
Ken PetrozzelliO’Laughlin & Paris, LLP
Lowell PlossSan Joaquin River G Agency
Hari RajbhandariDepartment of Water Resources
Mark RobersonCalifornia Bay-Delta Authority
Anne StormUS Army Corps of Engineers
Will StringfellowLawrence Berkeley National Lab
Jeff StuartNOAA FisheriresFisheries
Jim WildeDepartment of Water Resources
Al VargasDepartment of Food and Agriculture
Introductions and Agenda Review
D. Wilson opened the meeting at 9:05 a.m. with the welcome and self-introductions. D. Wilson stated that the purpose of the meeting was to provide an opportunity for presentations and discussions related to on-going efforts in the Stockton Deep Water Ship Channel.
Updates
Byron Buck, representing San Joaquin River Water Quality Management Group, provided an update on the San Joaquin River Water Quality Management Plan.
Mark Gowdy, representing the Central Valley Regional Water Quality Control Board, provided an update on the Board’s current actions on the dissolved oxygenation efforts.
Will Stringfellow, representing the University of Pacific, provided an update on efforts related to upstream studies on the San Joaquin River.
Russ Grimes, representing Jones & Stokes, provided an update on current efforts related to the Stockton Deep Water Ship Channel Aeration demonstration project.
Stockton Deep Water Ship Channel
The following presentations were made, followed by a brief question and answer opportunity, regarding on-going efforts in the Stockton Deep Water Ship Channel:
- Sources of Oxygen Demand in the Lower San Joaquin River – Peggy Lehman of California Department of Water Resources
- Nitrification in the San Joaquin River – Gary Litton and Mark Brunell of University of Pacific
- Hydrodynamics and Oxygen Modeling of the Stockton Deep Water Ship Channel – Bill Fleenor of University of California Davis
- Update on Use of Isotopic Compositions to Separate the Effects of Nitrification of Ammonium – Carol Kendal of USGS
- San Joaquin River Dissolved Oxygen Depletion Modeling Update – Andy Thuman of Hydroqual
Copies of these presentations are available on the DOTMDL website as part of the results of this meeting.
Identify Next Steps
The next DOTMDL TWG meeting was schedule for Thursday, January 20, 2005 beginning at 9:00 a.m. The meeting concluded at 12:35 p.m.
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