SAN JOAQUIN RIVER Dissolved Oxygen Total Maximum Daily Load Stakeholder Process

Cost share aspects of this project include:

The Regional Water Quality Control Board pledges a direct contribution of $10-20,000 to assist with the project. In addition, it pledges to assist with collection and analysis of water quality samples at Vernalis (see attached letter).

EPA has provided $30,000 for review of the Stockton dissolved oxygen model developed by Carl Chen.

NPDES dischargers in the upper San Joaquin River from the cities of Stockton, Manteca, Lodi, Turlock, and Modesto have agreed to given in-kind services by paying for collection and analysis of water monthly quality samples needed for this project. These include new and existing variables: chlorophyll a concentration, BOD, COD, ammonia, nitrate, total phosphate, organic nitrogen and volatile solids. They will also do in-house evaluation of alternatives for discharge flexibility and enhanced treatment measures.

The City of Stockton will contribute at least $500,000 in direct and in-kind services (see attached letter). These services include purchasing and operating a Turner fluorometer at the RWCF outtake in 1999, current funding of the participation of Systech and Jones and Stokes in the development of the Stakeholder process, current funding of the services of a facilitator for the Stakeholder process. The City of Stockton also pledges $150,000 for consultants in 1999, $50,000 for management of the Stakeholder process over the life of the project and $150,000 direct contributions over the life of the project for any needed items.

DWR will contribute two mobile in situ fluormeter and one permanent fluorometer at Mossdale. DWR has already contributed at least two months staff time of P. Lehman in development of the program and preparation of this proposal.

Boats and equipment owned by DWR, Stockton RWCF and DFG will be used for continuous and discrete sampling during routine monitoring whenever possible and will be a significant cost share.

DWR and USGS will assist with maintenance of continuous chlorophyll fluorometers and assist with water quality data collection at real-time monitoring stations as part of the DWR/USGS Delta Circulation Monitoring Network.