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Surface Water Ambient Monitoring Program (SWAMP) - Central Valley
Sacramento Watershed Coordinated Monitoring Program

Organization

Central Valley Regional Water Quality Control Board
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Program website

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Plan contact

Alisha Wenzel
916-464-4717
[email protected]
Start date 11/01/2008
End date None
Objectives The SWCMP is a coordinated monitoring effort between the Central Valley Water Board and the Department of Water Resources (DWR) Northern District in the northern portion of the Sacramento River Watershed (north of Verona). The Central Valley Water Board is leveraging SWAMP funding to maintain and expand DWR trend monitoring that had been threatened with severe budget cuts. The coordinated effort will not only allow seasonal monitoring to continue at 41 sites along the Sacramento River main-stem and at the lower end of tributary streams, but will also allow the addition of key constituents of interest (water column toxicity, total organic carbon, nutrients, and E. coli). Eleven of the sites are also being coordinated with SWAMP Statewide Contaminant Trend Monitoring at Integrator Sites, a study to monitor contaminant trends in sediment. Overall water quality assessments will benefit from the added value of both monitoring programs.
Annual budget None

Basins & sub-basins monitored

  • Sacramento River (Sacramento River)
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Sites Monitored

Name Code Latitude Longitude Map
North Fork Pit at Estes St
526P00013 41.48201 -120.53863 locate
South Fork Pit at Hwy 395
526P00014 41.46124 -120.54996 locate
Pit at Canby Bridge
526P00006 41.401 -120.9328611 locate
Fall River at Glenburn bridge
526FR0006 41.0618 -121.4807 locate
Pit at Pittville Bridge
526P00008 41.0455 -121.3304 locate
McCloud River above Shasta Lake
506SHA953 40.95415 -122.23472 locate
Upper Sacramento River at Fenders Ferry Rd
525SHA952 40.93823 -122.41887 locate
Pit River below Pit Number 7
506P00012 40.84498 -122.00093 locate
Cow Creek at Dream Catcher Ln
508SHA905 40.50528 -122.23222 locate
Clear Creek at SHY 273 bridge
508SHA903 40.508943 -122.380028 locate
Churn Creek at Churn Creek Rd
508CRNCCR 40.48081 -122.30678 locate
Stillwater Creek at Dersch Rd
508STLDER 40.47975 -122.25887 locate
Bear Creek at Parkville Rd
508BERPRK 40.44813 -122.19724 locate
Sacramento River at Balls Ferry
508SACBLF 40.41762 -122.19334 locate
Battle Creek at Jellys Ferry Rd
508BATJFR 40.39198 -122.17859 locate
Cottonwood Creek below Cottonwood
508TEH904 40.37811 -122.27376 locate
Paynes Creek at Payne's Crossing
508TEH907 40.27582 -122.18141 locate
Sacramento River at Bend Ferry Rd
508SACBND 40.26387 -122.223 locate
Sacramento River below Red Bluff
504SACRBF 40.15358 -122.19913 locate
Red Bank Creek at Co Route A8
504TEH901 40.14155 -122.21228 locate
Antelope Creek at Crain Walnut Shelling
504TEH906 40.10317 -122.11678 locate
Elder Creek at Gerber Las Flores
504TEH903 40.05223 -122.14832 locate
Mill Creek at Hwy 99
504MILH99 40.043 -122.0999 locate
Thomes Creek at Hall Rd
504TEH902 39.98503 -122.12466 locate
Deer Creek at Hwy 99E near Vina
504TEH905 39.9471 -122.05318 locate
Lower Sacramento River at Anderson, Woodson Boat Ramp
508SHA901 39.90976 -122.090893 locate
Sacramento River at Hamilton City
504SACHMN 39.7511 -121.99798 locate
Big Chico Creek at Rose Ave
504BCHROS 39.72716 -121.86308 locate
Butte Creek below Western Canal Siphon
520BUT902 39.55565 -121.83641 locate
Stony Creek at The Nature Conservancy
504GLE001 39.69412 -121.99015 locate
Honcut Creek at Hwy 70
515HONH70 39.30875 -121.5938 locate
Sacramento River at Colusa
520SACLSA 39.21415 -122.00031 locate
Butte Slough at Meridian
520BUTEMR 39.17007 -121.90046 locate
Yuba River at Mouth
515YUB001 39.1286 -121.59735 locate
Bear River near Mouth
515SUT005 38.95124 -121.5608 locate
Sacramento River above Colusa Basin Drain
520SUT003 38.80521 -121.72372 locate
Colusa Basin Drain at Road 99E
520CLSA99 38.79943 -121.72508 locate
Feather River at Verona
519FTRVRA 38.79252 -121.62752 locate
Sutter Bypass at Karnak
515SUT004 38.78523 -121.65428 locate
Sacramento River below Verona
519SACVER 38.77965008 -121.6037306 locate
Sacramento River below Knights Landing
519SUT002 38.76064 -121.67824 locate
Middle Fork Feather River upstream of Grizzly Creek
518FTRAGC 39.81629 -120.42673 locate
Spanish Creek downstream from Greenhorn Creek
518SPCBGC 39.97352 -120.91031 locate
Indian Creek upstream from Arlington Bridge
518INCATB 40.08461 -120.91632 locate

Parameters Monitored

GroupParametersFrequency
General Water Quality Alkalinity, Dissolved Oxygen (DO), Electrical Conductivity (EC) , Hardness, pH, Photo Documentation, Specific Conductance [EC @ 25 deg C], Temperature, Total Alkalinity, Total Dissolved Solids (TDS), Total Suspended Solids (TSS), Turbidity Quarterly, Continuous
Major Ions & Minerals Boron, Calcium, Chloride, Magnesium, Potassium, Sodium, Sulfate Quarterly
Metals & Trace Elements Aluminum , Arsenic , Cadmium , Chromium , Copper , Iron , Lead , Manganese , Nickel , Selenium , Silver , Zinc Quarterly
Nutrients Ammonia as Nitrogen NH3-N, Ammonia NH3, Nitrate + Nitrite as N NO3-N + NO2-N, Nitrate + Nitrite NO3 + NO2, Organic Nitrogen , Orthophosphate PO4, Phosphorus, Total Ammonia as Nitrogen NH3-N, Total Kjeldahl Nitrogen (TKN) Quarterly
Organic Carbon (OC) , Dissolved Organic Carbon (DOC), Total Organic Carbon (TOC) Quarterly
Pathogens & Bacteria E. coli, Total Coliforms Quarterly

Data Products Available

ItemAvailable OnlineURLAvailable by RequestComment
Monitoring Plan Yes http://www.waterboards.ca.gov/... Yes
Downloadable data Yes http://www.water.ca.gov/waterd... Yes Select station group "SWCMP"
Downloadable data Yes http://www.ceden.org/ Not Reported
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