Living Rivers Council submits data
and other information to substantiate the necessity for the Napa River to be
listed on the 303 (d) list of impaired water bodies due to flows and
temperature impairment.
- Lynch Family Vineyards Hydrologist Dennis Jackson warns the Napa County Planning and
Conservation Department that groundwater resources are seriously depleted. doc 1doc 2
Napa River Sediment TMDL (Total Maximum Daily Load)
Living Rivers Council, LRC, has been submitting expert comments
to the State Regional Water Quality Control Board for over 3 years regarding
sediment in the Napa River that is causing deleterious impacts to salmon and
degrading the Napa River watershed for human use. LRC recently
submitted additional expert comments to the San Francisco Bay Region's
Total Maximum Daily Load, (TMDL) for sediment in the Napa River prior to
the close of CEQA comments before the State Water Resources Control Board,
SWRCB. The SWRCB was scheduled to adopt a resolution approving an amendment
to the Water Quality Control PLan on sediment in the Napa River, but LRC's
comments caused the State Water Resource Control Board to pull the item on May
20, 2008, from the SWRCB's. Please see our comments attached.
Northern California streams suffer low flows and the salmon are dying in
record numbers. Fisheries biologist, Patrick Higgins, comments on the State
Water Resource Control Board's new Policy Document, Maintaining Instream
Flows in Northern California Streams. What can the public do? See a sample
letter to write and other information.
