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The mission
of the Office of Water Quality is to meet the overall water quality needs
of the Department, and to provide a central focalpoint for the collection
and dissemination of water quality information for the Department and
its stakeholders.
Full
Description of Mission and Objectives
Steve Ford, Environmental Program Manager
California Department of Water Resources
Office of Water Quality
Email: sford@water.ca.gov
Recent Publication: "Trihalomethane
Reactivity of Water- and Sodium Hydroxide-Extractable Organic Carbon Fractions
from Peat Soils."
Journal of Environmental Quality Vol 35:114-121 (2006).
Report: Natomas East Main Drainage Canal Water Quality
Investigation: Initial Technical Report
November 2003. (PDF)
 MWQI
Report: Modeled Impacts of Delta Peat Island Drainage on Organic Carbon
Levels at Selected Delta Minicipal Water Intakes. Memorandum Report
2003. (PDF)
 MWQI
Report: Summary and Findings from Data Collected August 1998 through
September 2001. (PDF:
full report 10 MB) (PDF: by chapter)
 "Cryptosporidium
and Giardia Recoveries in Natural Waters by Using Environmental
Protection Agency Method 1623," Applied Environmental Microbiology
2002, Vol. 68(2):5952-5955 (PDF)
Photo courtesy of H.D.A. Lindquist, U.S.EPA
 Water
Quality Investigations of the Barker Slough Watershed, 1997-2001 North
Bay Aqueduct Summary (PDF Version)(10MB)
 Check
out the latest
IEP Newsletter. (Adobe Acrobat Reader Required)
- Visit our Publications page
for more reports.
- Find State Water Project Monitoring Data and data
from other DWR Monitoring Programs. Simply click
the Water Quality
Data link in the left-hand column.
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