- Reclamation
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- Featured Programs & Activities
- Program to Meet Standards (PTMS)
Program to Meet Standards
To facilitate effective management of salt discharges into the Lower San Joaquin River, Reclamation provides near real-time forecasts of river flow and salinity at three key locations: Vernalis, Crows Landing, and Maze Road Bridge sites where water quality objectives have been established by the Central Valley Regional Water Quality Control Board.
As part of the PTMS, Reclamation generates daily 14-day forecasts using two models. The data intensive, physically based Watershed Analysis Risk Management Framework (WARMF) model simulates both flow and salinity but takes more time to run, whereas Reclamation's Regression model which makes salinity forecasts based on measured flow at the compliance monitoring stations obtained from the California-Nevada River Forecast Center (CNRFC) runs faster and occasionally produces more reliable results. The outputs from both models are reviewed and the most reliable forecast according to the Reclamation forecast analysts is published daily on the Reclamation website.
You can access these forecasts through the links provided in the left navigation bar.
Documents
- MAA Annual Work Plan
- 2026 Work Plan (Draft) (PDF - 1.7 MB)
- 2025 Work Plan (PDF - 877 KB)
- 2024 Work Plan (PDF - 654 KB)
- 2023 Work Plan (PDF - 655 KB)
- 2022 Work Plan (PDF - 804 KB)
- MAA Annual Report
- 2024 Annual Report (PDF - 1.4 MB)
- 2023 Annual Report (PDF - 1.2 MB)
- 2022 Annual Report (PDF - 1.3 MB)
- MAA Agreement
- 2014 Management Agency Agreement (PDF 245 - KB)
- Central Valley Regional Water Quality Control Board Documents
References
Links
CVSALTS is a non-profit coalition of Public Agencies, Business, Associations and other members working together to better manage salts in the Central Valley of California. Central Valley Salinity Alternatives for Long-Term Sustainability (CV-SALTS)Contact
For additional information contact:
Jobaid Kabir, PhD, PE
Chief Technical Analysis Branch, CGB-470, Resource Management Division
Bureau of Reclamation | Interior Region 10 - California-Great Basin
2800 Cottage Way, Sacramento, CA 95825
Office: 916/978-5091 | Mobile: 916/212-2809