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About DWR - Office of Water Quality

Meet the overall water quality needs of the Department

Provide a central focal point for the collection and dissemination of water quality information.

Environmental Water Quality and Estuarine Studies

  • Document the environmental water quality conditions affected by operation of the SWP and the federal Central Valley Project
  • Implement the Bay-Delta Environmental Monitoring Program
  • Implement the Interagency Ecological Program
  • Implement various water quality programs

Municipal Water Quality Program

  • Determine and examine the sources of constituents that effect drinking water quality of the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta
  • Provide information necessary for planning Delta water quality improvements

Bryte Chemical Laboratory

  • As the Department's primary analytical laboratory, analyze drinking water, surface water, groundwater, and wastewater

State Water Project Water Quality Program

  • Provide the water quality information necessary for operational needs of both the SWP and the State Water Contractors
  • Identify opportunities to provide the best water quality possible