Dissolved Oxygen Depletion in the Stockton Deep Water Ship Channel: Conceptual Models

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San Joaquin River Dissolved Oxygen
Total Maximum Daily Load
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The RWQCB is in the process of issuing a TMDL under Section 303(d) of the Clean Water Act for the lower San Joaquin River for DO. The CVRWQCB and the California Bay-Delta Authority have sponsored the creation of two web-based conceptual models as tools to understand the physical and chemical conditions in the river that lead to episodes of low DO concentrations and the effects of these low DO episodes on the biological and ecological resources in the river. These models are the focus of this website and have been created in a web-based format to allow easy access to the information in the model and other related information.

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