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San Francisco Bay Delta Watershed

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    The NEW San Francisco Bay Program Office website is now online with information about funding opportunities for the SF Bay Delta Watershed.

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EPA’s Pacific Southwest (Region 9) implements and enforces federal environmental laws in Arizona, California, Hawaii, Nevada, the Pacific Islands, and 148 Tribal Nations.

The San Francisco Bay Delta watershed covers more than 75,000 square miles and includes the largest estuary on the west coasts of North and South America. It also contains the only inland delta in the world.

Learn

Learn about the San Francisco Bay Delta
  • About the Watershed
  • Challenges
  • EPA's Role
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  • Fish Consumption Advisories
  • Teacher's Page
  • What You Can Do
  • Watershed Conditions Near You

Protect

Learn about EPA's Activities to Protect the San Francisco Bay Delta
  • EPA's Activities
  • Bay Delta Action Plan
  • Bay Delta Water Quality Control Plan Comments
  • Technical Support and Regulatory Assistance
  • Watershed EIS Comments

Restore

Learn About EPA and Partner Efforts to Restore the San Francisco Bay Delta
  • San Francisco Bay Water Quality Improvement Fund
  • Tribal Water Projects
  • Community Successes
  • Water Quality Improvement
  • Tour the Watershed

    Satellite image of the San Francisco Bay Delta with watersheds marked

    Take an Aerial Tour of the Largest Watershed and Estuary on the West Coast of the Americas

    Take the Tour!
  • Real-Time Conditions

    Aerial view of San Francisco watershed

    Get Real-Time Data on Conditions in the San Francisco Bay-Delta: Water Quality, Species, Environmental Information and More

    View Conditions
  • Story Map

    Screen capture of the San Francisco Bay Water Quality Improvement Fund Story Map

    Tour Projects that Protect and Restore San Francisco Bay and its Watersheds

    Tour the Projects
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Last updated on November 26, 2024
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