CALFED Bay-Delta Program heading
  • Governor Schwarzenegger
  • Mike Chrisman, Resources Secretary
  • Joe Grindstaff, CALFED Director
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What's New

From Beef to Reef: Sediment Budgets in Great Barrier Reef Catchments

What's New

Posted: 8/28/2009

On September 9, the CALFED Science Program Brown Bag Series will present a seminar featuring Dr. Rebecca Bartley from Brisbane, Australia, speaking on potential detrimental effects that terrestrial sediments and nutrients are having on the Great Barrier Reef. Dr. Bartley will present field study data using a variety of techniques to quantify the sources and amounts of erosion and how these data are being used in sediment budget models.

CALFED Objectives

  • Water Quality
    • Image - Click for more information. Approximately two-thirds of all Californians - an estimated 23 million people - obtain at least some of their water from the Delta. This means the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta is the single largest source of California's water. CALFED's Water Quality Program Objective is to invest in projects that improve the state's water quality from source to tap.
  • Water Supply
    • Image - Click for more information. CALFED's Water Supply Reliability Program Objective is comprised of five critical elements: Conveyance, Storage, Environmental Water Account, Water Use Efficiency and Water Transfer. Together and in partnership with local and regional agencies, this program allows for the increase of water supplies and more efficient and flexible use of water resources.
  • Ecosystem Restoration
    • Image - Click for more information. Ecosystem Restoration and Watershed program elements combine to improve the ecological health of the Bay-Delta watershed. Through CALFED implementing agencies, ERP works to restore and protect habitats, ecosystem functions and native species and the Watershed Program provides funding, coordinates and offers technical support for local watershed activities.
  • Levee Integrity
    • Image - Click for more information. Resources of CALFED's Levee System Integrity Program Objective protect water supplies needed for ecosystems, cities, industry and farms by reducing the threat of levee failures that would lead to seawater intrusion. The program works through continuous monitoring and improvement of the Delta's 1,100 miles of levees.
 
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