Bay Area Water Links:

City of Palo Alto Creek Level Monitor

San Francisquito Creek Joint Powers Authority

USGS San Francisquito Creek Project

San Francisquito Watershed Council

Santa Clara Valley Water District

Jasper Ridge Biological Preserve, Stanford University

City of Palo Alto Environmental Compliance Division

City of Palo Alto Environmental Compliance Division Links

Steelhead Trout Information

Information about Pollutants:

Dioxin Information

Copper Information, Copper Publications

Mercury Information, Mercury Publications

Pesticide Information, Pesticide Publications; Chlorpyrifos (Dursban or Lorsban), Diazinon, Organochlorine Pesticides

Summary of the Third National Report on Human Exposure to Environmental Chemicals by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Rainfall and Weather Links:

Daily Discharge Graph for San Francisquito Creek from USGS

Daily Discharge Graph for Matadero Creek from USGS

Palo Alto Rainfall and Temperature from Western Regional Climate Center

Palo Alto Rainfall and Temperature from wunderground.com

San Francisco Season Rainfall 1849-1999

Maps:

Terraserver; source of aerial photos and topo maps

Oakland Museum of California Map of San Francisquito Watershed and Alluvial Fan

Oakland Museum of California San Francisquito Watershed Maps

Oakland Museum of California Creek and Watershed Map of Palo Alto and Vicinity

Google Maps

Google Earth

Long Term Monitoring and Assessment Program Reports:

Water Quality and Streamflow Monitoring of San Francisquito and Los Trancos Creeks at Piers Lane, Water Year 2004

Water Quality and Streamflow Monitoring of San Francisquito and Los Trancos Creeks at Piers Lane, Water Year 2003

Water Quality and Streamflow Monitoring of San Francisquito and Los Trancos Creeks at Piers Lane, Water Year 2002

Regulatory Documents:

California Toxics Rule

San Francisco Bay Basin Plan

US EPA Ambient water quality criteria recommendations for rivers and streams in nutrient ecoregion III

State Water Resources Control Board

San Francisco Bay Regional Water Quality Control Board

Clean Water Act

Introduction to the Clean Water Act from the Environmental Protection Agency

Explanation of Terms:

Grab Sample: A volunteer or employee visits the creek and fills a sample bottle with water at a specific time

Composite Sample: An automated sampler collects small samples of creek water over a specified period of time and places them all together into a composite sample bottle.

Conductivity

Dissolved Oxygen

pH

Turbidity

Total Suspended Solids

Chemical Oxygen Demand

Biochemical Oxygen Demand

Escherichia Coli

Nutrients

PBDE