Suisun Bay and Marsh Plan of Protection
The State Water Resources Control board issued Water Right Decision 1485
in 1978, in which the Suisun Marsh was recognized as an endangered brackish
water marsh. D-1485 set channel water salinity standards, ordered the development
of a water quality monitoring program, and required a Plan of Protection be
implemented by October 1, 1984. In 1984, the Department of Water Resources
published the Plan of Protection for the Suisun Marsh including an Environmental
Impact Report, prepared in cooperation with the Department of Fish and Game,
the Suisun resource conservation District, and the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation.
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service also provided helpful information. The Plan
of Protection is a proposal for staged implementation. components for Phases
I and II of the Plan of Protection are complete, including the Morrow Island
Distribution System, Roaring River Distribution System, Goodyear Slough Outfall,
and the Suisun Marsh Salinity Control Gates (also referred to as Montezuma
Slough Control Structure). The locations of these facilities along with the
water quality monitoring stations are shown on the map.
DWR and USBR have begun the planning and environmental review for Phases II
and IV of the Plan of Protection which focus on the western marsh.
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