Workshop Coordinator: Sherri Norris, California Indian Environmental Alliance

 

This workshop focuses on the history of establishing beneficial uses to support beneficial uses of water, water quality and fish tissue testing for toxins of concern, database entry and reporting, interpretation of results, the process to develop Total Maximum Daily Loads to reduce toxins and emerging regulatory efforts and development of health advisories. We will discuss the new Tribal Beneficial Use designations, challenges to designations with these uses, recommendations being developed by Tribes, communities and state agencies, and the steps to prepare for the negotiations among agencies stakeholders to set Water Quality Objectives. The intersection between flows and water quality will be discussed and finally we will share and discuss an overview of how to develop healthful instream flow criterion.