On April 14, 2010, the Regional Water Quality Control Board, San Francisco Bay Region (San Francisco Bay Water Board) adopted Resolution No. R2-2010-0066, amending the Water Quality Control Plan for the San Francisco Bay Region. The State Water Resources Control Board approved the amendment under Resolution No. 2010-0016, on April 5, 2011.
San Francisco Bay Water Board Resolution R2-2010-0066, amended the Water Quality Control Plan for the San Francisco Bay Region (Basin Plan). The Basin Plan amendment includes new enterococcus water quality objectives to protect the Water Contact Recreation beneficial use in marine and estuarine waters, a new water quality-based enterococcus effluent limitation for NPDES wastewater permits, mandatory inclusion of bacteriological effluent limitations in most NPDES wastewater permits, and limited flexibility for the Regional Board to apply total coliform objectives in effluent limitations and to apply dilution credit in effluent limitations.
Cal. Code Regs. Tit. 23, § 3919.10