The Municipal Water Quality Investigations Program: A Retrospective Overview of the Program’s First Three Decades

• Published in: Water
• Main Authors: Paul H. Hutton, Sujoy B. Roy, Stuart W. Krasner, Leslie Palencia
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: MDPI AG 2022
• Subjects: drinking water quality; operational decision-making; real-time monitoring; Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta; Hydraulic engineering; TC1-978; Water supply for domestic and industrial purposes; TD201-500; Delta Island
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3390/w14213426; https://doaj.org/article/0c18cbfad9004cdca6a372951bf88de8

This paper presents the history and evolution of the California Department of Water Resources’ Municipal Water Quality Investigations (MWQI) program. This program tracks source water quality in the Sacramento–San Joaquin Delta (Delta) for drinking water supply for nearly two-thirds of California. Th...