The Bay-Delta Science Consortium is considering creating its principal research station at a decommissioned Army base just south of Rio Vista, Calif. The project could house up to 200 researchers studying the Delta’s water quality and ecosystem at the station. Housing approximately 20,000 sf of office and lab space, the 28-acre site would accommodate marina slips for 40 research vessels and recreation facilities. The 28-acre site is desirable due to its central location between San Francisco Bay and the Delta.
The Bay-Delta Science Consortium, composed of the state Department of Water Resources, the state Department of Fish and Game, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the U.S. Geological Survey, and the U.S. Bureau of Land Reclamation, is dedicated to monitoring Northern California water quality. Planners hope to open the facility in 2006.
