
PETALUMA RIVER
OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE
PROJECT LOCATION AND DESCRIPTION
The Petaluma River is located on San Pablo Bay in Sonoma and Marin Counties, California. Operations and Maintenance (O&M) provides for dredging of a channel 200 feet wide to a depth of -8 feet Mean Lower Low Water (MLLW) across the flats in San Pablo Bay to the mouth of the river (Across-the-Flats Channel), 100 feet wide and -8 feet MLLW thereafter to Western Avenue in Petaluma (River Channel), and a turning basin 300 to 400 feet wide to -8 feet MLLW. The Non-Federal Sponsor (NFS) is responsible for providing a suitable upland placement site.
TOTAL FUNDING
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TOTAL COST
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N/A
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FEDERAL COST
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N/A
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NON-FEDERAL COST
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N/A
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FISCAL YEAR 2020 ALLOCATION
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$ 9,745,000
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FY 2021 BUDGET
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$ 0
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COST TO COMPLETE
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N/A
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FY 20 AND FY 21 ACCOMPLISHMENTS
- Sediment Sampling and Testing, maintenance dredging, and a programmatic (regional, 5-year, multi-agency) Environmental approval for maintenance dredging in the San Francisco Bay Area region, including Petaluma River, were all completed in FY20.
ISSUES AND OTHER INFORMATION
- The City of Petaluma is the NFS.
- The Across-the-Flats Channel maintenance dredging cycle is every three years. The last time the Across-the-Flats Channel was dredged was in FY20.
- The River Channel maintenance dredging cycle is every four years. The last time the River Channel was dredged was in FY20.
CONGRESSIONAL INTEREST
- 2nd District, Rep. Jared Huffman
POINT OF CONTACT
- Deputy for Project Management, Edwin S. Townsley, (415) 503-6593.
Updated on 20 September 2021

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