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- Division of Environmental Services
- Office of Water Quality
- Environmental Water Quality and Estuarine Studies Branch
- Aquatic Ecology Section
- Bay-Delta Monitoring and Analysis Section
- Environmental Real Time Monitoring and Support Section
- Special Studies Research Section
- Interagency Ecological Program
Contact Us
Rich Breuer, ChiefEnvironmental Water Quality and Estuarine Studies Branch
3500 Industrial Blvd
West Sacramento, CA 95691
Phone: (916) 376-9694
Email: rich@water.ca.gov

Education:
B.S Natural Resources (Minor: Biology) Humboldt State University
M.A. Public Administration (Minor: Engineering) Sacramento State University
B.S Natural Resources (Minor: Biology) Humboldt State University
M.A. Public Administration (Minor: Engineering) Sacramento State University
Research interests:
Water supply, water demand, water quality, surface water/ground water relations, anadromous and native fish migration.
Water supply, water demand, water quality, surface water/ground water relations, anadromous and native fish migration.
Recent Publications:
- Floerke, W., W. Templin, and others, 2011, Benthic Bioguide November 2011, 15p.
2011
- McClure, D. and Others, 2009, Draft Final Staff Report, Clean Water Act Sections 305(b) and 303(d) Integrated Report for the Central Valley Region: Central Valley Regional Water Quality Control Board, 16 p. http://www.swrcb.ca.gov/rwqcb5/water_issues/tmdl/impaired_waters_list/draft_final_2008_303d/r5_2008_ir_stfrpt_11may09.pdf
- American River Watershed Group, 2007, North Fork/Middle Fork American River Sediment Study, Executive Summary: Tetra Tech EC, Inc., April 2007, 20 p.
- American River Watershed Group, 2007, North Fork/Middle Fork American River Sediment Study: Tetra Tech EC, Inc., April 2007, 172 p.
- Templin, W.E., Herbert, R.A., Stalnaker, C.B., Horn, M. and W.B. Solley, 1999, Water Use Chapter 11 of National Handbook of Recommended Methods for Water Data Acquisition, U.S. Geological Survey, web publication, http://pubs.usgs.gov/chapter11/chapter11A.html
- Templin, W.E., 1998, California - Continually the Nation's Leader in Water Use: Poster Paper presented at the American Water Resources Association Annual Conference on Water Resources, November 16-19, 1998 Point Clear Alabama. http://ca.water.usgs.gov/wuse/awra/
- Templin, W.E. and D.E. Cherry, 1997, Drainage-return, surface-water withdrawal, and land-use data for the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta, with emphasis on Twitchell Island, California; U.S. Geological Survey Open-file Report 97-350, 31 p.
- Templin, W.E., Smith, P.E., DeBortoli, M.L., and R.C. Schluter, 1996, Water-Resources Data Network Evaluation for Monterey County, California, Phase 2: Northern and Coastal Areas of Monterey County: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 95-4210, 102p.
- Parker, M., Thompson, J.G., Reynolds, R.R. Jr., and Templin, W.E., 1995, Water-use conservation forecasts for the Salinas River Valley basin management plan: Estimates for block pricing: Water Resources and Environmental Hazards: Emphasis on Hydrologic and Cultural Insight in the Pacific Rim, American Water Resources Annual Summer Symposium, Honolulu, HI, June 25-28, Abstracts, unnumbered page.
- Parker, M., Thompson, J.G., Reynolds, R.R. Jr., and Templin, W.E., 1995, Water-use conservation forecasts for the Salinas River Valley basin management plan: Estimates for block pricing: Water Resources and Environmental Hazards: Emphasis on Hydrologic and Cultural Insight in the Pacific Rim, American Water Resources Annual Summer Symposium, Honolulu, HI, June 25-28, Proceedings.
- Parker, M., Thompson, J.G., Reynolds, R.R. Jr., and Templin, W.E., 1995, Ground-water management in California during Periods of decreasing water supplies and increasing water demands: American Water Resources Annual Summer Symposium, Honolulu, HI, June 25-28, Program and abstracts, 1p.
- Templin, W.E., Phillips, S.P., Cherry, D.E., DeBortoli, M.L., and others, 1995, Land use and water use in the Antelope Valley, California: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 94-4208, 97p.
- Templin, W.E., Haltom, T.C., and others, 1994, Irrigation water supply and demand data for 1976, 1980, and 1984 for the Western San Joaquin Valley, California: U.S. Geological Survey, Open-File Report 94-335, 8p.
- Cherry, D.E., Templin, W.E., and T.C. Haltom, 1993 Industrial water use in California, in Schmidt, K.D., ed., Proceedings of the symposium, Effluent Use management, and Wallace, M.G., ed. Abstracts, AWRA 29th Annual Conference (abs.): American Water Resources Association Technical Publication Series TPS-93-3, p. 331.
- Cherry, D.E., Wright, J.M., Templin, W.E., and Haltom, T.C., 1993, Water use at golf courses, amusement parks, and ski areas in California, in Schmidt, K.D., ed. Proceedings of the symposium, Effluent Use Management, and Wallace, M.G., ed. Abstracts, AWRA 29th Annual Conference (abs.): American Water Resources Association Technical Publication Series TPS-93-3, p. 340.
- Haltom, T.C., and Templin, W.E., 1993, Estimating Agricultural Ground-Water Pumpage in California, in Schmidt, K.D., ed. Proceedings of the symposium, Effluent Use Management, and Wallace, M.G., ed. Abstracts, AWRA 29th Annual Conference (abs.): American Water Resources Association Technical Publication Series TPS-93-3, p. 341
- Templin, W.E., Haltom, T.C., and D.E. Cherry, 1993, Water Supply and Demand in the Antelope Valley,California, in Schmidt, K.D., ed., Proceedings of the symposium, Effluent Use management, and Wallace, M.G., ed. Abstracts, AWRA 29th Annual Conference (abs.): American Water Resources Association Technical Publication Series TPS-93-3, p. 350.
- Thompson, JG., Parker, Michael, Templin, W.E., and Reynolds, R.R. Jr., 1993, A review of application issues of the Metropolitan Water District-MAIN water forecasting system; Water Resources Bulletin, v. 29, no. 3, p. 425-433.
- Templin, W.E., 1990, California Water Supply and Use, in Carr, J.E. Chase, E.B., Paulson, R.W., and Moody, D.W., compliers, National Water Summary 1987-Hydrologic Events and Water Supply and Use: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Supply Paper 2350, p. 173-182
- Templin, W. E. and R.C. Schluter, 1990, A Water-Resources Data Network Evaluation for Monterey County, California, Phase 3: Northern Salinas River Drainage Basin: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 89-4123, 96p.
- Templin, W.E., 1988, The California Water-Use Geographic Information System: in Waterstone, M. and Burt, R.J., eds., Proceedings of the Symposium on Water-Use Data For Water Resources Management, American Water Resources Association Technical Publication Series TPS-88-2, p. 77-84.
- Templin, W.E., 1986, Water-Use Information for California: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 86-483, 8p.
- Templin, W.E., 1984, Ground-water -quality monitoring network design for the San Joaquin Valley Ground-Water Basin, California: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations report 83-4080, 132p.
- Templin, William Earl, 1982, Achieving more efficient water data collection with systems analysis: Masters Thesis, California State University Sacramento, 30p.
- Templin, W.E., D. B. Green, and R. F. Ferreira, 1980, Water-quality data from Taylor Creek Drainage Basin, El Dorado County, California, July 1975 through October 1976: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 80-1178, 95p.
