Irrigated Lands Regulatory Program

Agriculture Policy and regulation

September 10, 2025

By Christine Souza, Ag Alert In a major regulatory shift years in the making, the Central Valley Regional Water Quality...

AG ALERT: Water quality panel focuses on agricultural nitrogen use

August 27, 2025

By Christine Souza, Ag Alert As California water officials consider changes to the state’s regulatory framework for nitrogen applications and...

ILRP: Central Coast Water Board staff present concepts for the Alternative Water Supply Program; Invite public comment through Sept. 9

August 27, 2025

By Jane Sooby The August 21, 2025, meeting of the Central Coast Regional Water Quality Control Board was devoted mostly...

ILRP regulations lifted for operations in the Central Valley region’s Pit River Subwatershed

August 25, 2025

By Jane Sooby During its August 22 meeting, the Central Valley Regional Water Quality Control Board voted unanimously to amend...

ILRP: Second Irrigated Lands Expert Panel meeting features Indigenous perspectives and a lot of data

August 20, 2025

By Jane Sooby Day 2 of the Second Statewide Agricultural Expert Panel’s “Kick Off Meeting” convened August 14, 2025, at...

ILRP: Plan to limit N fertilizers draws opposing sides to Irrigated Lands expert panel meeting

Central Valley Water Board

Policy and regulation

August 12, 2025

Expert Panel Meeting Reveals Opposing Visions on N Fertilizer Limits By Jane Sooby As the California State Water Resources Control...

NOTICE of Public Hearing and Comment Period – Proposed Changes to the Irrigated Lands Program Sacramento River Watershed General Order

State Water Board

ANNOUNCEMENTS

June 2, 2025

From the State Water Resources Control Board: In August of 2025, the Central Valley Water Board will hold a public...

AVAILABLE FOR COMMENT: Workplan Addressing Uncertainty and Validating the Groundwater Protection Formula, Values, and Targets

ANNOUNCEMENTS Groundwater News

April 4, 2024

From the Central Valley Regional Water Board: Since 2018, third-party Coalitions within the Central Valley Region have been collaborating on...

AG ALERT: Water order takes shape for North Coast vineyards

Agriculture Water quality

August 2, 2023

By Christine Souza, California Farm Bureau Federation Winegrape growers in Mendocino and Sonoma counties say a proposed water-quality regulation establishes...

STATE WATER BOARD: Update on the Central Valley Irrigated Lands Regulatory Program

Notebook News and Features Policy and regulation

October 6, 2022

At the September 20 meeting of the State Water Board, Central Valley Regional Board staff provided the State Water Board...

STATE WATER BOARD: Update on the Irrigated Lands Regulatory Program

Notebook News and Features Water quality

November 3, 2021

Within the Central Valley, over seven million acres is in irrigated agriculture, and depending on the conditions, water discharged from...

ACWA CONFERENCE PANEL: Reconciling the Regulatory Overlap of Groundwater Programs

Groundwater News Notebook News and Features

July 7, 2021

Several regulatory programs have been created and evolved over time to address various issues, such as SGMA, CV-SALTS, and the...

AG ALERT: Farm groups seek review of order on fertilizer use

Agriculture Water quality

May 26, 2021

By Kevin Hecteman, Ag Alert Saying new regional regulations will have a profound impact on food production, farm organizations have...

WEBINAR: Regulating groundwater quality across SGMA, CV-SALTS, and ILRP