PRESS RELEASE: Groups challenge Water Boards’ orders as harmful to Central Coast disadvantaged communities and fisheries Conservation organizations & coalitions Policy and regulationWater quality October 30, 2023They contend that nitrates in runoff from chemical fertilizers and other sources contaminate thousands of drinking water wells, and the...
CV-SALTS: Salt and Nitrate Control Programs Breaking New Ground CV Salinity Coalition AgricultureWater quality September 15, 2023Newsletter from CV SALTS More than mid-way through 2023, both the Salt and Nitrate Control Programs are both entering new...
NOTICE: Conditional Approval of Groundwater Protection Targets within the Central Valley Region Central Valley Water Board ANNOUNCEMENTS July 7, 2023From the Central Valley Regional Water Board: On 15 December 2022, third-party Coalitions within the Central Valley Region jointly submitted...
CAL MATTERS: After the deluge: Floods may taint more drinking water in California Cal Matters Water quality April 19, 2023by Alistair Bland, CalMatters Network Stay up-to-date with free briefings on topics that matter to all Californians. Subscribe to CalMatters...
STATE WATER BOARD: Update on the Central Valley Irrigated Lands Regulatory Program Maven Notebook News and FeaturesPolicy and regulation October 6, 2022At the September 20 meeting of the State Water Board, Central Valley Regional Board staff provided the State Water Board...
AG ALERT: Fertigation is ‘dialed in’ to deliver targeted nutrients Ag Alert Agriculture July 13, 2022By Christine Souza, Ag Alert The irrigation technology known as fertigation has been around for some time. But with increased...
CENTRAL VALLEY WATER BOARD: CV-SALTS program to focus on enforcement Maven AgricultureNotebook News and Features May 3, 2022“You can’t just dare the board to come after you. You have to pay your fees, and you have to...
STATELINE: Climate Change is Pushing Toxic Chemicals into Drinking Wells Stateline Groundwater NewsWater qualityWildfires and watersheds April 28, 2022By Erika Bolstad, Stateline Don Myron is probably best known as the guy who survived one of the deadliest fires...
AG ALERT: New fertilizer management tools aid desert growers Ag Alert Water quality November 10, 2021By Bob Johnson, Ag Alert Three years of studies on commercial fields point to the conclusion that many desert region...
CV-SALTS UPDATE: Nitrate program growth and critical salt program deadline Maven ANNOUNCEMENTS September 25, 2021From the Central Valley Salinity Coalition: Both the Nitrate and Salt Control Programs achieved significant progress in the third quarter...
USGS: Increased Pumping in California’s Central Valley During Drought Worsens Groundwater Quality USGS Groundwater NewsScience September 1, 2021By the USGS: Intensive pumping of aquifers during drought can speed up deterioration of groundwater quality, according to a new...
BROWN BAG SEMINAR: Understanding the human dimensions of social agro-ecological systems: What motivates farmer decision-making and policy change? Maven Delta scienceGroundwater NewsPolicy and regulation July 15, 2020Sea Grant is a federal-state partnership between NOAA and the 34 university-based programs in every coastal and Great Lakes states,...
CV-SALTS: Notices to Comply with the new regulations will begin mailing out to permittees starting in March 2020. State Water Board ANNOUNCEMENTS February 1, 2020From the Central Valley Regional Water Quality Board: On October 16, 2019, the State Water Resources Control Board approved the...
WATER ASSOC. OF KERN COUNTY: The nuts and bolts of the CV-SALTS program Maven Best of the NotebookNotebook News and FeaturesWater quality January 29, 2020Presentation at Kern County event discusses the implementation of the newly-adopted salt and nitrate management plan for the Central Valley...
THIS JUST IN … State Water Board Approves Central Valley Water Board Plan to Reduce Nitrate Contamination in Groundwater and Provide Replacement Drinking Water State Water Board Policy and regulation October 16, 2019From the State Water Resources Control Board: The State Water Resources Control Board today approved an ambitious, long-term plan to...
