water quality

February 10, 2022 397

Over 600,000 Californians rely on nitrate-contaminated public supply wells for their household water needs. However, those numbers are even greater...

STATE WATER BOARD: Bay Delta Water Quality Control Plan update: Completed and implemented by 2023?

December 15, 2021 659

Board staff give an update on the progress on the Bay Delta Water Quality Control Plan, including an potential timeline...

STATE WATER BOARD: Update on the Irrigated Lands Regulatory Program

Meetings

November 3, 2021 246

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

DELTA ISB: Harmful Algal Blooms in the Delta (and elsewhere)

April 14, 2021 853

Harmful algal blooms (or HABs) occur when colonies of algae, under the right conditions, grow out of control and produce...

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

Webinars

February 12, 2021 92

A panel discussion on how the Irrigated Lands Program (ILRP), the Central Valley Salinity Alternatives for Long-Term Sustainability (CV-Salts) initiative,...

YOSEMITE ENVIRO LAW CONFERENCE: Federalism & water quality: After 50 years, are we done with the 401?

November 18, 2020 251

[cmtoc_table_of_contents] Recent changes by the Trump Administration to the Clean Water Act have had a ripple effect on many regulatory...

WATER QUALITY: A basic primer on water quality regulation

September 9, 2020 895

[cmtoc_table_of_contents] In 2014, California passed the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (or SGMA), requiring local agencies to be formed and groundwater...

WATER ASSOC. OF KERN COUNTY: The nuts and bolts of the CV-SALTS program

January 29, 2020 633

Presentation at Kern County event discusses the implementation of the newly-adopted salt and nitrate management plan for the Central Valley...

STATE OF THE ESTUARY: CA’s Safer Consumer Products Program: Overview and efforts to protect aquatic health

December 12, 2019 242

In 2013, the Department of Toxic Substances Control’s Safer Consumer Products regulations outlined a framework for the Department to regulate...

CV-SALTS: An overview of the salt and nitrate permitting changes proposed for the Central Valley

October 8, 2019 956

The State Water Resources Control Board will hold a public meeting on October 16 to consider adopting a resolution approving...

BROWN BAG SEMINAR: Managing water quality across boundaries

Science on the Notebook

September 26, 2019 263

There are numerous agencies involved in water quality issues that are focused on the San Francisco Bay and the Delta. ...

BAY DELTA SCIENCE CONFERENCE: A Review of Water Quality Science in the Delta: Chemical contaminants and nutrients

Science on the Notebook

January 11, 2019 201

As part of its charge to review science activities that support adaptive management in the Delta, the Delta Independent Science...

WEBINAR: Water Quality Concerns in Western Forests and Rangelands