Within the Central Valley, over seven million acres is in irrigated agriculture, and depending on the conditions, water discharged from the site may carry nutrients, pesticides, and pathogens off-site and into water bodies or aquifers. The Central Valley Water Board’s Irrigated Lands Regulatory Program (ILRP) addresses these discharges that can harm aquatic life and make the water unusable for drinking water or agricultural uses. The goal of the ILRP is to protect surface water and groundwater and reduce the impacts […]
Within the Central Valley, over seven million acres is in irrigated agriculture, and depending on the conditions, water discharged from the site may carry nutrients, pesticides, and pathogens off-site and into water bodies or aquifers. The Central Valley Water Board’s Irrigated Lands Regulatory Program (ILRP) addresses these discharges that can harm aquatic life and make the water unusable for drinking water or agricultural uses. The goal of the ILRP is to protect surface water and groundwater and reduce the impacts […]
