Preventing Irrigation and Storm Water Runoff

A comprehensive surface water quality regulation for agriculture in the Central Valley of California was passed on July 11, 2003, by the Central Valley Regional Water Quality Control Board. Through participation in the Irrigated Lands Regulatory Program watershed coalitions throughout the San Joaquin Valley, almond growers are meeting their legal requirements under the Clean Water Act. The coalitions also help almond growers take steps to reduce potential levels of farm waste in irrigation drainage or rain water runoff.

Monitoring and ultimately reducing discharges of pesticides, nutrients and sediments into waterways and ground water is the goal of almond growers in California’s Central Valley. To help them meet that goal, the Almond Board of California funds research on ways to prevent runoff from orchards contaminating surface and ground water.

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Coalition for Urban/Rural Environmental Stewardship (CURES)