SPECIAL STATE WATER RESOURCES CONTROL BOARD WORKSHOP

Wednesday, March 12, 1997 -- 9:00 a.m.

City of Salinas Rotunda

200 Lincoln Avenue, Salinas

PROGRESS REPORT BY THE MONTEREY COUNTY WATER RESOURCES AGENCY (MCWRA) ON LOCAL EFFORTS TO CONTROL SEA WATER INTRUSION AND NITRATE CONTAMINATIONS IN THE SALINAS VALLEY

The State Water Resources Control Board (SWRCB) has advised the MCWRA that sea water intrusion resulting from excessive groundwater withdrawals and nitrate contamination in the Salinas Valley must be controlled or the SWRCB may initiate an adjudication of the groundwater under the provisions of

Section 2100 of the Water Code or other appropriate actions. The MCWRA will report on its efforts to complete and implement its Basin Management Plan (BMP). The BMP is expected to address these problems and to include necessary funding and implementation provisions. Comments by other interested persons will be allowed at the workshop.

Questions regarding this agenda - call Maureen Marché (916)

657-0990 or Richard Satkowski (916) 657-0435