San Diego Region - Water Quality Programs

San Diego Region Water Quality Program Units

Special Programs

Reference Publications/Documents

• Basin Planning
  • Basin Plan
  • Basin Plan Amendments
  • Triennial Review of Basin Plan
• Cannabis Cultivation
• Collection Systems/Sanitary Sewer Overflows
• Commercial Agriculture Regulatory Program
• Compliance Assurance Unit
• Department of Defense (DOD) Program (Superfund and leaking UST cleanup on Military Bases)
• Land Disposal Program (Active and Closed Landfills)
• Monitoring and Assessment
  • Clean Water Act Section 303(d) and 305(b)
  • Surface Water Ambient Monitoring Program (SWAMP)
• National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) Permits
• Nonpoint Source Program
• Shipyards
  • Shipyard Sediment Site Cleanup Project
• Site Cleanup Program
• Storm Water
(Municipal/Construction/Industrial)
• Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL)
• Underground Storage Tank (UST) Cleanup Program
• Waste Discharge Requirements (WDR) Program (Recycled Water, Septic Systems and wastewater discharges to land)
  • Conditional Waivers of Waste Discharge Requirements for Low Threat Discharges in the San Diego Region

Special Programs

• Bay Cleanup
• Beta Offshore Oil Spill Response
• Caulerpa Seaweed Eradication in California
• Climate Change Readiness
• Drought Information and Updates
• Groundwater Extraction: Information, Permit & Application
• International Wastewater Treatment Plant (IWTP)
• Key Beneficial Uses and Key Areas
• San Diego PFAS
• San Diego Bay Strategy
• Watershed Management Chapter
• 401 Water Quality Certification