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401 Water Quality Certification and Wetlands Program (401 WQC)

• 401 Water Quality Certification and Wetlands Program (401 WQC)

Agriculture

• Agricultural Waivers Program - Irrigated Lands Regulatory Program
• Salinity

California Integrated Water Quality System Project (CIWQS)

• California Integrated Water Quality System Project (CIWQS)
  • Who Are We?

Cannabis Cultivation Regulatory Programs

• State Board Cannabis Cultivation Regulatory Programs
  • Water Rights
  • Water Quality
  • Enforcement
  • Publications

Citizen Monitoring

• Citizen Monitoring - SWAMP's Clean Water Team (CWT)

Clean Beaches & Ocean Standards

• Algal Blooms
  • Blue-Green Algae
• Clean Beach Information
  • California Beach Water Quality Information Page
  • Beach Surveys: Warnings, Closures and Rain Advisories
  • Clean Beaches Initiative Grant Projects
• Coastal Marinas
  • Coastal Marinas Permit
  • Marinas and Recreational Boating - Nonpoint Source Program (U.S.EPA)
    • Nonpoint Source Encyclopedia
• Coastal Power Plants
  • California Thermal Plan
  • Once Through Cooling (CWA 316(b) Regulation)
• Enclosed Bays and Estuaries
  • Sediment Quality Objective
• Ocean Water Quality
  • Ocean Standards
  • Areas of Special Biological Significance (Map)
  • ASBS Grants
  • Desalination Facilities and Brine Disposal
• Trash Control in California's Waters
  • Statewide Water Quality Control Plans for Trash
• Vessel Discharges
  • Vessel General Permit / Small Vessel General Permit

Cleanup

• AB 304 - Local Agency Oversight for Site Cleanup
• BPTCP - Bay Protection and Toxic Cleanup Program
  • Sediment Quality Objectives
• Brownfields Program
• Department of Defense Program (DoD)
• Perchlorate
• Site Cleanup Program
• Sites with Containment Zones
• Sites with Deed Restrictions
• Underground Storage Tank (UST) Cleanup Program
• Vapor Intrusion

Climate Change

• Climate Change

Composting Facilities

• Regulation of Composting Operations

Constituents of Emerging Concern (CEC)

• Constituents of Emerging Concern (CEC)

Data and Databases

• State Water Board and other Surface Water Data
• California Integrated Water Quality System (CIWQS) - Regulatory, compliance, and enforcement information
• CEDEN - California Environmental Data Exchange Network
• DMRs - Discharge Monitoring Reports
• Electronic Submittal of Information (ESI) to Geotracker
• GeoTracker
• GeoTracker (GAMA) - Groundwater Ambient Monitoring & Assessment Program
• Storm Water Monitoring and Reporting Tracking System (SMARTS) - Online database containing Phase II Small Municipal, Industrial, and Construction storm water permittee information and data.

Drinking Water Programs

• Drinking Water Program
• Information for Public Drinking Water Systems
• EDT and Information for Drinking Water Laboratories
• Water Recycling to Supplement Drinking Water Supplies
• Funding Opportunities for Public Drinking Water Systems
• Operator Certification - Drinking Water Treatment & Distribution Systems
• Residential Water Treatment Devices
• Environmental Laboratory Accreditation Program (ELAP)

Drought Information & Updates

• Regional Drought Response Information
  • North Coast (Regional Water Board #1)
    • Russian River Watershed
    • Scott and Shasta River Watersheds
  • Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta Watershed
    • Mill Creek and Deer Creek Watersheds

Education and Public Outreach

• Drinking Water E.J. Resource Guide
• Education
  • Environmental Justice
  • Kids Zone
  • Public Outreach
  • School Outreach
• Public Outreach
  • Erase the Waste Campaign
  • My Drinking Water
  • “No Drugs Down the Drain” Statewide Campaign, October 4-11, 2008
    • Safe Disposal of Household Medications
  • Public Participation

Emergency Management Program (EMP)

• Emergency Management Program (EMP)

Funding

• Grants and Loans
• Underground Storage Tanks (UST) Cleanup Fund Program
• California Water and Wastewater Arrearage Payment Program

Groundwater

• Groundwater Cleanup
• Groundwater Information and Activities

Inland Surface Water Quality Standards

• Statewide Mercury Provisions
• Biostimulation, Cyanotoxins, and Biological Condition Provisions

Nonpoint Source

• Nonpoint Source Program (NPS)

Operator Certification

• Operator Certification

Peer Review

• Peer Review

Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS)

• Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS)

Permit/Licensing

• Composting Facilities
• Land Disposal Program - California Code of Regulations (CCR) Title 23, (Chapter 15) contains the regulatory requirements for hazardous waste. CCR Title 27, contains the regulatory requirements for wastes other than hazardous waste.
• NPDES Program - National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System
  • Drinking Water System Discharges
  • Discharge Monitoring Reports (DMRs)
  • Electronic Self-Monitoring Reports (eSMRs)
  • Form 200
    • Waste Discharge Application/Report - General Information Form for Waste Discharge Requirements or NPDES Permits
  • Questions & Answers
  • Natural Gas Facility Discharges
  • Pesticides - Aquatic Animal Invasive Species Control, Spray Applications, Vector Control, and Weed Control
  • Storm Water
  • Suction Dredge Mining
  • Utility Vaults and Underground Structures
  • Vessel Discharges - Vessel General Permit / Small Vessel General Permit
  • Wastewater
• Operator Certification
• Pollution Prevention
• Site Specific Water Quality Objectives - Draft Compilation of Existing Guidance for the Development of Site-Specific Water Quality Objectives in the State of California (8/22/03)
• Tank Tester Licensing Program
• Waste Discharge Requirements Program - (sometimes also referred to as the "Non Chapter 15 (Non 15) Program") regulates point discharges that are exempt pursuant to Subsection 20090 of Title 27 and not subject to the Federal Water Pollution Control Act
• Water Rights - Applications: Permitting & Licensing

Quality Assurance/Quality Control

• Quality Assurance/Quality Control for Waterboard's programs, grantees, and permittees

Racial Equity

• Racial Equity

Safe and Affordable Funding for Equity and Resilience (SAFER)

• SAFER Drinking Water
• SAFER Advisory Group

Storm Water

• Low Impact Development
• Storm Water Program
  • CalTrans Program
  • Construction Program
  • Industrial Program
  • Municipal Program
  • Trash Implementation Program
• Strategy to Optimize Resource Management of Storm Water (Storm Water Strategy, STORMS)

Storage Tanks

• Aboveground Storage Tank
• California Leaking Underground Fuel Tank (LUFT) Historical Case Analyses
• Local Oversight Program/Local Agency Contacts
• Local Oversight Program Certification
• Tank Tester Licensing Program
• Underground Storage Tanks (UST) Cleanup Fund Program
• Underground Storage Tanks (UST) Program
• UST - Proposed Closure of Underground Storage Tank (UST) Cases

Wastewater

• Biosolids
• National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) Wastewater Program
  • CAFO - Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations
  • Discharge Monitoring Reports (DMRs)
  • Electronic Self-Monitoring Reports (eSMRs)
  • Pesticides - Aquatic Animal Invasive Species Control, Spray Applications, Vector Control, and Weed Control
  • Pretreatment
  • Suction Dredge Mining
  • Utility Vaults
  • Vessel Discharges
• Onsite Wastewater Treatment Systems (OWTS)
• Sanitary Sewer Systems General Order
• State Implementation Policy (SIP)
• Waste Discharge Requirements Program - (sometimes also referred to as the "Non Chapter 15 (Non 15) Program") regulates point discharges that are exempt pursuant to Subsection 20090 of Title 27 and not subject to the Federal Water Pollution Control Act
  • General State Waste Discharge Requirements for Winery Process Water (Winery General Order)
• Wastewater Assistance for Small Disadvantaged Communities
• Wastewater Funding
• Wastewater Needs Assessment

Waste Disposal

• Land Disposal Program - California Code of Regulations (CCR) Title 23, (Chapter 15) contains the regulatory requirements for hazardous waste. CCR Title 27, contains the regulatory requirements for wastes other than hazardous waste

Water Quality Assessment

• A Compilation of Water Quality Goals - Numeric water quality thresholds from the literature for over 860 chemical constituents and water quality parameters. The text of the report explains, with examples, how these thresholds may be used to assess protection of beneficial uses of water resources in the context of California's quality standards. A summary of relevant statutes, regulations, plans, and policies and links to original references are included.
• California Integrated Report - includes the Clean Water Act Section 303(d) List and Section 305(b) Report.
• Impaired Water Bodies/ Integrated Reports
• Listing Policy
• Statewide Mercury Program
• Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL)

Water Quality Monitoring

• California Water Quality Monitoring Council (CA Senate Bill 1070)
  • My Water Quality Portals
• Citizen Monitoring - SWAMP's Clean Water Team (CWT)
• Constituents of Emerging Concern (CECs) in Aquatic Ecosystems
• GAMA - Groundwater Ambient Monitoring and Assessment
• SWAMP - Surface Water Ambient Monitoring Program
  • Bioassessment
  • Freshwater CyanoHABs Program - Harmful Algal Blooms
  • Bioaccumulation Monitoring Program
  • SWAMP Reports and Documents
  • SMWP - State Mussel Watch Program | TSMP - Toxic Substances Monitoring Program
  • SPoT - Stream Pollution Trends Monitoring Program
  • QA/QC - Quality Assurance and Quality Control

Water Recycling

• Water Reclamation Requirements for Recycled Water Use
• Water Recycling Funding Program (WRFP)
• Recycled Water Use Survey
• Recycled Water Policy
  • Recycled Water Policy (Adopted December 11, 2018; effective April 8, 2019)
• Recycled Water Research
  • Recycled Water: Constituents of Emerging Concern (CECs)
• Statutes and Regulations
• Water Recycling to Supplement Drinking Water Supplies (DDW)

Water Rights

• Water Rights Homepage
• Bay Delta Program
• Water Rights Drought Information & Updates
  • Regional Drought Response Information
    • North Coast
    • Russian River Watershed
    • Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta Watershed

Watershed

• Watershed Management