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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)
Cannabis Cultivation
Clean Beaches & Ocean Standards
- Algal Blooms
- Clean Beach Information
- Coastal Marinas
- Coastal Power Plants
- Enclosed Bays and Estuaries
- Ocean Water Quality
- Trash Control in California's Waters
- Vessel Discharges
Cleanup
- BPTCP - Bay Protection and Toxic Cleanup Program
- Brownfields Program
- Department of Defense Program (DoD)
- Perchlorate
- Site Cleanup Program
- Sites with Containment Zones
- Sites with Deed Restrictions
Climate Change
Composting Facilities
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
- Drought Preparedness, Water Conservation and Water Supply Emergency Response
- 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)
Education and Public Outreach
- Education
- Public Outreach
- Erase the Waste Campaign
- My Drinking Water
- “No Drugs Down the Drain” Statewide Campaign, October 4-11, 2008
- Public Participation
Fresh Water and Estuary Standard Lands
- Bacteria Objectives
- Mercury Program - Addressing Mercury in California's Water
- Nutrient Objectives
Funding
- Grants and Loans
- Proposition 13 - Water Board Program (2000)
- Recycling - Loans/Grants, Surveys
- Underground Storage Tanks (UST) Cleanup Fund Program
Groundwater
Nonpoint Source
Operator Certification
Peer Review
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
- 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
- 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
Storm Water
- Low Impact Development
- Storm Water 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 Overflows (SSO)
- 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
- Wastewater Assistance for Small Disadvantaged Communities
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
- California Integrated Report - includes the Clean Water Act Section 303(d) List and Section 305(b) Report.
- 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.
Water Quality Monitoring
- California Water Quality Monitoring Council (CA Senate Bill 1070)
- 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
- SWAMP Reports and Documents
- SMWP - State Mussel Watch Program | TSMP - Toxic Substances Monitoring Program
- SPoT - Stream Pollution Trends Monitoring Program
- SWAMP Comprehensive Monitoring & Assessment Strategy - December 2010
- QAPP - 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 Amendment (Adopted on January 22, 2013) The amendment to the Recycled Water Policy was adopted on January 22, 2013, and approved by Office of Administrative Law (OAL) on April 25, 2013. April 25, 2013 is the effective date of the amendment.
- Recycled Water Research
- Statewide General Permit for Landscape Irrigation Uses of Recycled Water
- Statutes and Regulations
- Water Recycling to Supplement Drinking Water Supplies (DDW)
Water Rights
Watershed