San Joaquin River Upstream of Vernalis Salt and Boron Basin Plan Amendment

This web page contains information on a Basin Plan Amendment for the Control of Salt and Boron Discharges into the San Joaquin River upstream of Vernalis. For additional information please contact Jim Martin at jmartin@waterboards.ca.gov.

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• June 2010 Revised Draft Technical Report - Salt Tolerance of Crops in the Lower San Joaquin River (Merced to Stanislaus River Reaches), 4.15 MB*, PDF (PDF Info)
  In this revised draft technical report, Central Valley Water Board incorporated some of the minor comments received from stakeholders following the 11 March 2010 presentation of the original draft report to a joint meeting of the CV-SALTS Executive and Technical Advisory Committees.  Those comments not addressed in this revised draft report will be addressed by the Lower San Joaquin River Committee of CV-SALTS, which has taken over the responsibility for developing the science and policy needed to modify the basin plan.
  

  
  

• March 2010 Draft Technical Report - Salt Tolerance of Crops in the Lower San Joaquin River (Stanislaus to Merced Reaches), 4.96 MB*, PDF (PDF Info)
  In this draft technical report, Central Valley Water Board staff present site-specific data for the lower San Joaquin River as well as application of a steady-state soil salinity model, using the approach of Dr. Glenn J. Hoffman (2010). Though staff presents modeling results for consideration, actual selection of protective salinity thresholds includes a number of policy considerations such as effective rainfall, selection of most sensitive crop to salinity, yield, water uptake model, and leaching fraction. Model results presented in the technical Report may serve as technical input as part of the Basin Planning process which will ultimately be subject to its own public review and comment period.
  • Comment letter received by the Regional Board prior to 19 May 2010:
    • Central Valley Clean Water Association (received after comment period), 1.08 MB*, PDF (PDF Info)
    • City of Tracy, 105 KB, PDF (PDF Info)
    • Ecologic Engineering, 2.21 MB*, PDF (PDF Info)
    • San Joaquin River Group Authority, 40 KB, PDF (PDF Info)
      • Attachment to the comment letter received from the san Joaquin River Group Authority, 91 KB, PDF (PDF Info)
    • United States Bureau of Reclamation, 563 KB, PDF (PDF Info)
      
      

• CV-SALTS Agenda Item. Staff gave a presentation on the draft technical report, Salt Tolerance of Crops in the Lower San Joaquin River (Stanislaus to Merced Reaches), as part of a joint meeting with Central Valley Salinity Alternatives for Long Term Sustainablity (CV-SALTS). The meeting was held on 11 March 2010.
  • Staff Presentation from CV-SALTS meeting, 1.7 MB*, PDF (PDF Info)

 

• CEQA Scoping Meeting, March 2009
  A CEQA Scoping Meeting/Public Workshop was held on 30 March 2009 concerning a Proposed Basin Plan Amendment to establish new salinity and boron water quality objectives in the Lower San Joaquin River upstream of Vernalis. The meeting was held on 30 March 2009 at the CalEPA building in Sacramento.
• Notice, 170 KB, PDF (PDF Info)
• Staff Presentation, 298 KB, PDF (PDF Info)
• Project Area Map, 377 KB, PDF (PDF Info)
• Comment letters received by the Regional Board prior to 15 April 2009:
  • Central Valley Salinity Coalition, 91 KB, PDF (PDF Info)
  • San Joaquin River Exchange Contractors Water Authority, 419 KB, PDF (PDF Info)
  • Stockton East Water District, 721 KB, PDF (PDF Info)
  • San Joaquin County, 682 KB, PDF (PDF Info)
  • United States Bureau of Reclamation, 1.38 MB*, PDF (PDF Info)
  • Central Delta and South Delta Water Agency, 381 KB, PDF (PDF Info)
  • San Joaquin River Group Authority, 90 KB, PDF (PDF Info)
  • Reference material attached to the comment letter received from the San Joaquin River Group Authority:
    • El Solyo Water District, 64 KB, PDF (PDF Info)
    • Patterson Irrigation District, 226 KB, PDF (PDF Info)
    • West Stanislaus Irrigation District, 50 KB, PDF (PDF Info)
    • Department of Health Services, 70 KB, PDF (PDF Info)
    • Water Diversion and Discharge Points Along the San Joaquin River:  Mendota Pool to Mossdale Bridge
      • Main Report and Table of Contents, 1.26 MB*, PDF (PDF Info)
      • Appendix A, 2.04 MB*, PDF (PDF Info)
      • Appendix B, 311 KB, PDF (PDF Info)
• Public Workshop, February 2006
  A public workshop on a Proposed Basin Plan Amendment to establish new salinity and boron water quality objectives in the Lower San Joaquin River upstream of Vernalis was held on 8 February 2006 in Modesto.
• Notice, 141 KB, PDF (PDF Info)
• Staff Presentation, 3.31 MB*, PDF (PDF Info)
• CEQA Scoping Meeting, May 2005
  A CEQA Scoping Meeting was held on May 11, 2005.
• Notice, 116 KB, PDF (PDF Info)
• Staff Presentation, 545 KB, PDF (PDF info)

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--Web page updated 04/25/2012