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CV-SALTS - What's New
Our web site has been re-organized and revised in an attempt to bring it up-to-date and make it more user-friendly. If you have any comments on the web site or suggestions for making it better, contact Jim Martin at (916) 464-4685 or by email at jmartin@waterboards.ca.gov. As part of the re-organization, an Archives page has been added. This contains information on the initial development of CV-SALTS and the meetings of the CV-SALTS committees from 2006 through 2008)
More changes are anticipated in the coming months so check back often.
NEW! Draft Phase II Regional Board/US Bureau of Reclamation Management Agency Agreement (MAA) and Related Documents
As part of the San Joaquin River at Vernalis salt and boron TMDL implementation program, the Regional Board and US Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation) entered into a Management Agency Agreement (MAA) in 2008 to address salt imported into the San Joaquin River basin via the Delta-Mendota Canal. This initial MAA was part of a planned phased MAA process and was intended to be a 2-year agreement.
Since the execution of the phase I MAA, Reclamation has prepared and submitted several documents. In addition, Regional Board and Reclamation staffs have recently prepared a draft Phase II MAA., and are engaged in a public review process. In order to find more information regarding this process and links to MAA-related documents, click here.
If you have any questions, contact Jim Martin @ 916-464-4685.
CV-SALTS Committee on San Joaquin Salt and Boron Basin Planning Study
At their 13 May 2010 meeting, the Executive Committee of CV-SALTS established a Lower San Joaquin River Committee to address the Regional Board’s request for CV-SALTS to take on the upstream San Joaquin River salt and boron beneficial use and objectives study and work on the policy and science to develop a basin plan amendment that would address those issues. The Regional Board website for this project, including material from CEQA scoping meetings, has been moved to the CV-SALTS website and can be found at: http://www.waterboards.ca.gov/centralvalley/water_issues/salinity/upstream_salt_boron/index.shtml.
This website also contains a March 2010 draft Technical Report on Salt Tolerance of Crops in the Lower San Joaquin River (Stanislaus to Merced Reaches). A comment period on the Draft Report closed on 19 May, and comments received on the Draft Report will be posted soon to the website above.
Launch of new CV-SALTS page for Local Projects and Industry efforts!
CV-SALTS has a new webpage showcasing salt management projects in the Central Valley region. Go to Local Salt Management Projects and Industry Efforts to take a look. Staff will be adding more details and more projects to this page with your help. If you operate a project that manages salt (TDS, EC, or more specific salinity constituents like nitrate or chloride) please email basic project information to gcismowski@waterboards.ca.gov to be considered for inclusion.
Memorandum of Agreement approved
A Memorandum of Agreement (MOA), 69 KB, PDF (PDF Info) between Central Valley Salinity Coalition, State Water Resources Control Board (State Board), and Central Valley Regional Water Quality Control Board (Regional Board) was approved by the State Board on December 1, 2009 and by the Regional Board on December 10. The MOA formalizes understandings regarding the representation and governance of CV-SALTS, coordination of salinity management, regulatory, and planningefforts affecting the Central Valley Region; and funding for CV-SALTS projects.
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