Board Member Reference Information

Major Functions of Water Boards

• Message from the State Water Board’s Executive Director on the major functions of the Water Boards
  
  
• Water Quality Policy, Planning, and Standards

• Updated ! Plans and policies
• TMDL (Total Maximum Daily Load)
  
  
• Pollution control and remediation (cleanup) strategies
  • Pollution prevention and restoration of impaired waters
    • Updated ! Municipal and industrial wastewater regulation (NPDES-wastewater)
    • Stormwater regulation (NPDES-stormwater) [details provided on Day 2]
    • Updated ! Dredge and fill regulation (401 certification) and wetlands protection
    • Updated ! Waste discharge to land regulation (WDR)
    • Updated ! Irrigated agricultural lands discharge regulation (ILRP)
    • Land disposal regulation (WDR)
    • Updated ! Confined animal facilities (CAF) regulation
    • Updated ! Forest activities coordination and regulation
  • Pollution remediation (cleanup)
    • Underground Storage Tanks (UST) site oversight
    • Department of Defense (DoD) site oversight
    • Contaminated site cleanup and Brownfield oversight
• Water quality monitoring and assessment (surveillance)
• Updated ! Water use efficiency (recycling, desalination, conservation)
• Updated ! Water rights
  • eWRIMS Flyer
• Updated ! Enforcement
• Updated ! Financial assistance
  • Overview of California Water Board’s Financial Assistance Programs (April 20, 2008)

( updated 6/27/08 )