Nitrate/OWTS Policy Basin Plan Amendment

Announcements

On April 15, 2015, the San Diego Water Board adopted a Basin Plan Amendment that changed water quality objectives for nitrate in groundwater basins that currently have numeric objectives to 45 mg/L as NO3, incorporated the State Water Quality Control Policy for Siting, Designing, Operation, and Maintenance of Onsite Wastewater Treatment Systems, added implementation measures for areas where surface and groundwater are interconnected and made some other non-substantive changes to the Basin Plan.

The State Water Board approved the San Diego Water Board's Nitrate/OWTS Policy Basin Plan amendment on November 17, 2015. The Office of Administrative Law approved the San Diego Water Board's Nitrate/OWTS Policy Basin Plan amendment on May 17, 2016.

Documents related to this Basin Plan Amendment can be found on the Basin Plan Amendment Documents web page.