Basin Plan

The 1995 Water Quality Control Plan for the Santa Ana River Basin (Region 8) was updated in February 2008. It is available below:

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The Basin Plan is also available to download as a zip file. This all of the files listed above.

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Santa Ana River Basin Water Quality Control Plan.

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 2006 Basin Plan Triennial Review
 

Amendments to the Basin Plan are available below:

Resolution No. 97-20 Bacterial Objectives for Ocean Waters

Resolution No. 98-100 Newport Bay Watershed Nutrient TMDL

Resolution No. 98-101 Newport Bay Watershed Sediment TMDL

Resolution No. 99-10  Newport Bay Fecal Coliform TMDL

Resolution No. 00-27 Incorporate Language Authorizing Compliance Schedules in NPDES

Resolution No. R8-2003-0039 Diazinon and Chlorpyrifos in the Upper Newport Bay Watershed TMDL

Resolution No. R8-2004-0001 Incorporate an Updated Total Dissolved Solids (TDS) and Nitrogen Management Plan

Resolution No. R8-2004-0037 Lake Elsinore and Canyon Lake Nutrient TMDL

Resolution No. R8-2005-0001 Amending the Water Quality Control Plan for the Santa Ana River Basin to Incorporate Bacterial Indicator TMDLs for Middle Santa Ana River Watershed Waterbodies

Resolution No. R8-2006-0023 Resolution Amending the Water Quality Control Plan for the Santa Ana River Basin to Incorporate a Nutrient Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) for Dry Hydrological Conditions for Big Bear Lake

For additional information regarding the Basin Plan please contact Mark Adelson at (951) 782-3234.