Nonpoint Source (NPS) Pollution Control Program
NONPOINT SOURCE TRACKING AND MONITORING MANAGEMENT PRACTICE
Checklist Update Summary Report(s)
The 2006 Management Practice Checklist Update Report is a summary of water quality management practices reported by irrigated farming operations enrolled in the Central Coast Regional Water Board’s Conditional Waiver for Irrigated Lands. The conditional waiver was adopted on July 9, 2004, for a five year period.
A requirement of the conditional waiver is that all growers submit a checklist of implemented and planned practices when they enroll and submit an updated checklist at least once during the five years of the conditional waiver. All 1,775 enrolled growers representing approximately 400,000 acres were mailed checklists for updates on December 5, 2006. Responses were due by January 1, 2007.
Submittals were accepted for the update report until January 1, 2007; 1040 growers representing 287,533 acres responded by this date and were included in the summary. Growers reported on four categories of management practices: pesticide management, irrigation water management, erosion and sediment control management, and nutrient management.
The report describes the number and percentage of represented growers and acres by crop type (row crops, vineyards, orchards, nurseries, and greenhouses) farmed in the Central Coast Region.