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Created by the California Legislature in 1967, the State Water Resources Control Board and its nine Regional Boards ensure the highest reasonable quality for waters of the State, while allocating those waters to achieve the optimum balance of beneficial uses. |
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- Water Rights – We
issue permits for water rights specifying amounts,
conditions and construction timetables for
diversion and storage. Decisions reflect water
availability, recognizing prior rights and
flows needed to preserve instream uses, such
as recreation and fish habitat, and whether
the diversion is in the public interest.
- Water Quality – We
work to protect California water through watershed
management principles. Our Watershed Management
Initiative, attempts to achieve the water quality
goals in all of California's watersheds by
supporting the development of local solutions
to local problems with the full participation
of all affected parties. Along with the U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency, the State
and Regional Boards effectively direct state
and federal funds to the highest priority local
watershed solutions.
The Board's team of engineering
geologists, engineers and scientists work
together to:
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