| Enforcement News: Central Coast Water Board files lawsuit against Sable Offshore Corp. for unauthorized waste discharges; Sable Complaint |
10/6/2025 |
| Public Urged to Avoid Lake San Antonio as Officials Investigate Large Fish Die-Off (Press Release) |
7/12/2024 |
| Four Central Coast growers to pay penalties for failing to comply with Agricultural Order
(Press Release in English) - (Comunicado de Prensa en Español) |
11/17/2023 |
| EPA Reaches Agreement with California Department of Corrections over Claims of Clean Water Act Violations |
9/19/2023 |
City of Salinas to pay over $193,000 for 2022 untreated wastewater spill into Natividad Creek
Funds will be put toward projects that help prevent future spills |
9/18/2023 |
| Ryan Lodge Appointed Executive Officer of the Central Coast Regional Water Quality Control Board |
9/13/2023 |
Greka Oil & Gas, Inc., and HVI Cat Canyon, Inc. ordered to pay $65 million for oil spills to surface waters
U.S. District Court supports Central Coast Water Board and multi-agency enforcement efforts (see the Central Coast Water Board’s List of Discretionary Administrative Civil Liability Orders to access a copy of the court judgment) |
03/02/2023 |
City of San Juan Bautista agrees to pay $870,000 for alleged wastewater discharge violations
Bulk of penalty to be applied to construction of new sewer main |
10/25/2022 |
| KA Farms LLC agreement to pay $38,225 penalty |
06/06/2022 |
Central Coast Water Board Allocates $5.9 million from PG&E Settlement
Funds will support high priority water quality projects in the Central Coast |
04/22/2022 |
| City of Greenfield to pay for unauthorized discharges of wastewater to groundwater |
12/23/2021 |
| Monterey One Water to pay $800,000 for discharges of untreated wastewater into Monterey Bay |
08/17/2021 |
| Central Coast Regional Water Board adopts General Waste Discharge Requirements for Discharges from Irrigated Lands |
04/16/2021 |
$2.5 Million Settlement Reached with Regional Water Board
for 2015 Oil Spill in Santa Barbara County
Settlement agreement is one part of $60 million settlement |
11/03/2020 |
| City of Hollister Will Pay $181,110 for Illegal Discharge Caused by Wastewater Collection System Failure |
12/19/2019 |
| Central Coast Water Board Appoints Matt Keeling to Executive Officer |
12/18/2019 |
| Hospitality Company Fined $11,990 for Violating Construction Permit and Unlawfully Discharging to Carbonera Creek |
08/29/2019 |
| Free Well Testing Program Expands to San Benito County |
08/14/2019 |
| Multiple Offender Hayden Environmental Inc. Barred from Work on Underground Storage Tank Cleanup Program |
01/31/2019 |
| Central Coast Water Board Reaches Settlement with Guggia Farms Over Reporting Violations |
01/24/2019 |
| Central Coast Water Board Offers Free Domestic Well Testing |
09/05/2018 |
| Central Coast Water Board Supports Salinas Valley Safe Drinking Water Agreement; Water Deliveries Expected Soon - en Español |
05/18/2017 |
| Central Coast Water Board and South San Luis Obispo County Sanitation District Settle Litigation Regarding 2010 Wastewater Spill |
10/13/2016 |
| Monterey Regional Water Pollution Control Agency to Pay $298,958 in Penalties for Sewage Spill |
04/19/2016 |
| Central Coast Regional Water Board Announces New Executive Officer |
03/22/2016 |
| County of San Luis Obispo Environmental Health Media Release regarding trichloroethene in water supply wells near Buckely Road in San Luis Obispo |
12/24/2015 |
| Central Coast Water Board Takes Enforcement Action |
08/03/2015 |
| Central Coast Water Board Approves Santa Barbara Desalination Permit |
02/02/2015 |
| Central Coast Water Board Approves Financial Element of Drought Project |
01/16/2015 |
| Central Coast Water Board Approves Cambria Emergency Drought Project |
11/14/2014 |
| Central Coast Water Board Teminates Los Osos Enforcement Orders |
09/29/2014 |
| State Water Board Fund Two Projects to Improve Water Quality at Cowell Beach |
04/23/2014 |
Central Coast Water Board, Grover Beach Settle Stormwater Discharge Report Violations |
02/25/2014 |
| Jean-Pierre Wolff Named Central Coast Water Board Chair |
02/05/2014 |
| State Water Resources Control Board Issues Order Modifying Central Coast Regional Board's March 2012 Irrigated Agriculture Order |
09/24/2013 |
| State Water Board funds project to improve water quality at Capitola Beach |
8/6/2013 |
| May 30-31, 2013 Board Meeting Press Release |
6/3/2013 |
| Central Coast Waterboard Issues Cleanup and Abatement Order to Ensure Safe Drinking Water for the Community of San Lucas in the Salinas Valley |
4/25/2013 |
| Workshops Scheduled To Assist Growers with Annual Compliance Form |
10/23/2012 |
| Water Board Issues Fines for Violations of Ag Order |
10/16/2012 |
| Central Coast Water Board Fines South San Luis Obispo County Sanitation District for Waste Water Spill |
10/04/2012 |
| Water Board Staff Proposes Fines for Violations of Ag Order |
9/26/2012 |
