Irrigated Lands Program Update – Sacramento River Conservation Forum Bruce Houdesheldt Director Regulatory Affairs Northern California Water Association.

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Irrigated Lands Program Update – Sacramento River Conservation Forum Bruce Houdesheldt Director Regulatory Affairs Northern California Water Association

Elements of the Irrigated Lands Program Monitoring and Reporting Program Plan Monitoring and Reporting Program Plan –Annual Monitoring Report – 2009 and 2010 Management Plan Management Plan –Management Plan Progress Report TMDLs TMDLs Future Irrigated Lands Regulatory Program Future Irrigated Lands Regulatory Program

Monitoring and Reporting Program Plan Monitoring begun in 2002 at sites representative of irrigated agriculture Monitoring begun in 2002 at sites representative of irrigated agriculture In 2009 Regional Board established Monitoring Cycle – Assessment, Core, Core In 2009 Regional Board established Monitoring Cycle – Assessment, Core, Core Butte Yuba Sutter Subwatershed Monitoring Sites – Butte Yuba Sutter Subwatershed Monitoring Sites – –Lower Honcut Hwy 70 (12) –Lower Snake Nuestro Road (12) –Pine Nord Gianella Road (12) –Sacramento Slough Bridge near Karnak (12) –Butte Pass Road (6) –Gilsizer GW Road (3) –Wadsworth S Butte Road

Results to Date From (Exceedances/Samples) From (Exceedances/Samples) –Drinking Water Nitrate (0/128) Nitrate (0/128) TDS (1/103 TDS (1/103 –Agriculture Boron (0/30) Boron (0/30) Conductivity (9/194) Conductivity (9/194) –Recreation E. coli (45/153) E. coli (45/153)

Results to Date From (Exceedances/Samples) From (Exceedances/Samples) –Aquatic Life Toxicity – Invertebrates (5/70) Toxicity – Invertebrates (5/70) Toxicity – Fish (0/51) Toxicity – Fish (0/51) Toxicity – Algae (3/56) Toxicity – Algae (3/56) Toxicity – Sediment (2/15) Toxicity – Sediment (2/15) Chlorpyrifos (5/114) Chlorpyrifos (5/114) Diaznon (5/114) Diaznon (5/114) Diuron (0/80) Diuron (0/80) Malathion (2/114) Malathion (2/114) Parathion, Methyl (1/114) Parathion, Methyl (1/114) Simazine (0/62) Simazine (0/62) Copper, Dissolved (0/65) Copper, Dissolved (0/65) pH (5/182) pH (5/182) Dissolved Oxygen (15/194) Dissolved Oxygen (15/194)

Management Plans Gilsizer Slough – Diazinon, Salinity, Legacy Pesticides, E. coli Gilsizer Slough – Diazinon, Salinity, Legacy Pesticides, E. coli Lower Snake River – E. coli Lower Snake River – E. coli Pine Creek – E. coli, Chlorpyrifos Pine Creek – E. coli, Chlorpyrifos Wadsworth Canal – E. coli Wadsworth Canal – E. coli Lower Honcut – E. coli Lower Honcut – E. coli

Management Plan Implementation Cycle

Butte-Yuba-Sutter Water Quality Coalition Presented by: Sutter County Resource Conservation District (SCRCD) Larry Lloyd – District Manager

Butte-Yuba-Sutter Water Quality Coalition BYSWQC Boundaries.

Butte-Yuba-Sutter Water Quality Coalition BYSWQC A Three-County Coalition of irrigated agricultural producers A Three-County Coalition of irrigated agricultural producers Approximately 1,200 members Approximately 1,200 members Approximately 229,000 acres of irrigated agriculture Approximately 229,000 acres of irrigated agriculture 215,629 tons of peaches 215,629 tons of peaches 92,481 tons of dried plums 92,481 tons of dried plums 151,071 tons of walnuts 151,071 tons of walnuts 38,517 tons of almonds in ,517 tons of almonds in 2010.

Butte-Yuba-Sutter Water Quality Coalition Outreach and Education Coordinators SCRCD provides Outreach and Education Coordinators SCRCD provides Outreach and Education Coordinators Central Valley Regional Water Quality Control Board (Regional Board) Central Valley Regional Water Quality Control Board (Regional Board) Inform members on changing water quality regulations Inform members on changing water quality regulations Assist members in efforts to comply with the ILRP Assist members in efforts to comply with the ILRP

Butte-Yuba-Sutter Water Quality Coalition Success Story

Butte-Yuba-Sutter Water Quality Coalition US Environmental Protection Agency Nonpoint Source Success Stories Nonpoint Source Success Stories “Stakeholders Cooperate to Reduce Diazinon in Runoff from Dormant Season Spray” “Stakeholders Cooperate to Reduce Diazinon in Runoff from Dormant Season Spray” 1994: Lower Feather River listed on 303(d) list for Diazinon impairment 1994: Lower Feather River listed on 303(d) list for Diazinon impairment 2003: Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) established 2003: Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) established 2010: EPA delists LFR for Diazinon impairment 2010: EPA delists LFR for Diazinon impairment

Butte-Yuba-Sutter Water Quality Coalition Lower Feather River TMDL

Butte-Yuba-Sutter Water Quality Coalition Lower Feather River TMDL "Implementation of the Feather River TMDL for Orchards." "Implementation of the Feather River TMDL for Orchards." Best Management Practices Best Management Practices Reduce Diazinon in Runoff from Dormant Season Spray Reduce Diazinon in Runoff from Dormant Season Spray

Butte-Yuba-Sutter Water Quality Coalition Bare Orchard Floor in September

Butte-Yuba-Sutter Water Quality Coalition SUCCESS STORY Perennial Sod Emerging in Late December

Butte-Yuba-Sutter Water Quality Coalition Outreach Coordinators Larry Lloyd, Sutter County Resource Conservation District Jim Cornelius, Sutter County Resource Conservation District Administrators Megan Foster, Yuba/Sutter Farm Bureau Jaime Robertson, Yuba/Sutter Farm Bureau

Future Irrigated Lands Program Groundwater quality Groundwater quality Tiering based on threat to surface and ground water quality Tiering based on threat to surface and ground water quality Groundwater Quality Monitoring Advisory Workgroup Groundwater Quality Monitoring Advisory Workgroup ILRP Stakeholder Meeting ILRP Stakeholder Meeting Sacramento Valley Water Quality Coalition Order – Summer or Fall 2012 Sacramento Valley Water Quality Coalition Order – Summer or Fall 2012

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