Calif. board to meet again on groundwater rules
The Associated Press
Mercury News
04/08/2011
A regional water board is scheduled to meet again in June after spending hours hearing testimony over a proposal that could require thousands of California farmers to monitor and clean up polluted groundwater.
During a meeting in Rancho Cordova that began in the morning and ran until 8 p.m. Thursday, the Central Valley Regional Water Quality Control Board did not vote on a proposal that would establish long-term groundwater and surface water regulations. A water quality official says during the meeting the board did approve the Environmental Impact Report for the proposal.
Under the proposed regulations, farmland would become classified based on the contamination risk. Farms considered most likely to pollute groundwater would have to take certain steps to reduce fertilizer and other agricultural runoff.
