By Bruce Houdesheldt
For more than a decade the Sacramento Valley Water Quality Coalition (Coalition) has brought together farmers, ranchers, wetlands managers, conservation organizations, water resources managers, resource conservation districts and Agricultural Commissioners to implement a “Regional Plan for Action” that focuses on improving surface water quality.
The Coalition recently compiled a comprehensive assessment of surface water quality conditions for the past two years. Similar to previous assessments, the results continue to indicate there are no major water quality problems with agricultural and managed wetlands discharges to the Sacramento River Basin.
The Regional Plan for Action recognizes that good water quality and resource management benefit the economic and ecological sustainability of this region that is essential to California’s success and prosperity. The efficient and effective management of water resources in the Sacramento Valley is vital to the cities and rural communities who rely on clean drinking water, the waterfowl along the Pacific Flyway, fish habitat in the rivers, and the aesthetic and recreational values of our upper watersheds.
The water quality results and Annual Water Quality Summary are available at here.
