Central Coast Water Quality Preservation, Inc. (CCWQP)
The Conditional Waiver for Irrigated Lands allows growers to satisfy their legal requirement for water quality monitoring through a cooperative monitoring program Cooperative Coastal Monitoring Program, which is conducted by a non-profit agricultural organization, Central Coast Water Quality Preservation, Inc. The Central Coast Water Quality Preservation Inc is an important stakeholder and key player that conducts the Cooperative Monitoring Program (CMP) for the CCRWQCB Ag Waiver. Monitoring started in 2005 and has continued monthly since. The CMP was implemented to both monitor ambient water quality in agricultural areas and to measure improvements resulting from the implementation of on f m management practices.
Summary
As mandated by the Ag Waiver growers must monitor water quality near their farms. Farmers are given the option to either monitor water quality themselves or through a cooperative management program. The Central Coast Water Quality Preservation Inc.(CCWQP)
was established by the regional board to perform water quality analyses as the cooperative management program. CCWQP monitors surface water between Santa Cruz county and Santa Barbara county. Sampling locations are shown in the image to the right.
Water quality samples are taken at the same location by CCWQP, water quality data can be obtained by contacting the organization. Though the information if publicly available, limited data is currently available on the web. The available reports do indicate high amounts of polluted water within the Central Coast Region.
In 2009 CCWQP released a report that assessed water quality progress that is being monitored through the cooperative management program.
Water Quality Fact Sheet
Water quality monitoring fact sheets were prepared by the Irrigated Agriculture Program of the Central Coast Regional Water Quality Control Board as part of the monitoring and reporting requirements for all dischargers enrolled under Conditional Waiver of Waste Discharge Requirements for Discharge from Irrigated Lands, Order No. R3-2004-0117. Monitoring stations were selected to represent water quality in predominantly agricultural areas, but also reflect mixed land uses upstream of the sites.
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