Environmental Information
 for the California Almond Industry
Water Quality and the Almond Industry

Regulatory Issues

Monitoring and ultimately reducing discharges of pesticides, nutrients and sediments into waterways throughout the Central Valley from Kern to Shasta County is the goal of almond growers in California's Central Valley which stretches from Redding to Bakersfield. Controlling runoff from orchards is the subject of research funded by almond growers through the Almond Board of California. Click here for the research projects.

Almond growers are faced with two major regulatory programs:

  • Reducing potential levels of farm waste in irrigation tail water or rain runoff is the goal of the "Conditional Waiver" of waste discharge requirements program. Learn more by clicking here to visit the Central Valley Regional Water Quality Control Board.
     
  • Seeking to prevent aquatic toxicity from residues of diazinon and chlorpyrifos in the Sacramento and San Joaquin Rivers is the goal of the Department of Pesticide Regulation's Dormant Spray Water Quality Initiative. Learn more by clicking here

Water quality in the news--click here for the latest headlines on air quality issues affecting California almond growers.

For more information on the Almond Board's Environmental Committee, click here.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Personal Commitment to Water Quality

Almond growers in Stanislaus and  Yolo County are demonstrating how use of vegetative strips, increased monitoring for pest and parasitic insect release can be useful tools in contributing to water quality. Click here to learn more. (Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader)

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