2026 Water Quality Orders

Summary of Order Water Quality Order (WQO) Adoption Date Subject
  2026-0031
Att A: Comparison of Notifying Requirements
Att B1: Notice of Intent Form
Att B2: Notice of Intent Instructions
Att C: Regional Water Board Boundary Map
Att D: Erosion and Sediment Control Plan Inspections and Reporting
Att E: Report and Notification Requirements
Att F: Signatory Requirements
Att G: Glossary
10/20/2026 Utility Wildfire and Similar Operations and Maintenance Activities Clean Water Act Section 401 Water Quality Certification and General Waste Discharge Requirements
  2026-0028 09/15/2026 In the Matter of Review of Waste Discharge Requirements General Order No R5-2013-0122 for Milk Cow Dairies in the Central Valley Region issued by the California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Central Valley Region SWRCB/OCC File A-2283(b)
  2026-0018
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06/17/2026 In the Matter of Petition for Reconsideration of Water Quality Certification for the Pacific Gas and Electric Company and City of Santa Clara, Bucks Creek Hydroelectric Project Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Project No. 619- Order granting in part and denying in part Petition for Reconsideration
  2026-0019
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06/17/2026 In the Matter of Petitions for Reconsideration of Water Quality Certification for the Pacific Gas and Electric Company McCloud-Pit Hydroelectric Project Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Project No. 2106- Order granting in part and denying in part Petitions for Reconsideration and Certifying a Final Subsequent Environmental Impact Report