Press Releases

Description Date
Enforcement News: Central Coast Water Board files lawsuit against Sable Offshore Corp. for unauthorized waste discharges; Sable Complaint 10/6/2025
Public Urged to Avoid Lake San Antonio as Officials Investigate Large Fish Die-Off (Press Release) 7/12/2024
Four Central Coast growers to pay penalties for failing to comply with Agricultural Order (Press Release in English) - (Comunicado de Prensa en Español) 11/17/2023
EPA Reaches Agreement with California Department of Corrections over Claims of Clean Water Act Violations 9/19/2023
City of Salinas to pay over $193,000 for 2022 untreated wastewater spill into Natividad Creek
Funds will be put toward projects that help prevent future spills
9/18/2023
Ryan Lodge Appointed Executive Officer of the Central Coast Regional Water Quality Control Board 9/13/2023
Greka Oil & Gas, Inc., and HVI Cat Canyon, Inc. ordered to pay $65 million for oil spills to surface waters
U.S. District Court supports Central Coast Water Board and multi-agency enforcement efforts (see the Central Coast Water Board’s List of Discretionary Administrative Civil Liability Orders to access a copy of the court judgment)
03/02/2023
City of San Juan Bautista agrees to pay $870,000 for alleged wastewater discharge violations
Bulk of penalty to be applied to construction of new sewer main
10/25/2022
KA Farms LLC agreement to pay $38,225 penalty 06/06/2022
Central Coast Water Board Allocates $5.9 million from PG&E Settlement
Funds will support high priority water quality projects in the Central Coast
04/22/2022
City of Greenfield to pay for unauthorized discharges of wastewater to groundwater 12/23/2021
Monterey One Water to pay $800,000 for discharges of untreated wastewater into Monterey Bay 08/17/2021
Central Coast Regional Water Board adopts General Waste Discharge Requirements for Discharges from Irrigated Lands 04/16/2021