Central Valley Salinity Alternatives for Long-Term Sustainability (CV-SALTS)
What's New!
- Public Comment Letters Received 27 January 2025 for the Priority 2 Preliminary Management Zone Proposals and Early Action Plans (located at bottom of linked webpage)
- Agenda for virtual Public Workshop 31 January 2025 for Priority 2 Preliminary Management Zone Proposals and Early Action Plans
- Notice of Opportunity For Public Comment and Notice of Virtual Public Workshop on Nitrate Control Program Priority 2 Preliminary Management Zone Proposals and Drinking Water Early Action Plans – 31 January 2025, from 9 am to 12 p.m.
- Aviso De Oportunidad De Comentarios Públicos Y Aviso De Seminario Público Virtual Sobre Los Planes De Acción Temprana Para El Agua Potable Y Las Propuestas Preliminares De Las Zonas De Gestión De Prioridad 2 Del Programa De Control De Nitratos– 31 de enero de 2025, De 9 a.m. a 12 p.m.
- Response to Comments Received on the Management Zone Implementation Plans
- Comment Letters Received on the Management Zone Implementation Plans
- Central Valley Water Board Findings of Completeness Letter for Management Zone Implementation Plans
- Management Zone Implementation Plans
Table of Contents
- Overview of the CV-SALTS Program
- Salt and Nitrate Control Program Basin Plan Amendments Revisions
- Salt and Nitrate Control Program Basin Plan Amendment
- Approved Revised Salt and Nitrate Control Program Basin Plan Amendment (Includes late and late, late revisions as of the 10 December 2020 adoption)
- State Water Board Resolution Requiring Revisions to Original Salt and Nitrate Control Program Basin Plan Amendment
- Original Salt and Nitrate Control Program Basin Plan Amendment
- Implementation Forms, Templates and Guidance
- Salt Control Program
- Nitrate Control Program Management Zones and Individual Path A
- Education and Outreach
- Other Related CV-SALTS Basin Plan Amendments
Overview of the CV-SALTS Program
Elevated salinity and nitrates in surface water and groundwater are increasing problems affecting much of California, other western states, and arid regions throughout the world. In California, as surface and groundwater supplies become scarcer, and as wastewater streams become more concentrated, salinity and nitrate impairments are occurring with greater frequency and magnitude.
2006: The Central Valley Water Board, the State Water Board, and stakeholders began a joint effort to address the issues and initiated Central Valley Salinity Alternatives for Long-Term Sustainability (CV-SALTS).
2008: The Central Valley Salinity Coalition (CVSC) was formed. CVSC represents stakeholder groups working with the Board in the CV-SALTS effort.
2017: The Central Valley Water Board accepted a Central Valley-wide Salt and Nitrate Management Plan (SNMP) that was submitted by CV-SALTS.
2018: The Central Valley Water Board adopted a Salt and Nitrate Control Program implementing SNMP recommendations.
2019: State Water Board approved the Salt and Nitrate Control Program. State Water Board also directed targeted revisions to the amendment adopted by the Central Valley Water Board in Resolution R5-2018-0034 on 31 May 2018.
January 2020: Office of Administrative Law approved the Salt and Nitrate Control Program.
November 2020: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency approved most of the surface water provisions of the Salt and Nitrate Control Program.
Email Subscription List
Subscribe to the Central Valley Salt and Nitrate Control Program (CV-SALTS) email list to receive notifications and updates.
Contact Us
- For General Inquiries:
cvsalts@waterboards.ca.gov - Program Contact:
Angela Cleaver
(916) 464-4649
Angela.Cleaver@waterboards.ca.gov - Web page problems: webmaster5@waterboards.ca.gov
Facts and Information
- CV-SALTS Overview Video
(Video will open in YouTube) - CV-SALTS Info Webpage - Learn More About the Salt and Nitrate Control Program
