Water Rights Policies and Regulation

Policies and Regulations

• Cannabis Cultivation Policy - Principles and Guidelines for Cannabis Cultivation
• Regulation for Measuring and Reporting the Diversion of Water
• Emergency Regulation: Information Orders readopted, effective October 17, 2016
• Emergency Regulations: Statewide Drought Related Curtailment of Water Diversions
• Emergency Regulation: 2015 Curtailment of Diversions due to Insufficient Flows for Specific Fisheries in Mill, Deer, and Antelope Creeks
  Resolution adopted on March 17, 2015, effective March 30, 2015
• Policy for Maintaining Instream Flows in Northern California Coastal Streams
  Resolution adopted on October 22, 2013, effective February 4, 2014
• Russian River Frost Protection Regulation Implementation
  Resolution adopted on September 20, 2011

Policy and Regulation Development

• Proposed Regulation Modifying Water Right Ownership Notice Requirements and Reporting Dates
• Proposed Water Rights Enforcement Policy
• Russian River – Emergency Regulation for Enhanced Water Conservation and Additional Water User Information for the Protection of Specific Fisheries in Tributaries to the Russian River
• Curtailment of Diversions due to Insufficient Flow for Specific Fisheries in Mill, Deer, and Antelope Creeks
• Policy for Maintaining Instream Flows in Northern California Coastal Streams
• Russian River Frost Protection Regulation
  The State Water Board is developing a proposed regulation pertaining to the diversion of water from the Russian River stream system for purposes of frost protection.