CV-SALTS – Managing Salt and Nitrate in the California Central Valley
General Information Materials
CURRENT PROJECTS
Prioritization and Optimization Study (P&O)
Surveillance and Monitoring Program (SAMP)
- SAMP Workplan Approval Letter-Central Valley Regional Water Quality Control Board – March 23, 2023
- Final Draft SAMP Workplan/QAPP – February 3, 2023 (Clean Version)
- Final Draft SAMP Workplan/QAPP – February 3, 2023 (Redline Version)
- SAMP Final Draft Workplan Response to Comments
- Final Draft SAMP Workplan/QAPP – January 6, 2023
- Initial Draft SAMP Workplan Sections: Section 3 (Surface Water Monitoring Program), Section 4(Groundwater Monitoring Program), and Section 5 (Data Management System)
- Final Conceptual Framework for the CV-SALTS Surveillance and Monitoring Program (SAMP) (August 2022)d
PUBLIC OUTREACH DOCUMENTS
CV-SALTS has developed a collection of documents and other media to inform and raise awareness regarding the salt and nitrate challenge in the Central Valley.
The Salt and Nitrate Control Program was approved by the State Water Resources Control Board on October 16, 2019 ( RESOLUTION NO. 2019-0057 ) and became effective on January 17, 2020.
The following resources were developed to help explain, and promote the benefits, of the Salt and Nitrate Control Program (SNMP).Feel free to download and use in your education and outreach efforts.
Nitrate Control Program (NCP)
- Management Zone Documents are posted on the MANAGEMENT ZONE DEVELOPMENT Page
- Nitrate Control Program Priority 1 Management Zone Implementation Plan – ANNUAL REPORT (May 2025)
- Real Time Results of Nitrate Control Program Drinking Water Program > Nitrate Program Dashboard
- Management Zones – Nitrate Program Progress & Results (November 2023)
- Priority 2 Subbasins – Nitrate Program Brochure (November 2023)
- Priority 2 Subbasins – Nitrate Program Brochure (November 2023) – 11 X 17
- Nitrate Control Program (2023)
- Management Zones – Year 1 Outreach Activities (May 2022)
- New Nitrate Control Program (2020) (English Version and Spanish Version)
- New Nitrate Control Program Offers Choices for Compliance (2020)
- El nuevo program de control de nitratos ofrece diferentes opciones para el complimiento (2020)
- Guidance for Engaging Communities During Development of Early Action Plans (2020)
Salt Control Program (SCP)
- Salt in the Central Valley – The Long-Term Water Quality Challenge – Baseline Characterization Report (September 2024)
- Prioritization and Optimization (P&O) Study – See the Prioritization and Optimization Study Current P&O Documents Page
- Salt Control Program and P&O Study Update (2022)
- New Salt Control Program for the Central Valley (2021)
- Central Valley Salinity Management: De-Designated Areas (2020)
WEBINARS
5 Years of Central Valley Water Quality Progress - June 30, 2025
- Agenda & Speaker Bios
- Presentation: 5 Years of Central Valley Water Quality Progress
- Video Recording
- Questions and Answers (Q&A) – Summary = “COMING SOON!”
Nitrate Control Program - Priority 2 Groundwater Basins - February 29, 2024
Salt and Nitrate Compliance – July 2, 2020
- Presentation: New Nitrate and Salt Permitting Approaches Coming for the Central Valley
- Part 1 – Introduction and Program Overview – Patrick Pulupa, Executive Officer, Central Valley Regional Water Quality Control Board
- Part 2 – Salt Control Program – Daniel Cozad, Executive Director, Central Valley Salinity Coalition
- Part 3 – Nitrate Control Program – Tess Dunham, Attorney, Kahn, Soares & Conway, LLP
- Part 4 – Nitrate Management Zones – Charlotte Gallock, Director of Water Resources, Kings River Conservation District; Parry Klassen, Executive Director, East San Joaquin Water Quality Coalition; and J.P. Cativiela, Regulatory Director, Dairy Cares
- Questions and Answers
Salt Compliance in the Central Valley – February 10, 2021
VIDEOS
- CV-SALTS Program Overview 8-23 (14:36) or watch on YouTube
- Nitrates in Groundwater: The Issue
- Salt of the Earth – Full Length (56:49)
- Salt of the Earth – Excerpts (25:48)