User:Jennifer Rosemary/sandbox-AgricultureinCalifornia

 Items I am working on under various sections (updated: 11/14/2019): 


 * Environmental and Natural Resources:
 * more on groundwater use here
 * add water quality
 * add land use
 * add pesticides
 * add air quality
 * add climate change:
 * list both impacts and opportunities for solutions


 * Regions:
 * add section on South Coast
 * add section on Colorado River Basin
 * (Add new section) Policies/ government programs/ regulations:
 * Water:
 * ILRP
 * SGMA
 * Land:
 * Air:
 * Climate-smart ag programs
 * (Add new section) Labor
 * (Add resources as) SEE ALSO

 DRAFT EDITS (Updated 11/14/2019): 

Water quality
Agricultural impacts on water quality concentrate around concerns of the following contaminants: nutrients, pesticides, salts, pollutants, sediment, pathogens, and heavy metals. These contaminants enter water bodes through above-ground surface runoff of rainwater or excess irrigation water, or percolating through the soil and leaching into groundwater. Water quality concerns affect most regions of the state and tend to be exacerbated during periods of drought.

At present, all irrigated agricultural operations in the State are required to participate in the Irrigated Lands Regulatory Program. The regulatory program began after the California Legislature passed Senate Bill 390 (SB390) in 1990, that eliminated a blanket waiver for agricultural operations to discharge wastewater without any specific environmental standards.

[CONTINUE ON THE ILRP...]