Water Quality Coalition

Solano RCD is working in cooperation with Dixon RCD to coordinate the Dixon/Solano RCD Watershed Group, which is one of ten sub-watershed groups that make up the larger Sacramento Valley Water Quality Coalition.

The Sacramento Valley Water Quality Coalition helps landowners with irrigated agricultural lands to comply with the State Water Board's Irrigated Lands and Agricultural Waiver Program.

The Coalition is responsible for monitoring and reporting water quality in waterways fed by agricultural drainage water and for identifying the sources of any water quality and toxicity problems that occur.  The Coalition will also develop plans to address water quality problems and meet the guidelines of watershed basin plans and state and federal environmental standards.

The Dixon/Solano RCD watershed group administers enrollment in the Coalition for landowners in the Solano and Southern Yolo Sub-watershed.  the Watershed Group assists with selecting appropriate water quality monitoring sites, with funding and coordinating monitoring in our area, and with drafting and reviewing watershed evaluation reports.

It is the goal of the Dixon/Solano RCD Watershed Group to keep local landowners and growers informed and to facilitate communication with the State Water Board as the Board develops future requirements for the Irrigated Lands and Agricultural Waiver Program.