Watershed Management Initiative -- Central Valley Region Chapter

To effectively protect water resources, a mix of point and nonpoint source discharges, ground and surface water interactions, and water quality and quantity relationships must be considered. The complexity of these issues present considerable challenges to water resource protection programs. The State and Regional Water Boards are responding to these challenges with the Watershed Management Initiative (WMI). The WMI is designed to integrate various surface water and groundwater regulatory programs while promoting cooperative, collaborative efforts within a watershed.

The WMI Chapter and Appendices for the Central Valley Region are divided into sections that can be accessed independently, below, or the entire document may be downloaded as one file, 4.3 MB*, PDF (PDF Info). Please note that files greater than 1 megabyte will download very slowly on dial-up internet accounts.

The last complete revision of this chapter occurred in 2001. As needed to reflect regional priorities, the sections and subsections will be updated. New sections will be indicated on the Table of Contents with the revision date.

Table of Contents

• Executive Summary (rev Dec 2002), 131 KB, PDF (PDF Info)
• Section I: Introduction (rev Dec 2002), 68 KB, PDF (PDF Info)
• Section II: Regionwide Activities (rev: Nov 2004), 281 KB, PDF (PDF Info)
• Section III: State of the Watershed Report for Sacramento River Watershed (rev: Jul 2003), 167 KB, PDF (PDF Info)
• Pit River Sub-Watershed (rev Jul 2003), 45 KB, PDF (PDF Info)
• North Fork/Middle Fork Feather River Sub-Watershed (rev Dec 2002), 41 KB, PDF (PDF Info)
• Cache Creek and Clear Lake Sub-Watershed (rev Dec 2002), 126 KB, PDF (PDF Info)
• Section IV: State of the Watershed Report for San Joaquin River Watershed (rev Dec 2002), 362 KB, PDF (PDF Info)
• Delta Sub-Watershed (rev Dec 2002), 224 KB, PDF (PDF Info)
• Section V: State of the Watershed Report for Tulare Lake Basin (rev Dec 2002), 102 KB, PDF (PDF Info)
• Appendix 1: Regional Priorities (rev Oct 2004), 98 KB, PDF (PDF Info)
• Appendix 2: Nonpoint Source Program (rev Dec 2002), 135 KB, PDF (PDF Info)
• Appendix 3: Monitoring, 1.6 MB*, PDF (PDF Info)
• Table 1: Contract Needs
• Table 2: Staff Needs

Additional Information and Links

• Overview of the Watershet Management Intitiative Program, 55 KB, PDF (PDF Info)
• Sacramento River Watershed Program (SRWP) is an effort to bring stakeholders together representing themselves, their organizations, agencies, private businesses, and universities to share information and resources to address all water-related issues within the Sacramento River watershed.

For questions and comments contact Betty Yee at (916) 464-4643 or by email at byee@waterboards.ca.gov.