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):

Environmental and natural resource impacts [edit]

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. ^[1] Water quality concerns affect most regions of the state and tend to be exacerbated during periods of drought.^[2]

At present, all irrigated agricultural operations in the State are required to participate in the Irrigated Lands Regulatory Program.^[3] 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.^[4]

[CONTINUE ON THE ILRP...]

Land use

Pesticides

Air quality

Climate Change

^ "Agriculture | California State Water Resources Control Board". www.waterboards.ca.gov. 10/10/2019. Retrieved 2019-11-08. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)CS1 maint: url-status (link)
^ Chappelle, Caitrin (October 2015). "California's Water Quality Challenges". Public Policy Institute of California. Retrieved 2019-11-08.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
^ "Irrigated Lands Regulatory Program | Central Valley Regional Water Quality Control Board". www.waterboards.ca.gov. Retrieved 2019-11-15.
^ "Irrigated Lands Regulatory Program Frequently Asked Questions" (PDF). Water Boards. Updated November 2016. Retrieved 11/10/2019. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |access-date= and |date= (help)CS1 maint: url-status (link)

[1] "Agriculture | California State Water Resources Control Board". www.waterboards.ca.gov. 10/10/2019. Retrieved 2019-11-08. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)CS1 maint: url-status (link)

[2] Chappelle, Caitrin (October 2015). "California's Water Quality Challenges". Public Policy Institute of California. Retrieved 2019-11-08.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

[3] "Irrigated Lands Regulatory Program | Central Valley Regional Water Quality Control Board". www.waterboards.ca.gov. Retrieved 2019-11-15.

[4] "Irrigated Lands Regulatory Program Frequently Asked Questions" (PDF). Water Boards. Updated November 2016. Retrieved 11/10/2019. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |access-date= and |date= (help)CS1 maint: url-status (link)

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