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Recent water-quality coverage from Humboldt County, including local decisions, public meetings, and civic updates.
The board unanimously approved an amendment adding a pathogen action plan, fecal-waste prohibition and bacteria limit while removing a watershed-specific onsite-waste policy.
The State Water Board adopted program guidelines and authorized a new solicitation for projects that reduce runoff and other nonpoint-source pollution.
At a July 16 workshop, commissioners moved the Humboldt Bay Area Plan update forward while signaling that any future port overlay for Samoa will face separate review and later hearings.
The board unanimously approved a resolution establishing TMDLs and an implementation plan for pyrethroid pesticides in the Alamo River and New River.
The board approved a new Colorado River Basin cleanup plan and held workshops on the draft 2026-27 Clean Water State Revolving Fund plan and Salton Sea Phase 1 status.
AB 2032 advanced on a recorded committee vote after testimony from water agencies, tribes and environmental groups supporting a faster response to golden mussels.
The bill cleared the Assembly Environmental Safety and Toxic Materials Committee and moved to Appropriations after a hearing on PFAS contamination and drinking-water protection.
