California Code of Regulations
Title 23 - Waters
Division 3 - State Water Resources Control Board and Regional Water Quality Control Boards
Chapter 22 - State Policy for Water Quality Control
Section 2909 - Concise Summary of Regulatory Provisions Amendment to the Water Control Policy for the Enclosed Bays and Estuaries of California

Chapter 1: Principles for Management of Water Quality in Enclosed Bays and Estuaries.

The amendment allows an exception to the provision requiring the elimination of wastewater discharges to the San Francisco Bay south of the Dumbarton Bridge for treated ground water from ground water cleanup projects. The exception may be granted by the San Francisco Bay Regional Water Quality Control Board when 1) the discharge will comply with all applicable State and Regional Board plans, policies and regulations, 2) reclamation or reuse is not practicable, 3) there is no other feasible location for discharge, and 4) the need to dispose of treated ground water outweighs the need to prohibit the discharge south of the Dumbarton Bridge.

1. Adoption of section 2909 by Resolution 95-84 effective March 5, 1996 pursuant to Government Code section 11353. Section 2909 is a concise summary of an amendment to the "Water Quality Control Policy for the Enclosed Bays and Estuaries of California" which was adopted in 1974 by Board Resolution 74-43.