California Code of Regulations
Title 23 - Waters
Division 4 - Regional Water Quality Control Boards
Chapter 1 - Water Quality Control Plans, Policies, and Guidelines
Article 2 - San Francisco Bay Region
Section 3910 - Policy on the Use of Wastewater to Create, Restore, and/or Enhance Wetlands
Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 38, September 20, 2024
This policy revises a 1977 policy to add new provisions which:
1) establish a preference for the creation (rather than restoration or enhancement) of wetlands with wastewater;
2) require the project applicant to consider important wetland functions and values; and
3) in most cases, prohibit the use of these wetlands to satisfy Clean Water Act Section 404 mitigation requirements. The policy also revises the earlier policy to reflect current Basin Planning language, allow portions of a wetland to be created for wastewater treatment, and require a monitoring plan as part of the management plan.
1. New article 2 and section filed 4-24-95; operative 4-24-95. Resolution No. 94-086 adopted by San Francisco Bay Regional Water Quality Control Board 7-20-94. Resolution No. 94-102 adopted by the State Water Resources Control Board 11-17-94. Approved by OAL pursuant to Government Code section 11353 (Register 95, No. 17).
