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Problem: Where are the Salts?

Problem: Where are the Salts?. Kurt Berchtold Santa Ana Regional Water Quality Control Board. Salt Management in the Santa Ana Region. Why manage salt? State Board’s Recycled Water Policy (2009) Causes of problems Evolution of salt management plan. Characteristics of Santa Ana Region.

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Problem: Where are the Salts?

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  1. Problem: Where are the Salts? Kurt Berchtold Santa Ana Regional Water Quality Control Board

  2. Salt Management in the Santa Ana Region • Why manage salt? • State Board’s Recycled Water Policy (2009) • Causes of problems • Evolution of salt management plan

  3. Characteristics of Santa Ana Region • History of irrigated agriculture • Rapid population growth • Use of imported water • Interconnected watershed • Adverse salt balance

  4. History of Salt Management • Santa Ana River Judgment (1969) • Basin Plan recognizes need to address adverse salt balance • Basin Plans (1975, 1983, 1995, 2004) include salt management plan

  5. Early Steps • Total watershed approach • Use of models • Improving source water quality • Brine lines

  6. Further Developments • Enhancement of models • Address N in addition to TDS • Reasonable use and assimilative capacity • Wasteload allocation • Consideration of offsets • Desalters

  7. 2004 Basin Plan • Collaboration with stakeholders • Further technical evolution and increased sophistication • “Maximum benefit” objectives • Increased recycling opportunities • More desalters

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