Butte County water panel hears state Delta plan options: 35to55% unimpaired flow or compensated Healthy Rivers program
Oct 7, 2026
Presenters told the Butte County Water Commission that the State Water Resources Control Board plans to update the Bay-Delta Water Quality Control Plan and may adopt both an unimpaired-flow regulatory pathway (roughly 35to55% of unimpaired flow) and a compensated Healthy Rivers and Landscapes program; staff said a hearing is scheduled for late October and implementation actions are likely to follow.
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On Oct. 7 the Butte County Water Commission heard a multi-speaker briefing on the State Water Resources Control Boardupdate to the Bay-Delta Water Quality Control Plan, including two alternatives under consideration: a regulatory "unimpaired flow" pathway and the compensated Healthy Rivers and Landscapes (HRL) program.
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