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State and regional boards present nitrogen-reporting data; staff say more standardization and time needed
Summary
State Water Resources Control Board staff and regional boards briefed an expert panel on irrigated-lands nitrogen reporting, saying available data show patterns but require standardization, QA/QC and more years of reporting before the panel can draw firm causal conclusions about groundwater trends.
Kelsey Moore, an environmental scientist with the State Water Resources Control Board, told the agricultural expert panel that the board’s 2024 staff report reviewed INMP (Irrigation and Nitrogen Management Plan) summary reports and found the statewide dataset uneven and in need of standardization.
The nut graf: state staff said the Central Valley had the most INMP data available at the time of the 2024 review, and that staff concluded there were “no conclusive trends” in outlier status across coalitions because reporting frameworks, crop naming and enrollment changed year to year.
Moore said the…
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