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State Water Board outlines 2025 strategic work plan: SAFER funding, Bay–Delta planning, PFAS, Sigma and infrastructure funding highlighted
Summary
The State Water Resources Control Board reviewed a 2025 update of its strategic work plan on March 4, highlighting about 24 near-term priorities including SAFER funding for failing water systems, Bay–Delta plan work, water-rights modernization and stormwater permit updates.
The State Water Resources Control Board on March 4 reviewed and discussed its 2025 strategic work plan — an update staff said reflects continuing priorities across four themes: protect public health; protect and restore watersheds and marine environments; increase statewide resilience to climate change; and strengthen relationships, systems and internal capacity.
Executive Director Eric Oppenheimer told the board the plan catalogs roughly 70 actions staff will focus on during the next two to five years; roughly 24 of those are marked as high priorities for the coming year. Chief deputies and division leaders summarized where staff expect progress in 2025.
Key priorities and near-term milestones highlighted by staff include: - Drinking water equity and SAFER funding: continue to implement the Safe and Affordable Funding for Equity and Resilience (SAFER) program, with a focus on failing systems on the 2019 human-right-to-water list and solutions for domestic-well communities. Staff…
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