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State Water Board details tribal data policy, new prioritization framework and TMDL priority rankings for 2026 report
Summary
State Water Board staff said the 2026 Integrated Report introduces a statewide approach to tribal data, factors environmental justice and climate in restoration prioritization, and replaces completion dates with high/medium/low TMDL priority rankings.
Laurie Weber, senior environmental scientist in the Integrated Report program, outlined process changes the State Water Board used in developing the draft 2026 Integrated Report. Weber said the program is adopting a statewide approach to data collected by or on behalf of tribes and clarified how bioassessment and pollutant data will be handled.
Weber said data collected on ‘‘federally recognized tribal lands by any entity will not be assessed for the integrated reports’’ because state and regional water quality standards do…
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