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Los Angeles region water board briefs panel: nurseries dominate local irrigated agriculture; reporting rules pose unique challenges
Summary
Los Angeles Regional Water Quality Control Board staff told the expert panel that Ventura County holds nearly all of the region’s irrigated acreage, that nursery production and utility‑easement leases complicate A–R reporting, and that local groundwater data do not show widespread nitrate trends.
Los Angeles Regional Water Quality Control Board (Region 4) staff outlined how irrigated agriculture in the Los Angeles region differs from the Central Valley and Central Coast and told the expert panel that statewide one‑size‑fits‑all approaches will create implementation problems without regional flexibility.
Key points from the regional presentation - Geography and scale: Ventura County accounts for roughly 98% of the region’s irrigated agriculture. Los Angeles County’s agricultural acreage is small and highly fragmented, with many small, diversified operations (some as…
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