Imperial County Farm Bureau
Voluntary TMDL Compliance Program

Outline of Participant Responsibilities

Complete sign-up sheet via website.

Submit list of participating parcels (canal & gate delivery) to ICFB.

Attend Drainage shed working group meetings to develop a region-wide water quality improvement plan (WQIP).

Prepare an Individual Water Quality Management Plan

  • Inventory of Resources
    • Canal and gate
    • Acreage
    • Soil type
    • Discharge point (drain)
    • Drainage shed (i.e.. HMD)

  • Problem Assessment
    • Site conditions that contribute to pollutant discharge
    • Management issues that contribute to pollutant discharge
    • Current or potential problems

  • Statement of Goals, Outcomes, or Products
    • Measured in water quality
    • Measured in implementation activity

  • Existing and/or alternative management practices
    • What is already being done.
    • What can be done differently.
    • What additional measures can be employed.

  • Timetable for Implementation
    • Water quality improvement
    • Level of implementation

  • Monitoring Plan
    • Water quality improvement
      • Progress towards goals
      • Effectiveness of management measures
    • Level of implementation
      • Site checking
      • Record keeping

Implement the WQIP
Monitor WQIP effects on water quality
Report monitoring results and implementation activity to ICFB