The mission of the California Department of Pesticide Regulation's Surface Water Protection Program is to protect surface water from pesticide contamination caused by the use of pesticides in agricultural and urban environments. The program relies on both preventive and response components to prevent adverse impacts of pesticide residues to humans and aquatic organisms. To achieve its mission, the program integrates the following key components:  a) the evaluation of pesticide products submitted for registration in California, b) the monitoring of surface water and sediment for high use pesticides with high aquatic toxicity potential, c) the modeling of fate & transport of pesticides to predict environmental concentration and assess environmental risk, d) the evaluation of the effectiveness of  field measures to mitigate the offsite movement of pesticides, e) the outreach to pesticide users to implement best management practices, and f) the implementation of regulatory measures. To implement the program mission, our scientists and analytical chemists work collaboratively with pesticide registrants, water agencies, pesticide users, and university researchers.

Protecting surface water from pesticide contamination in California

248th National Meeting (2014)

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