§ 25209.14
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(a)A person operating a solar evaporator shall submit to the regional board, in April and October of every year, all of the following information:
(1)Bimonthly waterflow data taken immediately prior to discharge to the solar evaporator.
(2)Bimonthly water quality data, as required by the regional board, taken immediately prior to discharge to the solar evaporator.
(3)Semiannual groundwater monitoring data taken from an area in the vicinity of the solar evaporator, as approved by the regional board. Groundwater shall be monitored for salts, selenium, and other elements, as determined by the board, that could adversely affect avian wildlife or beneficial uses of adjacent groundwater.
(b)Notwithstanding subdivision (a), the regional board may do either of the following regarding data collected pursuant to paragraphs
(1)and
(2)of subdivision (a):
(1)Reduce the data collection schedule two years after data is submitted pursuant to subdivision (a), if the regional board determines that discharge to the solar evaporator has been adequately characterized.
(2)Increase the data collection schedule, if the regional board determines that changes in monitoring results or other changes in the operation of the solar evaporator require more frequent data collection.