Water
Check out our page on sustainable ag practices including funding for conservation.
Ponds & Reservoirs
- Flow Measurement Resources
- Pond Measurement and Reporting - UCCE Marin
- FACTSHEET – Registering Your Marin County Farm Pond
- Determining Volume in a Small Pond with a Staff Gauge (UCCE Shasta)
- UCCE Central Sierra’s Pond Management website - presentations on aquatic weed management as well as practices for stocking and supporting fish in pond environments
- UCCE Sonoma County’s Farm Pond website - resources for aquaculture systems as well as regulations related to water rights and fish stocking
Streams
- UCCE Marin Stream Restoration Success Workshop – 5/4/2011
- Marin County Stream Permits – Project Coordination Program
- Marin Resource Conservation District Urban Stream Coordination Program - including permit assistance for stream projects
Drought Management
- A full page of information and assistance to weather drought conditions on your farm or ranch
Water Conservation
Domestic Water (wells, springs, etc.)
Water Testing
- Regional laboratories (This list is provided as an informational resource. UCCE Marin does not recommend one lab over any other, including any labs that may have been overlooked in making the list.)
- Sonoma County Public Health Regional Laboratory (Santa Rosa)
- Alpha Analytical Laboratories (locations in Ukiah, Petaluma, Livermore)
- Caltest Analytical Laboratory (Napa)
- Brelje & Race (Santa Rosa)
- Napa Yolo Solano Marin County Public Health Labs (Drop-off in San Rafael)
- Find other labs using the California State Water Resources Control Board list of accredited laboratories
- Test interpretation resources
- Water Sampling 101 (video from the UC Davis Ag Water E-Learning Series)
- University of Arizona Online Produce Safety Rule Calculator – Uses your quantitative test results to generate a Microbial Water Quality Profile compared to pre-2024 FSMA GM and STV criteria
- Washington State University Guide to Testing Ag Water for Fruit & Vegetable Production and Postharvest Handling
