KRCD has been monitoring the water quality of the Kings River since 1978. However, in recent years, water quality issues and regulations have increasingly become a major focus for California water agencies, including KRCD.

KRCD has taken a leadership role in forming the Southern San Joaquin Valley Water Quality Coalition for the purpose of jointly and cooperatively addressing water quality issues common to the water and resource agencies in the Tulare Lake Basin watershed.

The Coalition also works with the Central Valley Regional Water Quality Control Board on behalf of its members to comply with the Conditional Waiver of ag discharge regulation with a focus on the Tulare Lake Basin watershed as a unique hydrological region separate from the Delta.

The Kings River Sub-Watershed Water Quality Coalition is currently developing the Agricultural Management Program to provide growers with information regarding protection of water quality.