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The Coachella Valley Irrigated Lands Coalition Inc CVILC was established to help irrigated agriculture meet the requirements of the California Regional Water Quality Control Boards RWQCB Irrigated Lands Regulatory Program ILRP in the Coachella Valley. Under the ILRP that was originally adopted in July 2003 farmers and ranchers that irrigate their land and have runoff from that irrigation or rainfall must belong to a coalition or apply for an individual discharge permit from the Regional Board directly. In 2014 the ILRP was expanded to include Coachella Valley. Under a new General Order adopted in November 2020 all irrigated crop land and commercial pasture now requires coverage under the ILRP.