State regulators will consider escalating enforcement this week against a landowner accused of years of illegal dumping, grading and unmanaged cattle grazing along Little River, where fecal bacteria levels have remained high for more than a decade. The North Coast Regional Water Quality Control Board will meet on Thursday in Crescent City to decide whether to refer the case to the California Attorney General’s Office, a rare step that could lead to judicial civil enforcement after years of violation notices and warnings. … Little River, which flows directly into Moonstone Beach, has been listed as an impaired water body under Section 303(d) since 2015 due to fecal pathogens. The designation requires state regulators to identify pollution sources and develop a plan to reduce contamination.

Other water quality news:

• KTVN (Reno, Nev.): Record pollution reductions help protect Lake Tahoe clarity
• The Coronado News (Calif.): Editorial: Where is Gov. Newsom on the sewage crisis?