The California Water Boards' Annual Performance Report - Fiscal Year 2013-14
REGULATE: WASTE DISCHARGES TO LAND - WDR
GROUP:
ALL OTHER WASTE WASTE DISCHARGE TO LAND-WDR FACILITIES
MEASURE:
NUMBER OF MONITORING REPORTS DUE AND RECEIVED
NUMBER OF FACILITIES WITH REPORTING REQUIREMENTS IN CIWQS
MESSAGE:
43% of All Other Waste Type facilities discharging to land have reporting requirements in CIWQS and 61% of reports documented due were received.
Key Statistics for FY 2013-14
Number of Facilities with Reporting Requirements
410
Number of Monitoring Reports Due
1,872
Number of Monitoring Reports Received
1,142
MEASUREMENTS - Data Last Updated on: 10-21-2014 (5:30 pm)
Regional Board Office
Facilities Regulated
Facilities With Reporting Requirements in CIWQS)
Self Monitoring Reports Due in FY 2013-14
Reports Fully Submitted
Reports Reviewed
Percentage Reports Fully Submitted
1
41
14
110
77
24
70%
2
19
1
12
0
0
0%
3
343
72
194
96
97
49%
4
149
173
743
511
123
69%
5
157
83
595
331
104
56%
5_Fresno
40
2
3
0
0
0%
5_Redding
30
24
199
80
80
40%
5_Sacramento
87
57
310
251
24
81%
6
64
49
222
97
92
44%
6_Tahoe
30
31
120
45
44
37%
6_Victorville
34
18
102
52
48
51%
7
64
0
0
0
0
0%
8
8
4
27
11
11
41%
9
42
14
52
19
19
37%
TOTAL
887
410
1,872
1,142
470
61%
WHAT THE MEASURE IS SHOWING
Approximately 43% all of and All Other Waste Type (non-municipal and non-industrial) Facilities discharging to land under Waste Discharge Requirements have their reporting requirements now in the Water Boards database (CIWQS). This percentage varies among the regional boards and several offices are still not fully tracking the self-monitoring reports in CIWQS. Of the reports that were documented as required during fiscal year 2013-14, 61% were received of which 41% were recorded as reviewed.
WHY THIS MEASURE IS IMPORTANT
Self Monitoring Reports (SMR) contain the information required by the permits necessary to assess compliance and to measure the quality of the discharge from regulated facilities. Data reported typically include both data required by the permit and any additional data the permittee has collected consistent with permit requirements. The data typically contains an assessment of the conditions of the discharge and includes the values analyzed by a certified laboratory and other field measurements (such PH and flow). During the review of the self monitoring reports regional board staff compares the values reported with the permit requirements and determines if the self monitoring report is complete and all the reported values are within the permitted limits. In 2010 the Water Boards started to use the CIWQS database to track monitoring reports due, received and reviewed both in either electronic or paper form. This card shows the progress towards tracking the required reports using CIWQS. Self Monitoring Reports are the primary tool used to assess compliance with permit requirements. SMR are submitted with different frequencies and with different purposes. Most dischargers submit quarterly and annual reports. In some cases certain dischargers may also be required to submit monthly reports and other technical reports. In general, all regulated facilities must submit, at a minimum, an annual report.
TECHNICAL CONSIDERATIONS
Data Source: CIWQS. Period July 1, 2013 to June 30, 2014.
Unit of Measure: Number of self-monitoring reports that were due, received or reviewed during FY 13-14.
Data Definitions: Self-Monitoring Report required in Waste Discharge Requirements. Data includes all Self-Monitoring Report types and frequencies.
All facilities that treat and/or dispose of wastes that do not fall into one of the Municipal, Industrial and Agricultural Waste categories. It does not include Dairies or other Confined Animal facilities
Self Monitoring Report
TThe form used to report self-monitoring results by regulated facilities. Self-Monitoring: Sampling and analyses performed by a facility to determine compliance with a permit or other regulatory requirements.
CIWQS
The California Integrated Water Quality System (CIWQS) is a web-based relational database for core regulatory data. Using this system, both staff and the public can access data related to places of environmental interest, permits and other orders, inspections and violations and enforcement activities.
Waste Discharge Requirements Program
The Waste Discharge Requirements (WDR) Program regulates all point source discharges of waste to land that do not require full containment (which falls under the Land Discharge Program), or are not subject to the NPDES Program.
