The California Water Boards' Annual Performance Report - Fiscal Year 2014-15
REGULATE: NPDES STORMWATER
GROUP:
NPDES STORMWATER INDUSTRIAL FACILITIES
MEASURE:
NUMBER OF MONITORING REPORTS RECEIVED
NUMBER OF FACILITIES WITH REPORTING REQUIREMENTS IN CIWQS
MESSAGE:
In FY 14-15, 87 percent of annual reports (due by July 1, 2015) were received.
Key Statistics for FY 2014-15
Facilities with Annual Reports Required
9,274
Number of Annual Reports Submitted
8,134
Number of Annual Reports Outstanding
1,140
MEASUREMENTS - Data Last Updated on: 11-26-2018 (10:24 am)
Regional Board Office
Facilities With Reports Required
Reports Fully Submitted
Reports Outstanding
Percentage Reports Fully Submitted
1
333
273
60
82%
2
1,321
1082
239
82%
3
424
410
14
97%
4
2,702
2395
307
89%
5F
426
379
47
89%
5R
201
189
12
94%
5S
1,101
1020
81
93%
6A
34
11
23
32%
6B
193
136
57
70%
7
166
148
18
89%
8
1,583
1438
145
91%
9
790
653
137
83%
TOTAL
9,274
8,134
1,140
88%
WHAT THE MEASURE IS SHOWING
In Fiscal Year (FY) 2014-15, the Industrial Storm Water Program received 8,051 annual reports (or 87 percent of required annual reports). To comply with the reporting requirements established in the general NPDES for dischargers of storm water associated with industrial activities, facilities with reporting requirements are required to electronically submit annual reports. Because enrollees terminated during the FY are still required to submit an annual monitoring report, the facilities with reporting requirements is greater than the number of facilities still enrolled in the program at the end of the FY.
WHY THIS MEASURE IS IMPORTANT
The operators of industrial storm water facilities are required submit an annual report (called Self-Monitoring Reports or SMRs) to the Executive Officer of the Regional Water Board responsible for the area in which the facility is located and to the local agency (if requested), by July 1 of each year. SMRs contain the information required to assess the quality of a regulated facility's discharge and the facility's compliance with its permit. SMRs typically include both the data required by the permit as well as any additional date the permitted has collected, consistent with permit requirements. SMRs often include an assessment of discharge conditions, analysis performed by a certified laboratory, and field measurements (such as pH and stream flow). Regional Water Board staff review reports to determine if the reports are complete, and if the reported values are within the permitted limits. In 2010, the Water Boards transitioned to tracking both paper and electronic form monitoring reports due, received, and reviewed in the CIWQS database. This card shows the progress towards tracking monitoring and reviewing reports from all permitted facilities.
TECHNICAL CONSIDERATIONS
Data Source:SMARTS. Period: July 1, 2014 to June 30, 2015. Extracted October 2015.
Unit of Measure: Number of annual reports due on July 1, 2015 for reporting period July 1, 2014 through June 30, 2015.
Data Definitions: Facilities active more than 90 days during FY 2014-15 enrolled under a general industrial storm water permit.
Discharges associated with 10 broad categories of industrial activities are regulated under the Industrial Storm Water General Permit Order 97-03-DWQ (General Industrial Permit), which is an NPDES permit.
Storm Water
"Storm water" means storm water runoff, snow melt runoff, and storm water surface runoff and drainage. It excludes infiltration and runoff from agricultural land. "Storm Water Associated with Industrial Activity" means the discharge from any conveyance which is used for collecting and conveying storm water and which is directly related to manufacturing, processing, or raw materials storage areas at an industrial plant.
National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES)
The NPDES permit program (Section 402 of the Clean Water Act) controls water pollution by regulating point sources that discharge pollutants into waters of the United States. Point sources are discrete conveyances such as pipes or man-made ditches. Individual homes that are connected to a municipal system, use a septic system, or do not have a surface discharge do not need an NPDES permit; however, industrial, municipal, and other facilities must obtain permits if their discharges go directly to surface waters. US EPA has approved the Water Board’s program to issue NPDES permits.
