The California Water Boards' Annual Performance Report - Fiscal Year 2015-16
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 2015-16
Facilities with Annual Reports Required
23,300
Number of Annual Reports Submitted
21,719
Number of Annual Reports Outstanding
1,581
MEASUREMENTS - Data Last Updated on: 11-26-2018 (10:23 am)
Regional Board Office
Facilities With Reports Required
Reports Fully Submitted
Reports Outstanding
Percentage Reports Fully Submitted
1
1,096
1012
84
92%
2
3,878
3564
314
92%
3
1,169
1120
49
96%
4
6,504
6027
477
93%
5F
833
797
36
96%
5R
573
545
28
95%
5S
2,858
2676
182
94%
6A
59
51
8
86%
6B
299
272
27
91%
7
191
178
13
93%
8
3,908
3719
189
95%
9
1,932
1758
174
91%
TOTAL
23,300
21,719
1,581
93%
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, 2015 to June 30, 2016. Extracted October 2015.
Unit of Measure: Number of annual reports due on July 1, 2016 for reporting period July 1, 2015 through June 30, 2016.
Data Definitions: Facilities active more than 90 days during FY 2015-16 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 2014-0057-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 (CWA Section 402) 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.
