The California Water Boards' Annual Performance Report - Fiscal Year 2015-16
REGULATE: WASTE DISCHARGES TO LAND - WDR
GROUP:
MUNICIPAL WASTE FACILITIES
MEASURE:
NUMBER OF MONITORING REPORTS DUE AND RECEIVED
NUMBER OF FACILITIES WITH REPORTING REQUIREMENTS IN CIWQS
MESSAGE:
24 percent of municipal waste facilities have reporting requirements in CIWQS. 70 percent of reports due in FY 14-15 were received.
Key Statistics for FY 2015-16
Number of Facilities with Reporting Requirements
814
Number of Monitoring Reports Due
7,247
Number of Monitoring Reports Received
5,225
MEASUREMENTS - Data Last Updated on: 02-12-2017 (10:35 am)
Regional Board Office
Facilities Regulated
Facilities With Reporting Requirements in CIWQS
Self Monitoring Reports Due in FY 2015-16
Reports Fully Submitted
Reports Reviewed
Percentage of Reports Fully Submitted
1
72
70
809
609
342
75%
2
51
16
137
5
5
4%
3
108
95
613
540
540
88%
4
63
62
286
248
119
87%
5
538
373
4,112
3,228
1,019
79%
5F
225
55
487
43
0
9%
5R
104
113
1,060
781
781
74%
5S
209
205
2,565
2,404
238
94%
6
88
86
486
379
359
78%
6A
21
21
105
77
69
73%
6B
67
65
381
302
290
79%
7
70
2
34
0
0
0%
8
36
6
97
14
14
14%
9
105
104
673
202
202
30%
TOTAL
1,131
814
7,247
5,225
2,600
72%
WHAT THE MEASURE IS SHOWING
24 percent of municipal waste facilities regulated by the WDR Program now have their reporting requirements in the Water Boards; database, the California Integrated Water Quality System (CIWQS). 70 percent of reports due to the Water Boards in Fiscal Year (FY) 2014-15 were received statewide. Of the 5,056 reports received, 2,420 reports (48 percent) were reviewed by Water Board staff.
WHY THIS MEASURE IS IMPORTANT
Self-Monitoring Reports (SMRs) are the primary tool to assess compliance with permit requirements. SMRs are submitted with different frequencies and with different purposes. At a minimum, all regulated facilities are required to submit an annual report, with most facilities also required to submit quarterly reports. Some dischargers may also be required to submit monthly reports and other technical reports. 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: CIWQS. Period July 1, 2015 to June 30, 2016.
Unit of Measure: Number of self-monitoring reports that were due, received or reviewed during FY 15-16.
Data Definitions: Self-Monitoring Report required in Waste Discharge Requirements. Data include all Self-Monitoring Report types and frequencies.
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.
Large Municipal Facilities
Facilities discharging municipal waste serving a population equivalent to 1,000 people and with a design flow of greater than 100,000 gallons a day. This group only includes those facilities regulated with individual Waste Discharge Requirements (WDR).
Municipal Sources
Facilities that treat sewage or a mixture of predominantly sewage and other waste from districts, municipalities, communities, hospitals, schools, and publicly or privately owned systems (excluding individual surface leaching systems disposing of less than 1,000 gallons per day).
Self Monitoring Report
The 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.
Small Municipal and Domestic Waste Facilities
Facilities discharging municipal waste serving a population equivalent to less than 1,000 people and with a design flow less than 100,000 gallons a day. Small municipal waste facilities are typically regulated under a general order and may include facilities discharging to subsurface systems such as septic tanks and leach fields or small wastewater package plants.
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.
