California Water Boards' Annual Performance Report - Fiscal Year  2017-18 

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:  
56 percent of municipal waste facilities have reporting requirements in CIWQS. 43 percent of reports due in FY 17-18 were received.
Key Statistics for FY 2017-18
Number of Facilities with Reporting Requirements593
Number of Monitoring Reports Due3,897
Number of Monitoring Reports Received1,659

MEASUREMENTS  - Data Last Updated on:  11-16-2018 (4:24 pm)

Regional Board OfficeFacilities RegulatedFacilities With Reporting Requirements in CIWQSSelf Monitoring Reports Due in FY 2017-18 Reports Fully SubmittedReports ReviewedPercentage of Reports Fully Submitted
1716451021721743%
24613109000%
31059059654652092%
4572876352546%
54871921,17938036732%
5F223443401003%
5R676056733933960%
5S19788272312811%
6868542222021952%
6A201955224%
6B666636721821759%
769230000%
83523236110%
9989673926026035%
TOTAL1,0545933,8971,6591,60943%

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WHAT THE MEASURE IS SHOWING

56 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). 43 percent of reports due to the Water Boards in Fiscal Year (FY) 2017-18 were received statewide. Of the 1,659 reports received, 1,609 reports (97 percent) were reviewed by Water Board staff.
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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

GLOSSARY

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.

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.