The California Water Boards' Annual Performance Report - Fiscal Year 2014-15
REGULATE: WASTE DISCHARGES TO LAND - WDR |
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MEASUREMENTS
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WHAT THE MEASURE IS SHOWING
WHY THIS MEASURE IS IMPORTANT
TECHNICAL CONSIDERATIONS
- Data Source: CIWQS. Period July 1, 2014 to June 30, 2015. Extracted on September 21, 2015.
- Unit of Measure: Number of inspections and number of facilities inspected during FY 14-15.
- Data Definitions: Inspections: include inspections conducted by Regional or State Water Board staff, or US EPA contractors. Facilities Inspected: Count of facilities inspected one or more times during a fiscal year.
- References: Information on the Water Boards’ WDR - NON15 program
Public Reports and Data
Enforcement and Compliance Assurance Information
GLOSSARY
- 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).
- 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 of lower than 100,000 gallons a day. Small municipal waste facilities are typically regulated under a general order and may include facilities discharging to subsurface system such as septic tanks and leach fields and the treatment systems may be small 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.
- Inspection (Compliance and Non Compliance)
- The Regional Board or State Board may inspect the facilities of any discharger at any time pursuant to Water Code, Section 13267. Compliance activities include all activities necessary to determine if discharges are in compliance with waste discharge requirements, NPDES permits, and related enforcement orders. Compliance inspections are classified as either Level A or Level B, with Level A being more thorough.