The California Water Boards' Annual Performance Report - Fiscal Year 2015-16
REGULATE: WASTE DISCHARGES TO LAND - WDR
GROUP:
INDUSTRIAL WASTE WDR FACILITIES
MEASURE:
NUMBER OF MONITORING REPORTS DUE AND RECEIVED
NUMBER OF FACILITIES WITH REPORTING REQUIREMENTS IN CIWQS
MESSAGE:
54 percent of industrial waste facilities have reporting requirements in CIWQS. 73 percent of reports due in FY 14-15 were received.
Key Statistics for FY 2015-16
Number of Facilities with Reporting Requirements
224
Number of Monitoring Reports Due
2,229
Number of Monitoring Reports Received
1,594
MEASUREMENTS - Data Last Updated on: 08-05-2016 (10:57 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 Reports Fully Submitted
1
46
44
366
191
60
52%
2
11
2
18
2
2
11%
3
30
28
96
72
72
75%
4
4
3
14
11
4
79%
5
278
132
1,672
1,284
241
77%
5_Fresno
157
18
205
30
1
15%
5_Redding
34
32
268
166
166
62%
5_Sacramento
87
82
1,199
1,088
74
91%
6
6
5
40
33
25
82%
6_Tahoe
2
1
2
0
0
0%
6_Victorville
4
4
38
33
25
87%
7
25
0
0
0
0
0%
8
3
1
12
0
0
0%
9
9
9
11
1
1
9%
TOTAL
412
224
2,229
1,594
405
72%
WHAT THE MEASURE IS SHOWING
54 percent of industrial waste facilities regulated by the Waste Discharge Requirement (WDR) program now have their reporting requirements in the Water Boards' database, the California Integrated Water Quality System (CIWQS). 73 percent of reports due to the Water Boards in fiscal year (FY) 2014-15 were received statewide. Of the 2,668 reports received, 709 reports (27 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 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 includes 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.
Industrial Sources
Facilities that treat and/or dispose of liquid or semisolid wastes from any servicing, producing, manufacturing or processing operations of whatever nature including mining, gravel washing, geothermal operations, air conditioning, ship building and repairing, oil production, storage and disposal operations, and water well pumping.
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.
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.
