Questions or Comments about NPDES?
- Please email the CIWQS Help Center or phone 866-79-CIWQS (24977)
California Integrated Water Quality System Project (CIWQS)
CIWQS HELP CENTER – NPDES
Support for the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System
- Frequently Asked Questions
- Registration Forms
- Presentations and Helpful Information
- Workshop Presentation - The presentation given in our training class
- User Guide - User guide for the web portion of your submittal
- Submittal Checklist - Bulleted list of steps to help you through your first couple submittals
- Common Errors - A list of the most common errors that you may receive when uploading a CDF, EDF, or PET export file and how to resolve them
- Business Rules - Several guidelines on how to enter information
- User Group webpage - Find out the latest progress in eSMR development
- PET Tool / CIWQS Data Format Installer
- Start Here – Introduction / Installer / Updated Version / LIMS”
- Data Types - Guidelines on how Data Types should be used in the Permittee Entry Template (PET) Tool
- ND/DNQ – Guidelines on how to enter values near the detection limit
- Optional Tools
- Pivot - Review your uploaded monitoring data in an easy to read format prior to certifying and submitting.
(“Save” the Excel file to your computer before installing). - Limit - Use after the Pivot Tool to compare your permit limits to your monitoring data. You must populate the limits in the Limit tool.
- Pivot - Review your uploaded monitoring data in an easy to read format prior to certifying and submitting.
- Additional NPDES Information