Sanitary Sewer Overflow (SSO) Reduction Program

Available Documents

This page is intended to provide information to enrollees and the general public. If there are documents that you would like to see posted on this page please contact the SSO Reduction Program Staff.  

Previous State Water Board Staff Workshops

February 2022 PUBLIC WORKSHOPS

The State Water Resources Control Board (State Water Board) has issued a public notice announcing: (1) the availability of a Draft Statewide Sanitary Sewer System General Order, and (2) two public workshops to provide stakeholders and interested parties information regarding the Draft General Order. Stakeholders and interested parties were encouraged to provide oral feedback to staff during these workshops. Please see the Public Notice below for more details.

April 2021 PUBLIC WORKSHOPS

Issuance of Informal Staff Draft Statewide Sanitary Sewer Systems Order Reissuance

The State Water Resources Control Board (State Water Board) has issued a public notice announcing: (1) the availability of an informal staff draft Statewide Sanitary Sewer System General Order, and (2) two public workshops to provide stakeholders and interested parties information regarding the preliminary informal staff draft General Order. Stakeholders and interested parties are encouraged to provide oral feedback to staff during these workshops. Please see the Public Notice below for more details.

2019 STAKEHOLDER OUTREACH WORKSHOPS

In April and May 2019, State Water Board staff conducted outreach workshops in the cities of San Diego, Sacramento, Chino, Redding, and Fresno to hear stakeholder input on the proposed reissuance of the existing Statewide Sanitary Sewer Systems General Order.

Links to 2019 Workshop Documents:

General Order Information

To provide a consistent, statewide regulatory approach to address Sanitary sewer overflows, the State Water Board adopted Statewide General Waste Discharge Requirements for Sanitary Sewer Systems, Water Quality Order No. 2006-0003 (Sanitary Sewer Systems General Order) on May 2, 2006. The Sanitary Sewer Systems General Order requires public agencies that own or operate sanitary sewer systems to develop and implement sewer system management plans and report all sanitary sewer overflows to the State Water Board’s online sanitary sewer overflow database. The Sanitary Sewer Systems General Order and its supporting documents can be viewed through the links below:

All public agencies that own or operate a sanitary sewer system that is comprised of more than one mile of pipes or sewer lines which conveys wastewater to a publicly owned treatment facility must apply for coverage under the Sanitary Sewer Systems General Order . The application or Notice of Intent (NOI) for coverage under the Sanitary Sewer Systems General Order is available at the link below:

Sanitary Sewer Overflow Compliance & Enforcement Information Annual Compliance Report

General Information

Outreach

Sewer System Management Plan (SSMP)

SSO Reduction Practices

Data

Pre-Inspection

Presentations

SSMP Program Audit

Compliance and Enforcement

Enforcement Policy

Inspection Reports

Notice of Violation and 13267 Orders

Administrative Civil Liability Cases

Enforcement Referrals