| Req ID | Category | Intent | Legal Status | Name | Subdomain(s) | Context | Conditions | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #Q001 | administrative | reporting | mandatory | Cultivation Activities Characterization | agricultural water, wastewater | Dischargers must characterize their cultivation activities as described below and implement all applicable best practicable treatment or control (BPTC) measures described in Attachment A. | high | |
| #Q002 | administrative | reporting | mandatory | Total Disturbed Area Calculation | agricultural water | Dischargers that cultivate in multiple areas within a parcel or contiguous parcels shall add all the disturbed areas together to calculate the total disturbed area. | When cultivating in multiple areas within a parcel or contiguous parcels | high |
| #Q003 | administrative | reporting | mandatory | Non-Contiguous Parcels Evaluation | agricultural water | Dischargers that cultivate cannabis on non-contiguous parcels must evaluate each parcel for regulatory coverage separately. | When cultivating cannabis on non-contiguous parcels | high |
| #Q004 | administrative | reporting | mandatory | Enrollment and Risk Designation | agricultural water, wastewater | Tier 1 or Tier 2 dischargers must enroll under the General Order (refer to Finding 7 for tier designation). Outdoor conditionally exempt and Tier 1 and Tier 2 enrollees shall characterize the risk designation based on the slope of disturbed areas and the proximity to a water body. | Applicable to Tier 1, Tier 2, and outdoor conditionally exempt enrollees | high |
| #Q005 | operational | treatment | mandatory | Basin Plan Compliance | agricultural water, wastewater | This General Order requires Dischargers to comply with all applicable Basin Plan requirements, including prohibitions and/or water quality objectives governing the discharge. | high | |
| #Q006 | administrative | reporting | mandatory | Consultation on Loss of Exemption Status | agricultural water, wastewater | A Discharger covered under the conditional waiver that no longer complies with the conditions is required to consult with the Regional Water Board to determine if a compliance schedule is appropriate, if enrollment in Tier 1 or Tier 2 is possible, or if the Discharger must cease the discharge. | When a Discharger covered under the conditional waiver no longer complies with the waiver conditions | high |
| #Q007 | administrative | reporting | mandatory | Moderate Risk Site Enrollment | agricultural water | Applicants must comply with the setback and slope limits. A cultivation site is classified as moderate risk if any part of the disturbed area is located on a slope greater than 30 percent. Such Dischargers shall enroll as moderate risk and submit a Site Erosion and Sediment Control Plan. | When any part of the disturbed area is located on a slope greater than 30 percent | high |
| #Q008 | administrative | reporting | mandatory | High Risk Site Enrollment | agricultural water | A cultivation site is classified as high risk if any part of the disturbed area exists within the setback limits. Such Dischargers shall enroll as high risk, submit a Disturbed Area Stabilization Plan, and shall address the setback compliance issue as described below. | When any part of the disturbed area exists within the setback limits | high |
| #Q009 | administrative | reporting | mandatory | BPTC Measures Self-Certification | agricultural water, wastewater | The application requires the Discharger to self-certify that all applicable BPTC measures are being implemented, or will be implemented by the onset of the winter period, following the enrollment date. | high | |
| #Q010 | administrative | reporting | mandatory | Compliance Schedule Notification for BPTC | agricultural water, wastewater | Applicants that cannot implement all applicable BPTC measures by the onset of the winter period, following their enrollment date, shall submit to the Regional Water Board Executive Officer a Site Management Plan that includes a time schedule and scope of work for use by the Regional Water Board in developing a compliance schedule as described in Attachment A. | When applicant cannot implement all applicable BPTC measures by the onset of the winter period | high |
| #Q011 | administrative | reporting | mandatory | Coverage Termination Notice | agricultural water, wastewater | Dischargers that want to terminate coverage under this General Order shall submit a Notice of Termination (NOT), provided in Attachment C. The NOT shall include a Site Closure Report (see the plan description in the Provisions section of this General Order) and a final monitoring report. | When seeking to terminate coverage under the General Order | high |
| #Q012 | operational | treatment | mandatory | Compliance with Cannabis Policy | agricultural water, wastewater | The Discharger shall comply with, and implement, all requirements described in Attachment A of the Cannabis Policy, which is included as Attachment A of this General Order. | high | |
| #Q013 | administrative | reporting | mandatory | Site Management Plan Submittal | agricultural water, wastewater | Within 90 days of the issuance of a Notice of Receipt, all Tier 1 and Tier 2 Dischargers shall submit and implement a Site Management Plan that describes how the Discharger is complying with the BPTC measures listed in Attachment A. | Applicable to all Tier 1 and Tier 2 Dischargers | high |
| #Q014 | administrative | reporting | mandatory | North Coast Property-Wide Management Plan | agricultural water, wastewater | Dischargers that are landowners of the cultivation site in North Coast Regional Water Board jurisdiction are required to submit and implement Site Management Plans that describes how the BPTC measures are implemented property-wide, including BPTC measures implemented to address discharges from legacy activities. | For landowners of cultivation sites within North Coast Regional Water Board jurisdiction | high |
| #Q015 | administrative | reporting | mandatory | Site Erosion and Sediment Control Plan Submittal | agricultural water | Tier 1 or Tier 2 Dischargers classified as moderate risk... shall submit a Site Erosion and Sediment Control Plan that describes how the Discharger will implement the BPTC measures listed in Attachment A. The report shall include an analysis of slope stability. | Applicable to Tier 1 or Tier 2 Dischargers classified as moderate risk | high |
| #Q016 | administrative | reporting | mandatory | Disturbed Area Stabilization Plan Submittal | agricultural water | Tier 1 or Tier 2 Dischargers classified as high risk... shall submit a Disturbed Area Stabilization Plan that shall describe how compliance with the setbacks will be achieved. | Applicable to Tier 1 or Tier 2 Dischargers classified as high risk | high |
| #Q017 | administrative | reporting | mandatory | Nitrogen Management Plan Submittal | agricultural water, wastewater | Within 90 days of the issuance of a notice of receipt, all Tier 2 Dischargers with a cannabis cultivation area, or aggregate of cultivation areas, greater than one acre shall submit a Nitrogen Management Plan (NMP) for the facility. The NMP shall calculate all the nitrogen applied to the cannabis cultivation area... and describe procedures to limit excessive fertilizer application. | Applicable to Tier 2 Dischargers with cultivation areas greater than one acre | high |
| #Q018 | administrative | reporting | mandatory | Site Closure Report Submittal | agricultural water, wastewater | At least 90 days prior to ending cannabis cultivation at a site, a conditionally exempt, Tier 1, or Tier 2 Discharger shall submit a Site Closure Report that describes how the site will be decommissioned to prevent waste constituents, sediment, and/or turbidity discharges that degrade water quality. | At least 90 days prior to ending cannabis cultivation at a site | high |
| #Q019 | operational | operational | mandatory | Personnel Familiarity and Document Availability | agricultural water, wastewater | The Discharger shall ensure that all site operating personnel are familiar with the contents of the General Order. A copy of this General Order and technical reports required by this General Order shall be kept at the cultivation site. | high | |
| #Q020 | reporting | reporting | mandatory | Material Change Notification | agricultural water, wastewater | Before making a material change in the activity, character, location, or volume of discharge, the Discharger shall notify the Regional Water Board Executive Officer. | Prior to making material changes in activity, character, location, or volume of discharge | high |
| #Q021 | monitoring | operational | mandatory | Inspection Permission | agricultural water, wastewater | The Discharger shall permit representatives of the Regional Water Board and/or the State Water Board, upon presentation of credentials, to: i. Enter premises... ii. Copy any records... iii. Inspect at reasonable hours, monitoring equipment... iv. Sample, photograph, and/or video record any cultivation activity, discharge, waste material, waste treatment system, or monitoring device. | high | |
| #Q022 | operational | treatment | mandatory | Electrical Equipment Safeguards | wastewater, agricultural water | For any electrically operated equipment at the site, the failure of which would cause loss of control or containment of waste materials or violation of this General Order, the Discharger shall employ safeguards to prevent loss of control over wastes. | high | |
| #Q023 | reporting | reporting | mandatory | Immediate Reporting of Operational Changes | agricultural water, wastewater | Any of the following changes must immediately be reported to the Regional Water Board Executive Officer: i. A change in ownership of the parcel where the cultivation activities take place... ii. A change of the permitted facility operator... iii. A change in a third-party representative. | Upon change in ownership, facility operator, or third-party representative | high |
| #Q024 | reporting | reporting | mandatory | Noncompliance Telephone Notification | agricultural water, wastewater | If the Discharger cannot comply with the General Order, or will be unable to implement an applicable BPTC measure contained in Attachment A by the onset of winter period each year, the Discharger shall notify the Regional Water Board staff by telephone so that a site-specific compliance schedule can be developed. ... The written notification shall state the date, time, nature, cause of noncompliance, immediate response action, and a schedule for corrective actions. | Upon knowledge of noncompliance or potential noncompliance | high |
| #Q025 | monitoring | reporting | mandatory | Laboratory Certification and QC | agricultural water, wastewater | Unless otherwise approved by the Regional Water Board Executive Officer, all analyses shall be conducted at a laboratory certified for the analyses by the State Water Board's Division of Drinking Water Environmental Laboratory Accreditation Program. Field tests... will be accepted provided an acceptable Quality Assurance/ Quality Control Program is instituted by the laboratory. | For all required analytical monitoring unless field tests are utilized | high |
| #Q026 | administrative | reporting | mandatory | Record Retention | agricultural water, wastewater | The Discharger shall retain records of all monitoring information, including copies of all reports required by this General Order and records of all data used to complete the application for this General Order. Records shall be maintained for a minimum of three years from the date of the report or application. | high | |
| #Q027 | monitoring | operational | mandatory | Instrument Calibration | agricultural water, wastewater | All monitoring and analysis instruments and devices used by the Discharger to fulfill the prescribed MRP shall be properly maintained and calibrated as recommended by the manufacturer to ensure their continued accuracy. | high | |
| #Q028 | monitoring | reporting | mandatory | Sample Chain of Custody | agricultural water, wastewater | All samples shall be representative of the volume and nature of the discharge or matrix of material sampled. The name of the sampler, sample type (grab or composite), time, date, location, bottle type, and any preservative used for each sample shall be recorded on the sample chain of custody form. The chain of custody form must contain all custody information including date, time, and to whom samples were relinquished. | high | |
| #Q029 | reporting | reporting | mandatory | Facility Status Table B1 Reporting | agricultural water, wastewater | Dischargers that are classified as Tier 1 or Tier 2 facilities shall report the following as shown in Table B1: Winterization Measures Implemented... Tier Status Confirmation... Third Party Identification... Nitrogen Application... | Applicable to Tier 1 and Tier 2 facilities | high |
| #Q030 | monitoring | reporting | mandatory | Moderate or High Risk Monthly Site Maintenance Monitoring | agricultural water, wastewater | Dischargers that are classified as Tier 1 or Tier 2, and are characterized as a moderate or high risk, shall perform the following additional monitoring as shown in Table B2. | Applicable to Tier 1 and Tier 2 Dischargers characterized as moderate or high risk | high |
| #Q031 | monitoring | reporting | mandatory | Storm Water Runoff Monitoring | agricultural water, wastewater | Dischargers that are classified as Tier 1 or Tier 2, and are characterized as a moderate or high risk, shall perform the following monitoring as described in Table B3. ... Monitoring shall be performed during all months in which activity is occurring at the site until winterization is complete. | Applicable to Tier 1 and Tier 2 Dischargers characterized as moderate or high risk during active months | high |
| #Q032 | reporting | reporting | mandatory | Annual Report Submission | agricultural water, wastewater | Annual Reports shall be submitted to the Regional Water Board by March 1 following the year being monitored. ... The Annual Report shall include the following: 1. Facility Status, Site Maintenance Status, and Storm Water Runoff Monitoring. 2. The name and contact information for the person responsible for operation, maintenance, and monitoring. | Annually by March 1 | high |
| #Q033 | reporting | reporting | mandatory | Nitrogen Application Calculation Rules | agricultural water | The application rate shall be reported as pounds of nitrogen applied per canopy acre. ... Note that the nitrogen applied shall only be calculated for the month in which it is applied, and all the nitrogen applied shall be calculated. | When calculating nitrogen application rates for the Nitrogen Management Plan or reporting | high |
| #Q034 | prohibition | treatment | mandatory | Cold Interstate Water Discharge Prohibition | aquatic life, drinking water | Elevated temperature waste discharges into cold interstate waters are prohibited. | high | |
| #Q035 | prohibition | treatment | mandatory | Warm Interstate Thermal Waste Prohibition | aquatic life | Thermal waste discharges having a maximum temperature greater than 5 ° F above natural receiving water temperature are prohibited. | high | |
| #Q036 | design | treatment | mandatory | Coastal New Discharge Dispersion Requirement | aquatic life, recreational water | Elevated temperature wastes shall be discharged to the open ocean away from the shoreline to achieve dispersion through the vertical water column. | New discharges in Coastal Waters | high |
| #Q037 | design | treatment | mandatory | ASBS Temperature Maintenance Requirement | aquatic life | Elevated temperature wastes shall be discharged a sufficient distance from areas of special biological significance to assure the maintenance of natural temperature in these areas. | New discharges in Coastal Waters near ASBS | high |
| #Q038 | monitoring | operational | mandatory | Temperature Measurement Accuracy | aquatic life, other | Natural water temperature will be compared with waste discharge temperature by near-simultaneous measurements accurate to within 1 ° F. | high | |
| #Q039 | administrative | reporting | mandatory | Thermal Waste Impact Study | aquatic life, other | Existing and future dischargers of thermal waste shall conduct a study to define the effect of the discharge on beneficial uses and, for existing discharges, determine design and operating changes which would be necessary to achieve compliance with the provisions of this plan. | high | |
| #Q040 | monitoring | reporting | mandatory | Mandatory Compliance Monitoring | aquatic life, other | All waste discharge requirements adopted for discharges of elevated temperature wastes shall be monitored in order to determine compliance with effluent or receiving water temperature (or heat) requirements. | high | |
| #Q041 | administrative | operational | mandatory | Monitoring Program Payment Responsibility | other | The State Board or Regional Board may require a discharger(s) to pay a public agency or other appropriate person an amount sufficient to carry out the expanded monitoring program required pursuant to paragraph 8. | Applies if previous monitoring was unsatisfactory or multi-facility coordination is required. | high |
| #Q042 | prohibition | treatment | mandatory | Cumulative Effects Temperature Increase Prohibition | aquatic life | The cumulative effects of elevated temperature waste discharges shall not cause temperatures to be increased except as provided in specific water quality objectives contained herein. | high | |
| #Q043 | prohibition | treatment | mandatory | Enclosed Bays New Discharge Thermal Waste Prohibition | aquatic life | Thermal waste discharges having a maximum temperature greater than 4 ° F above the natural temperature of the receiving water are prohibited. | New discharges in Enclosed Bays | high |
| #Q044 | prohibition | treatment | mandatory | Estuaries New Discharge Thermal Waste Prohibition | aquatic life | Thermal waste discharges having a maximum temperature greater than 4 ° F above the natural temperature of the receiving water are prohibited. | New discharges in Estuaries | high |
| #Q045 | monitoring | reporting | mandatory | Post-Discharge Study Requirement | other | The Regional Board shall include in its requirements appropriate postdischarge studies by the discharger. | Applies to proposed dischargers of elevated temperature wastes. | high |
| #Q046 | monitoring | reporting | mandatory | Thermal Waste Study Scope | other | The scope of any necessary studies shall be as outlined by the Regional Board and shall be designed to include the following as applicable to an individual discharge: A. Existing conditions in the aquatic environment. B. Effects of the existing discharge on beneficial uses. C. Predicted conditions in the aquatic environment with waste discharge facilities designed and operated in compliance with the provisions of this plan. D. Predicted effects of the proposed discharge on beneficial uses. E. An analysis of costs and benefits of various design alternatives. F. The extent to which intake and outfall structures are located and designed so that the intake of planktonic organisms is at a minimum, waste plumes are prevented from touching the ocean substrate or shorelines, and the waste is dispersed into an area of pronounced along-shore or offshore currents. | As applicable to an individual discharge | high |
| #Q047 | monitoring | reporting | mandatory | Significant Thermal Discharge Expanded Monitoring | aquatic life | Furthermore, for significant thermal discharges as determined by the Regional Board or State, Regional Boards shall require expanded monitoring programs, to be carried out either on a continuous or periodic basis, designed to assess whether the source continues to provide adequate protection to beneficial uses (including the protection and propagation of a balanced indigenous community of fish, shellfish, and wildlife, in and on the body of water into which the discharge is made). | For significant thermal discharges as determined by the Regional Board or State | high |
| #Q048 | operational | treatment | mandatory | Coastal Beneficial Use Protection | aquatic life | Elevated temperature wastes shall comply with limitations necessary to assure protection of the beneficial uses and areas of special biological significance. | Existing discharges in Coastal Waters | high |
| #Q049 | operational | treatment | mandatory | Enclosed Bay Beneficial Use Protection | aquatic life | Elevated temperature waste discharges shall comply with limitations necessary to assure protection of beneficial uses. | Existing or new discharges in Enclosed Bays | high |
| #Q050 | administrative | reporting | mandatory | Additional Limitations Duty | aquatic life, other | Additional limitations shall be imposed in individual cases if necessary for the protection of specific beneficial uses and areas of special biological significance. | high | |
| #Q051 | design | treatment | mandatory | Dispersion Area Vertical Minimization | aquatic life | The extent of the dispersion area shall be: A. Minimized to achieve dispersion through the vertical water column rather than at the surface or in shallow water. | When additional limitations are established | high |
| #Q052 | administrative | reporting | mandatory | WDR Exception State Board Concurrence | other | Prior to becoming effective, such exceptions and alternative less stringent requirements must receive the concurrence of the State Board. | When Regional Boards grant exceptions under Section 316(a) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act | high |
| #Q053 | administrative | reporting | mandatory | Waste Discharge Requirement Review | other | Waste discharge requirements for existing elevated temperature wastes shall be reviewed to determine the need for studies of the effect of the discharge on beneficial uses, changes in monitoring programs and revision of waste discharge requirements. | For existing elevated temperature wastes | high |
| #Q054 | administrative | operational | mandatory | WDR Compliance Time Schedule | other | All waste discharge requirements shall include a time schedule which assures compliance with water quality objectives by July 1, 1977, unless the discharger can demonstrate that a longer time schedule is required to complete construction of necessary facilities. | high | |
| #Q055 | administrative | reporting | mandatory | ASBS Designation Authority | aquatic life | Areas of special biological significance shall be designated by the State Board after public hearing by the Regional Board and review of its recommendations. | high | |
| #Q056 | reporting | reporting | mandatory | Report of Waste Discharge Requirement | wastewater, other | Each of the following persons shall file with the appropriate regional board a report of the discharge, containing the information that may be required by the regional board: (1) A person discharging waste, or proposing to discharge waste, within any region that could affect the quality of the waters of the state, other than into a community sewer system. | Applicable to any person discharging or proposing to discharge waste that could affect water quality | high |
| #Q057 | reporting | health | mandatory | Immediate Spill Notification for Hazardous Substances or Sewage | wastewater, other | Except as provided by subdivision (b), any person who, without regard to intent or negligence, causes or permits any hazardous substance or sewage to be discharged in or on any waters of the state, or discharged or deposited where it is, or probably will be, discharged in or on any waters of the state, shall, as soon as (A) that person has knowledge of the discharge, (B) notification is possible, and (C) notification can be provided without substantially impeding cleanup or other emergency measures, immediately notify the Office of Emergency Services of the discharge in accordance with the spill reporting provision of the state toxic disaster contingency plan | Upon knowledge of a discharge of hazardous substances or sewage | high |
| #Q058 | corrective_action | treatment | mandatory | Cleanup and Abatement Requirement | other | A person who has discharged or discharges waste into the waters of this state in violation of any waste discharge requirement or other order or prohibition issued by a regional board or the state board, or who has caused or permitted, causes or permits, or threatens to cause or permit any waste to be discharged or deposited where it is, or probably will be, discharged into the waters of the state and creates, or threatens to create, a condition of pollution or nuisance, shall, upon order of the regional board, clean up the waste or abate the effects of the waste, or, in the case of threatened pollution or nuisance, take other necessary remedial action, including, but not limited to, overseeing cleanup and abatement efforts. | When waste is discharged in violation of WDRs or causes a condition of pollution/nuisance | high |
| #Q059 | reporting | reporting | mandatory | Sanitary Sewer Overflow 30-Day Report | wastewater | in the event of a spill or overflow from a sanitary sewer system that is subject to the notification requirements set forth in Section 13271, the applicable collection system owner or operator, in addition to immediate reporting duties pursuant to Section 13271, shall submit to the appropriate regional board, within 30 days of the date of becoming aware of the overflow event, a report using the form described in subdivision (b). | Following a spill or overflow from a sanitary sewer system | high |
| #Q060 | prohibition | health | mandatory | Building Permit Restriction for Non-Permanent Water Sources | drinking water | A city, including a charter city, or a county shall not issue a building permit for the construction of a new residential development where a source of water supply is water transported by a water hauler, bottled water, a water-vending machine, or a retail water facility. | New residential development projects | high |
| #Q061 | administrative | health | mandatory | Mandatory Human Right to Water Consideration | drinking water | All relevant state agencies, including the department, the state board, and the State Department of Public Health, shall consider this state policy [the right to safe, clean, affordable, and accessible water] when revising, adopting, or establishing policies, regulations, and grant criteria when those policies, regulations, and criteria are pertinent to the uses of water described in this section. | When revising or establishing water-related policies, regulations, or grant criteria | high |
| #Q062 | monitoring | reporting | mandatory | Technical and Monitoring Report Requirement | other | In conducting an investigation specified in subdivision (a), the regional board may require that any person who has discharged, discharges, or is suspected of having discharged or discharging, or who proposes to discharge waste within its region... shall furnish, under penalty of perjury, technical or monitoring program reports which the regional board requires. | Upon order by a Regional Water Quality Control Board during an investigation | high |
| #Q063 | administrative | reporting | mandatory | Public Notice and Comment for Orders and Requirements | other | The state board or the regional board, as applicable, shall provide notice and a period of at least 30 days for public comment prior to the adoption of any of the following: (1) Waste discharge requirements prescribed pursuant to Sections 13263 or 13377. (2) Water reclamation requirements prescribed pursuant to Section 13523. (3) An order issued pursuant to Section 13320. (4) A time schedule order adopted pursuant to Section 13300 | Prior to the adoption of WDRs, reclamation requirements, or specific enforcement orders | high |
| #Q064 | prohibition | operational | mandatory | Potable Water Use Restriction for Nonpotable Purposes | other | A person or public agency, including a state agency, city, county, city and county, district, or any other political subdivision of the state, shall not use water from any source of quality suitable for potable domestic use for nonpotable uses, including cemeteries, golf courses, parks, highway landscaped areas, and industrial and irrigation uses if suitable recycled water is available as provided in Section 13550. | When suitable recycled water is available as determined by the state board | high |
| #Q065 | reporting | reporting | mandatory | Well Completion Report Submittal | other | Every person who digs, bores, or drills a water well, cathodic protection well, groundwater monitoring well, or geothermal heat exchange well, abandons or destroys such a well, or deepens or reperforates such a well, shall file with the department a report of completion of that well within 60 days from the date its construction, alteration, abandonment, or destruction is completed. | Within 60 days of completing well construction, alteration, or destruction | high |
| Req ID | Category | Intent | Legal Status | Name | Subdomain(s) | Limit Type | Limit Value | Context | Conditions | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #P001 | chemical | treatment | mandatory | total nitrogen | other | treatment_goal | 1.0 mg/L | numeric targets for total nitrogen | Rainbow Creek Watershed | high |
| #P002 | chemical | treatment | mandatory | total phosphorus | other | treatment_goal | 0.1 mg/L | numeric targets for total phosphorus | Rainbow Creek Watershed | high |
| #P003 | microbiological | health | mandatory | Heterotrophic Plate Count (HPC) for disinfectant residual equivalence | drinking water | requirement | <= 500 colony forming units per millimeter | Presence of HPC below this level is considered equivalent to a detectable disinfectant residual for Approved surface water. | When approving surface water utilized by a supplier serving 500 or more persons. | high |
| #P004 | operational | operational | mandatory | Pilot test duration limit | other | requirement | <= 24 months | Maximum duration for the operation of an ASR pilot test. | From the date the pilot test Notice of Applicability is issued. | high |
| #P005 | operational | operational | mandatory | Well purging requirement | other | requirement | >= 3 well volumes | Requirement to purge wells prior to sampling groundwater monitoring wells. | Until temperature, pH, and electrical conductivity have stabilized. | high |
| #P006 | physical | operational | mandatory | Groundwater sample filter size | other | requirement | 0.45 micron | Pore size of filter to be used for groundwater samples if required by the SAP. | high | |
| #P007 | physical | operational | mandatory | Depth to groundwater measurement precision | other | requirement | 0.01 feet | Required precision for measuring the depth to groundwater in monitoring wells. | high | |
| #P008 | operational | health | mandatory | Minimum samples with detectable disinfectant residual | drinking water | requirement | >= 95 percent | Residual disinfectant concentrations of samples collected from the distribution system shall be detectable in at least 95 percent of samples. | Except for suppliers serving fewer than 500 persons. | high |
| #P009 | operational | reporting | mandatory | Noncompliance written notification timeline | other | requirement | <= 2 weeks | The Permittee shall confirm verbal notification of noncompliance in writing within two weeks. | high | |
| #P010 | operational | reporting | mandatory | Monitoring record retention period | other | requirement | >= 3 years | Records of all monitoring information shall be maintained for a minimum of three years. | Period may be extended during unresolved litigation or when requested by Executive Officer. | high |
| #P011 | operational | health | mandatory | Public Water System service connection threshold | drinking water | requirement | >= 15 service connections | Definition of a public drinking water system includes systems for human consumption through pipes with 15 or more service connections. | high | |
| #P012 | operational | health | mandatory | Public Water System population threshold | drinking water | requirement | >= 25 individuals | Definition of a public water system includes systems that regularly serve at least 25 individuals daily. | Must serve this amount at least 60 days out of the year. | high |
| #P013 | operational | health | mandatory | Public Water System minimum operation days | drinking water | requirement | >= 60 days per year | Definition of a public water system includes systems serving 25 individuals daily for at least 60 days of the year. | high | |
| #P014 | operational | reporting | mandatory | Groundwater monitoring initial duration | other | requirement | 1 year | Sampling and reporting frequency shall be quarterly for one year, commencing on first date of injection. | Thereafter, sampling is not required unless specified otherwise. | high |
| #P015 | operational | reporting | mandatory | Public Health Goal report service connection threshold | drinking water | requirement | > 10,000 service connections | Requirement for public water systems to prepare a brief written report for contaminants exceeding public health goals. | Applies every three years for systems meeting the connection threshold. | high |
| #P016 | operational | operational | mandatory | Domestic Water Supply Permit connection threshold | drinking water | requirement | > 200 connections | Definition of a permit issued by CDPH for operation of a public water system. | high | |
| #P017 | operational | reporting | mandatory | Sampling and Analysis Plan submission deadline | other | requirement | <= 90 days | The Permittee shall submit a Sampling and Analysis Plan after the issuance of the Notice of Applicability. | high | |
| #P018 | operational | reporting | mandatory | Non-Compliance Response Plan submission deadline | other | requirement | <= 90 days | Deadline to submit the plan after discovering non-compliance with the Order. | Must be submitted prior to re-initiating injection. | high |
| #P019 | operational | operational | mandatory | Monitoring instrument calibration frequency | other | requirement | >= 1 times per year | All monitoring instruments and devices used to fulfill the prescribed monitoring program shall be properly maintained and calibrated. | high | |
| #P020 | design | operational | guidance | Monitoring well screen interval | other | requirement | < 20 feet | Typical design length for a monitoring well screen used to collect groundwater samples. | high | |
| #P021 | operational | operational | mandatory | Grab sample duration | other | requirement | < 15 minutes | Definition of a grab sample for monitoring purposes. | high | |
| #P022 | operational | operational | mandatory | Composite sample maximum interval | other | requirement | <= 1 hour | Maximum time interval between individual samples in a composite sample. | high | |
| #P023 | operational | reporting | mandatory | New injection well registration submission timeline | other | requirement | <= 30 days | Deadline to submit Class V injection well permit by rule notification after completion of a new well. | high | |
| #P024 | operational | reporting | mandatory | Toxic chemical release reporting timeline | other | requirement | <= 30 days | Deadline to report toxic chemical release data to the Regional Water Board after the date of discovery. | high | |
| #P025 | operational | reporting | mandatory | Correction of incorrect information timeline | other | requirement | <= 30 days | Deadline to submit corrected or missing information once the Permittee becomes aware of the error. | high | |
| #P026 | operational | health | mandatory | Residual chlorine concentration requirement threshold | drinking water | requirement | >= 10000 people | CDPH requirement to maintain residual chlorine in the distribution system for large systems serving surface water. | high | |
| #P027 | physical | unknown | unknown | Annual groundwater overdraft estimate | other | unknown | 1,000,000 to 2,000,000 acre-feet | Estimated annual overdraft in the state's groundwater basins. | Based on DWR Bulletin 118-80 2003 update. | high |
| #P028 | physical | unknown | unknown | Population served by groundwater | drinking water | unknown | 13,000,000 individuals | Estimated number of Californians served by groundwater in 1995. | high | |
| #P029 | physical | unknown | unknown | Percentage of population served by groundwater | drinking water | unknown | 43 percent | Percentage of the state's population served by groundwater in 1995. | high | |
| #P030 | physical | unknown | unknown | Public water supply wells count | drinking water | unknown | 16,000 wells | Number of wells used by California public water supply systems to supply water to the public. | high | |
| #P031 | operational | health | mandatory | Supplier size threshold for residual monitoring exemption | drinking water | requirement | < 500 persons | Threshold below which suppliers are exempt from the 95% detectable residual concentration requirement. | Applicable to approved surface water utilized by a supplier. | high |
| #P032 | unknown | unknown | unknown | Projected California population by 2050 | other | unknown | 60,000,000 individuals | Projected population growth used to estimate future groundwater demand. | high | |
| #P033 | operational | reporting | mandatory | Public Health Goal report frequency | drinking water | requirement | 3 years | Frequency for public water systems serving more than 10,000 service connections to prepare a PHG report. | Applies when contaminants exceed the applicable public health goal. | high |
| #P034 | unknown | unknown | unknown | California population 2005 estimate | other | unknown | 37,000,000 individuals | California's population estimate used as a baseline for future groundwater demand projections. | high |
| Req ID | Category | Name | Context | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #D001 | State board | means the State Water Resources Control Board. | high | |
| #D002 | Regional board | means any California regional water quality control board for a region as specified in Section 13200. | high | |
| #D003 | Person | includes any city, county, district, the state, and the United States, to the extent authorized by federal law. | high | |
| #D004 | Waste | includes sewage and any and all other waste substances, liquid, solid, gaseous, or radioactive, associated with human habitation, or of human or animal origin, or from any producing, manufacturing, or processing operation, including waste placed within containers of whatever nature prior to, and for purposes of, disposal. | high | |
| #D005 | Waters of the state | means any surface water or groundwater, including saline waters, within the boundaries of the state. | high | |
| #D006 | Beneficial uses | of the waters of the state that may be protected against quality degradation include, but are not limited to, domestic, municipal, agricultural and industrial supply; power generation; recreation; aesthetic enjoyment; navigation; and preservation and enhancement of fish, wildlife, and other aquatic resources or preserves. | high | |
| #D007 | Quality of the water | refers to chemical, physical, biological, bacteriological, radiological, and other properties and characteristics of water which affect its use. | high | |
| #D008 | Water quality objectives | means the limits or levels of water quality constituents or characteristics which are established for the reasonable protection of beneficial uses of water or the prevention of nuisance within a specific area. | high | |
| #D009 | Water quality control | means the regulation of any activity or factor which may affect the quality of the waters of the state and includes the prevention and correction of water pollution and nuisance. | high | |
| #D010 | Water quality control plan | consists of a designation or establishment for the waters within a specified area of all of the following: (1) Beneficial uses to be protected. (2) Water quality objectives. (3) A program of implementation needed for achieving water quality objectives. | high | |
| #D011 | Contamination | means an impairment of the quality of the waters of the state by waste to a degree which creates a hazard to the public health through poisoning or through the spread of disease. 'Contamination' includes any equivalent effect resulting from the disposal of waste, whether or not waters of the state are affected. | high | |
| #D012 | Pollution | means an alteration of the quality of the waters of the state by waste to a degree which unreasonably affects either of the following: (A) The waters for beneficial uses. (B) Facilities which serve these beneficial uses. (2) 'Pollution' may include 'contamination.' | high | |
| #D013 | Nuisance | means anything which meets all of the following requirements: (1) Is injurious to health, or is indecent or offensive to the senses, or an obstruction to the free use of property, so as to interfere with the comfortable enjoyment of life or property. (2) Affects at the same time an entire community or neighborhood, or any considerable number of persons, although the extent of the annoyance or damage inflicted upon individuals may be unequal. (3) Occurs during, or as a result of, the treatment or disposal of wastes. | high | |
| #D014 | Recycled water | means water which, as a result of treatment of waste, is suitable for a direct beneficial use or a controlled use that would not otherwise occur and is therefor considered a valuable resource. | high | |
| #D015 | Citizen or domiciliary | of the state includes a foreign corporation having substantial business contacts in the state or which is subject to service of process in this state. | high | |
| #D016 | Hazardous substance | means either of the following: (A) For discharge to surface waters, any substance determined to be a hazardous substance pursuant to Section 311(b)(2) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. Sec. 1251 et seq.). (B) For discharge to groundwater, any substance listed as a hazardous waste or hazardous material pursuant to Section 25140 of the Health and Safety Code, without regard to whether the substance is intended to be used, reused, or discarded, except that 'hazardous substance' does not include any substance excluded from Section 311(b)(2) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act because it is within the scope of Section 311(a)(1) of that act. (2) 'Hazardous substance' does not include any of the following: (A) Nontoxic, nonflammable, and noncorrosive stormwater runoff drained from underground vaults, chambers, or manholes into gutters or storm sewers. (B) Any pesticide which is applied for agricultural purposes or is applied in accordance with a cooperative agreement authorized by Section 116180 of the Health and Safety Code, and is not discharged accidentally or for purposes of disposal, the application of which is in compliance with all applicable state and federal laws and regulations. (C) Any discharge to surface water of a quantity less than a reportable quantity as determined by regulations issued pursuant to Section 311(b)(4) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act. (D) Any discharge to land which results, or probably will result, in a discharge to groundwater if the amount of the discharge to land is less than a reportable quantity, as determined by regulations adopted pursuant to Section 13271, for substances listed as hazardous pursuant to Section 25140 of the Health and Safety Code. No discharge shall be deemed a discharge of a reportable quantity until regulations set a reportable quantity for the substance discharged. | high | |
| #D017 | Mining waste | means all solid, semisolid, and liquid waste materials from the extraction, beneficiation, and processing of ores and minerals. Mining waste includes, but is not limited to, soil, waste rock, and overburden, as defined in Section 2732 of the Public Resources Code, and tailings, slag, and other processed waste materials, including cementitious materials that are managed at the cement manufacturing facility where the materials were generated. | high | |
| #D018 | cementitious material | means cement, cement kiln dust, clinker, and clinker dust. | high | |
| #D019 | Master recycling permit | means a permit issued to a supplier or a distributor, or both, of recycled water, that includes waste discharge requirements prescribed pursuant to Section 13263 and water recycling requirements prescribed pursuant to Section 13523.1. | high | |
| #D020 | injection well | means any bored, drilled, or driven shaft, dug pit, or hole in the ground into which waste or fluid is discharged, and any associated subsurface appurtenances, and the depth of which is greater than the circumference of the shaft, pit, or hole. | high | |
| #D021 | Enclosed bays | means indentations along the coast which enclose an area of oceanic water within distinct headlands or harbor works. 'Enclosed bays' include all bays where the narrowest distance between the headlands or outermost harbor works is less than 75 percent of the greatest dimension of the enclosed portion of the bay. 'Enclosed bays' include, but are not limited to, Humboldt Bay, Bodega Harbor, Tomales Bay, Drake's Estero, San Francisco Bay, Morro Bay, Los Angeles-Long Beach Harbor, Upper and Lower Newport Bay, Mission Bay, and San Diego Bay. For the purposes of identifying, characterizing, and ranking toxic hot spots pursuant to this chapter, Monterey Bay and Santa Monica Bay shall also be considered to be enclosed bays. | high | |
| #D022 | Estuaries | means waters, including coastal lagoons, located at the mouths of streams which serve as mixing zones for fresh and ocean waters. Coastal lagoons and mouths of streams which are temporarily separated from the ocean by sandbars shall be considered as estuaries. Estuarine waters shall be considered to extend from a bay or the open ocean to a point upstream where there is no significant mixing of fresh water and sea water. Estuarine waters include, but are not limited to, the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta, as defined in Section 12220, Suisun Bay, Carquinez Strait downstream to the Carquinez Bridge, and appropriate areas of the Smith, Mad, Eel, Noyo, Russian, Klamath, San Diego, and Otay Rivers. | high | |
| #D023 | Health risk assessment | means an analysis which evaluates and quantifies the potential human exposure to a pollutant that bioaccumulates or may bioaccumulate in edible fish, shellfish, or wildlife. 'Health risk assessment' includes an analysis of both individual and population wide health risks associated with anticipated levels of human exposure, including potential synergistic effects of toxic pollutants and impacts on sensitive populations. | high | |
| #D024 | Sediment quality objective | means that level of a constituent in sediment which is established with an adequate margin of safety, for the reasonable protection of the beneficial uses of water or the prevention of nuisances. | high | |
| #D025 | Toxic hot spots | means locations in enclosed bays, estuaries, or any adjacent waters in the 'contiguous zone' or the 'ocean,' as defined in Section 502 of the Clean Water Act (33 U.S.C. Sec. 1362), the pollution or contamination of which affects the interests of the state, and where hazardous substances have accumulated in the water or sediment to levels which (1) may pose a substantial present or potential hazard to aquatic life, wildlife, fisheries, or human health, or (2) may adversely affect the beneficial uses of the bay, estuary, or ocean waters as defined in water quality control plans, or (3) exceeds adopted water quality or sediment quality objectives. | high | |
| #D026 | Section | means a section of this code unless some other statute is specifically mentioned. | high | |
| #D027 | Subdivision | means a subdivision of the section in which that term occurs unless some other section is expressly mentioned. | high | |
| #D028 | Spouse | includes 'registered domestic partner,' as required by Section 297.5 of the Family Code. | high | |
| #D029 | County | includes city and county. | high | |
| #D030 | State | means the State of California, unless applied to the different parts of the United States. In the latter case, it includes the District of Columbia and the territories. | high | |
| #D031 | United States | means the United States of America, and in relation to any particular matter includes the officers, agents, employees, agencies, or instrumentalities authorized to act in relation thereto. | high | |
| #D032 | Department | unless otherwise specified, means the Department of Water Resources. | high | |
| #D033 | Director | unless otherwise specified, means the Director of Water Resources. | high | |
| #D034 | Board | unless otherwise specified, means the State Water Resources Control Board. | high | |
| #D035 | Disadvantaged community | means a community in which the median household income is less than 80 percent of the statewide annual median household income level. | high | |
| #D036 | Environmental justice | has the same meaning as defined in Section 30107.3 of the Public Resources Code. | high | |
| #D037 | proceeding | means any inquiry, investigation, hearing, ascertainment, or other proceeding ordered or undertaken by the board pursuant to this code. | high | |
| #D038 | evidence | means any paper, book, map, account, or document. | high | |
| #D039 | Adequate sewer service | means a sanitary sewer service provided by a sewer service provider that is not an inadequate sewer service, as defined in subdivision (j). | high | |
| #D040 | Administrator | means a person whom the state board has determined is competent and willing to perform the administrative, technical, operational, legal, or managerial services required for purposes of this chapter, pursuant to criteria set forth in the handbook described in subdivision (i) of Section 13289.5. An administrator may be any qualified individual, firm, or another sewer service provider. | high | |
| #D041 | Inadequate onsite sewage treatment system | means an onsite sewage treatment system that has the reasonable potential to cause a violation of water quality objectives, to impair present or future beneficial uses of water, or to cause pollution, nuisance, or contamination of waters of the state. | high | |
| #D042 | navigable waters | as used in this chapter shall have the same meaning as in the Federal Water Pollution Control Act and acts amendatory thereof or supplementary thereto. | high | |
| #D043 | pollutants | as used in this chapter shall have the same meaning as in the Federal Water Pollution Control Act and acts amendatory thereof or supplementary thereto. | high | |
| #D044 | point sources | as used in this chapter shall have the same meaning as in the Federal Water Pollution Control Act and acts amendatory thereof or supplementary thereto. | high | |
| #D045 | Person | means any person, firm, association, organization, partnership, business trust, corporation, limited liability company, or company. | high | |
| #D046 | Affected residence | means a residence within a disadvantaged community that may be subject to provision of sewer service pursuant to this chapter. | high | |
| #D047 | Designated sewer system | means a sewer service provider that serves a disadvantaged community that is either an inadequate sewer service or a sewer system that has a demonstrated failure to maintain technical, managerial, or financial capacity to prevent waste, fraud, and abuse. | high | |
| #D048 | Inadequate sewer service | means a sewer service provider that serves a disadvantaged community, has a demonstrated history of failures to meet regulatory standards for proper wastewater collection, treatment, and disposal, and may exhibit deficiencies, such as infrastructure failure, insufficient capacity, or ineffective treatment of wastewater. | high | |
| #D049 | provision of sewer service | means the provision of sanitary sewer service, including the collection or treatment of sewage, to a disadvantaged community by any of the following processes: (1) Annexation where the receiving sewer system is a special district. (2) Extension of service where the receiving sewer system is a city, county, or special district. (3) Additional sewer service provided within city, county, or special district boundaries. | high | |
| #D050 | administrator | as used in this chapter shall have the same meaning as in the Federal Water Pollution Control Act and acts amendatory thereof or supplementary thereto. | high | |
| #D051 | biological monitoring | as used in this chapter shall have the same meaning as in the Federal Water Pollution Control Act and acts amendatory thereof or supplementary thereto. | high | |
| #D052 | discharge | as used in this chapter shall have the same meaning as in the Federal Water Pollution Control Act and acts amendatory thereof or supplementary thereto. | high | |
| #D053 | Abandoned mine waste | means the residual of soil, rock, mineral, liquid, vegetation, equipment, machines, tools, or other materials or property on, or discharging from, abandoned mined lands, directly resulting from, or displaced by, surface mining operations. | high | |
| #D054 | Acid rock drainage | means acid waste discharge that results from the oxidation of metal sulfide in minerals associated with mined lands. | high | |
| #D055 | Facilities | means any of the following: (1) Facilities for the collection, treatment, or export of waste when necessary to prevent water pollution. (2) Facilities to recycle wastewater and to convey recycled water. (3) Facilities or devices to conserve water. (4) Any combination of the facilities described in paragraph (1), (2), or (3). | high | |
| #D056 | Financial assistance | means assistance authorized under Section 13480. Financial assistance includes loans, refinancing, installment sales agreements, purchase of debt, and loan guarantees for municipal revolving funds, but excludes grants. | high | |
| #D057 | Severely disadvantaged community | means a community with a median household income of less than 60 percent of the statewide median household income. | high | |
| #D058 | Recipient | means any person or entity that receives any financial assistance from the state board, including, but not limited to, a recipient's contractors or consultants who performs work for a recipient. | high | |
| #D059 | Direct potable reuse | means the planned introduction of recycled water either directly into a public water system, as defined in Section 116275 of the Health and Safety Code, or into a raw water supply immediately upstream of a water treatment plant. | high | |
| #D060 | Reservoir water augmentation | means the planned placement of recycled water into a raw surface water reservoir used as a source of domestic drinking water supply for a public water system, as defined in Section 116275 of the Health and Safety Code, or into a constructed system conveying water to such a reservoir. | high | |
| #D061 | Recycled water producer | means any local public entity that produces recycled water. | high | |
| #D062 | Wastewater treatment plant | means any of the following: (A) Any facility owned by a state, local, or federal agency and used in the treatment or reclamation of sewage or industrial wastes. (B) Any privately owned facility used in the treatment or reclamation of sewage or industrial wastes, and regulated by the Public Utilities Commission pursuant to Sections 216 and 230.6 of, and Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 701) of Part 1 of Division 1 of, the Public Utilities Code. (C) Any privately owned facility used primarily in the treatment or reclamation of sewage for which the state board or a regional board has issued waste discharge requirements. | high | |
| #D063 | water well | as used in this chapter, means any artificial excavation constructed by any method for the purpose of extracting water from, or injecting water into, the underground. This definition shall not include: (a) oil and gas wells, or geothermal wells constructed under the jurisdiction of the Department of Conservation, except those wells converted to use as water wells; or (b) wells used for the purpose of (1) dewatering excavation during construction, or (2) stabilizing hillsides or earth embankments. | high | |
| #D064 | houseboat | means a watercraft or industrial or commercial structure on or in the waters of the state, floating or nonfloating, which is designed or fitted out as a place of habitation and is not principally used for transportation. | high | |
| #D065 | reclaimed water | has the same meaning as recycled water as defined in subdivision (n) of Section 13050. | high | |
| #D066 | Bottled water | has the same meaning as defined in Section 111070 of the Health and Safety Code. | high | |
| #D067 | storm water and dry weather runoff capture practices | means practices to control water pollutants, pollutant loads, and water runoff volume exiting a site to the maximum extent feasible by minimizing impervious surface area and controlling runoff from impervious surfaces through infiltration, evapotranspiration, bioretention, treatment, and rainfall harvest. | high | |
| #D068 | Meaningful civic engagement | includes, but is not limited to, all of the following: (A) Providing opportunities for people to participate in decisionmaking processes about activities that may affect their environment or health and to contribute to the state board's and regional boards' decisionmaking. (B) Seeking out and facilitating the involvement of people potentially affected by the decisions and taking into account community concerns. (C) Informing disadvantaged and tribal community members of opportunities to be appointed to advisory or decisionmaking bodies, thereby empowering those community members to become advisors or decisionmakers. | high | |
| #D069 | Tribal community | means a community within a federally recognized California Native American tribe or nonfederally recognized Native American tribe on the contact list maintained by the Native American Heritage Commission for the purposes of Chapter 905 of the Statutes of 2004. | high | |
| #D070 | emergency conservation regulation | means an emergency regulation that requires an end user of water, a water retailer, or a water wholesaler to conserve water or report to the board on water conservation. Water conservation includes restrictions or limitations on particular uses of water or a reduction in the amount of water used or served, but does not include curtailment of diversions when water is not available under the diverter's priority of right or reporting requirements related to curtailments. | high | |
| #D071 | residential self-regenerating water softener | means residential water softening equipment or conditioning appliances that discharge brine into a community sewer system. | high | |
| #D072 | complex effluent | means an effluent in which all chemical constituents are not known or monitored. | high | |
| #D073 | Designated waste | means either of the following: (a) Hazardous waste that has been granted a variance from hazardous waste management requirements pursuant to Section 25143 of the Health and Safety Code. (b) Nonhazardous waste that consists of, or contains, pollutants that, under ambient environmental conditions at a waste management unit, could be released in concentrations exceeding applicable water quality objectives or that could reasonably be expected to affect beneficial uses of the waters of the state as contained in the appropriate state water quality control plan. | high | |
| #D074 | Drought scenario | means either of the following: (1) Circumstances for which the Governor has issued a proclamation of a state of emergency... based on drought conditions. (2)(A) Circumstances for which the state board determines... that drought conditions necessitate urgent and immediate action to ensure availability of safe drinking water, to protect public health and safety, or, after consultation with the Department of Fish and Wildlife, to avoid serious and irreparable harm to fish or wildlife. | high | |
| #D075 | Implementing agency | means any of the following: (1) The Natural Resources Agency. (2) The California Environmental Protection Agency. (3) The Department of Food and Agriculture. (4) The California Health and Human Services Agency. (5) Boards, departments, and offices within the agencies specified in paragraphs (1) to (4), inclusive. (6) The Office of Emergency Services. | high | |
| #D076 | Interim or immediate relief | means any of the following: (A) Hauled water. (B) Temporary community water tanks. (C) Bottled water. (D) Water vending machines. (E) Emergency water interties. (F) New wells or rehabilitation of existing wells. (G) Construction or installation of permanent connections to adjacent water systems, recycled water projects that provide immediate relief to potable water supplies, water use reduction and efficiency equipment, and other projects that support immediate drought response. (H) Fish and wildlife rescue, protection, and relocation. (I) Education, outreach, direct installation programs, rebate programs, and other activities to increase water conservation. (J) Drought resilience planning. (K) Groundwater recharge projects meeting the conditions of Section 1242.1. | high | |
| #D077 | Affected resident | means a resident or a property owner of an affected residence. | high | |
| #D078 | Annexation | has the same meaning as set forth in Section 56017 of the Government Code. | high | |
| #D079 | Extension of service | has the same meaning as set forth in Section 56133 of the Government Code. | high | |
| #D080 | Special district | means a special district as defined in Section 56036 of the Government Code. | high | |
| #D081 | waste discharge requirements | as referred to in this division is the equivalent of the term 'permits' as used in the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, as amended. | high | |
| #D082 | effluent limitation | means a numeric restriction or a numerically expressed narrative restriction, on the quantity, discharge rate, concentration, or toxicity units of a pollutant or pollutants that may be discharged from an authorized location. An effluent limitation may be final or interim, and may be expressed as a prohibition. An effluent limitation, for those purposes, does not include a receiving water limitation, a compliance schedule, or a best management practice. | high | |
| #D083 | recycling criteria | are the levels of constituents of recycled water, and means for assurance of reliability under the design concept which will result in recycled water safe from the standpoint of public health, for the uses to be made. | high | |
| #D084 | unauthorized discharge | means a discharge not authorized by waste discharge requirements pursuant to Article 4 of Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 13260), water reclamation requirements pursuant to Section 13523, a master reclamation permit pursuant to Section 13523.1, or any other provision of this division. | high | |
| #D085 | Raw water augmentation | means the planned placement of recycled water into a system of pipelines or aqueducts that deliver raw water to a drinking water treatment plant that provides water to a public water system, as defined in Section 116275 of the Health and Safety Code. | high | |
| #D086 | Treated drinking water augmentation | means the planned placement of recycled water into the water distribution system of a public water system, as defined in Section 116275 of the Health and Safety Code. | high | |
| #D087 | perchlorate | means all perchloratecontaining compounds, including ammonium, potassium, magnesium, and sodium perchlorate. | high | |
| #D088 | perchlorate storage facility | means a facility, not including a military munitions storage facility within a military installation that meets the Department of Defense Explosive Safety Board requirements set forth in DOD 6055.9-STD (Department of Defense Ammunition and Explosives Safety Standards), that stores over 500 pounds of perchlorate in any calendar year. | high | |
| #D089 | Cathodic protection well | means any artificial excavation in excess of 50 feet constructed by any method for the purpose of installing equipment or facilities for the protection electrically of metallic equipment in contact with the ground, commonly referred to as cathodic protection. | high | |
| #D090 | Monitoring well | means any artificial excavation by any method for the purpose of monitoring fluctuations in groundwater levels, quality of underground waters, or the concentration of contaminants in underground waters. | high | |
| #D091 | Geothermal heat exchange well | means any uncased artificial excavation, by any method, that uses the heat exchange capacity of the earth for heating and cooling, in which excavation the ambient ground temperature is 30 degrees Celsius (86 degrees Fahrenheit) or less, and which excavation uses a closed loop fluid system to prevent the discharge or escape of its fluid into surrounding aquifers or other geologic formations. Geothermal heat exchange wells include ground source heat pump wells. | high | |
| #D092 | Writing | includes any form of recorded message capable of comprehension by ordinary visual means. Whenever any notice, report, statement, petition, or record is required or authorized by this code, it shall be made in writing in the English language unless it is expressly provided otherwise. | high | |
| #D093 | Shall | is mandatory and 'may' is permissive. | high | |
| #D094 | monitoring council | means the California Water Quality Monitoring Council established pursuant to this section. | high | |
| #D095 | Public domain | means a format that may be duplicated, distributed, and used without payment of a royalty or license fee. | high | |
| #D096 | NPDES permit | means a permit issued under the national pollutant discharge elimination system program in accordance with the Clean Water Act (33 U.S.C.A. Sec. 1251 et seq.). | high | |
| #D097 | Chief plant operator | means the person designated by the owner of the wastewater treatment plant as the person responsible for the overall operation of the wastewater treatment plant, including compliance with effluent limitations established in the wastewater treatment plant's waste discharge requirements. | high | |
| #D098 | Oath | includes affirmation. | high | |
| #D099 | Collection system owner or operator | means the public or private entity having legal authority over the operation and maintenance of, or capital improvements to, the sewer collection system. | high | |
| #D100 | Report | means any document or item that is required for submission in order for a person to comply with a regulation, directive, or order issued by the state board, a regional board, or a local agency pursuant to a program administered by the state board, including, but not limited to, any analysis of material by a laboratory that has accreditation or certification pursuant to Article 3 (commencing with Section 100825) of Chapter 4 of Part 1 of Division 101 of the Health and Safety Code. | high | |
| #D101 | Local agency | means any of the following entities: (1) A city, county, or city and county. (2) A special district formed pursuant to general law or special act for the local performance of functions regarding onsite sewage treatment systems within limited boundaries. | high | |
| #D102 | Onsite sewage treatment systems | includes individual disposal systems, community collection and disposal systems, and alternative collection and disposal systems that use subsurface disposal. | high | |
| #D103 | water replacement plan | means a plan pursuant to which the discharger will provide replacement water in accordance with a cleanup and abatement order. | high | |
| #D104 | serious violation | means any waste discharge that violates the effluent limitations contained in the applicable waste discharge requirements for a Group II pollutant, as specified in Appendix A to Section 123.45 of Title 40 of the Code of Federal Regulations, by 20 percent or more or for a Group I pollutant, as specified in Appendix A to Section 123.45 of Title 40 of the Code of Federal Regulations, by 40 percent or more. | high | |
| #D105 | supplemental environmental project | means an environmentally beneficial project that a person agrees to undertake, with the approval of the regional board, that would not be undertaken in the absence of an enforcement action under this section. | high | |
| #D106 | Abandoned mined lands | has the same meaning as 'abandoned surface mined area,' as defined in clause (ii) of subparagraph (A) of paragraph (2) of subdivision (b) of Section 2796 of the Public Resources Code. | high | |
| #D107 | notice to comply | means a written method of alleging a minor violation that is in compliance with all of the following requirements: (a) The notice to comply is written in the course of conducting an inspection by an authorized representative of the state board or regional board. (b) A copy of the notice to comply is presented to a person who is an owner, operator, employee, or representative of the facility being inspected at the time that the notice to comply is written. (c) The notice to comply clearly states the nature of the alleged minor violation, a means by which compliance with the requirement cited by the representative of the state board or regional board may be achieved, and a time limit in which to comply, which shall not exceed 30 days. (d) The notice to comply shall contain the information specified in subdivision (h) of Section 13399.2 with regard to the possible reinspection of the facility. | high | |
| #D108 | water quality standards | Under federal terminology, water quality standards consist of the beneficial uses enumerated in Chapter 2 and the water quality objectives contained in this chapter. | high | |
| #D109 | water quality criteria | constituent concentrations, levels, or narrative statements, representing a quality of water that supports a particular surface water use. Water quality criteria are qualitative or quantitative estimates of the concentration of a water constituent which, when not exceeded, will ensure water quality sufficient to protect a designated beneficial use. | high | |
| #D110 | adverse effect | An adverse effect or impact on a beneficial use occurs where there is an actual or threatened loss or impairment of that beneficial use. | high | |
| #D111 | pH | The hydrogen ion concentration of water is called 'pH'. The acidity or alkalinity of water is measured by the pH factor. The pH scale ranges from 1 to 14, with 1 to 6.9 being acid, 7.1 to 14 being alkaline, and 7.0 being neutral. | high | |
| #D112 | Ammonia | Ammonia is a pungent, colorless, gaseous alkaline compound of nitrogen and hydrogen that is highly soluble in water. | high | |
| #D113 | eutrophication | Excessive growth of algae and/or other aquatic plants can... depress the dissolved oxygen content of water and can result in fish kills. Algal blooms can also lead to problems with taste, odors, color, and increased turbidity. Floating algal scum and algal mats are also an aesthetically unpleasant nuisance. This general condition is known as eutrophication. | high | |
| #D114 | sodium adsorption ratio (SAR) | a measure of the potential hazard in soils due to sodium. SAR and Adj. SAR are similar to percent sodium in that their calculated values provide an indication of a soil's potential for permeability and potential aeration problems. | high | |
| #D115 | Toxicity | Toxicity is the adverse response of organisms to chemicals or physical agents. | high | |
| #D116 | Total trihalomethanes | the sum of the concentrations of bromodichloromethane, dibromochloromethane, tribromomethane (bromoform) and trichloromethane (chloroform). | high | |
| #D117 | trihalomethanes | a group of light weight chlorinated hydrocarbons which are suspected carcinogens. | high | |
| #D118 | turbidity | The turbidity of water is attributable to suspended and colloidal matter, the effect of which is to disturb clearness and diminish the penetration of light. | high |