Fact Sheets

The State Water Resources Control Board has produced a number of 1 to 2 page fact sheets that summarize key programs, activities and accomplishments. Please visit the links below to access fact sheets that summarize these programs, activities and accomplishments.

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Recent Fact Sheets

• Phase II Small Municipal Separate Storm Sewer System (Small MS4) General Permit Renewal - May 2012
• Water Quality Planning Efforts in the Bay-Delta - issued May 2012
• Underground Storage Tank Cleanup Fund Fraud Prevention - issued April 26, 2012
• California Department of Transportation Statewide Storm Water Permit - updated April 26, 2012
• Onsite Wastewater Treatment Systems (OWTS) - issued March 2012
• Chemicals of Concern Fact Sheets - February 2012
• Storm Water Management in California - issued October 2011
• 2011 Performance Report Fact Sheet - issued September 2011
• Toxicity Assessment and Control in California’s Surface Waters - issued August 2011
• Mandatory Minimum Penalty - issued August 2011
• Water Board Achievements 1991-2011 - issued August 2011
• Once Through Cooling Policy - issued August 2011
• Payments Reduced from Underground Storage Tank Cleanup Fund - issued July 2011
• Onsite Wastewater Treatment Systems (OWTS) Septic Systems - Operation and Maintenance - issued June 2011
• General NPDES Permit for Small Municipal Separate Storm Sewer Systems - Proposed Changes - issued May 2011
• Russian River Watershed Frost Protection - Proposed Regulations - issued May 2011
• Economic Stimulus Funding - issued May 2011
• Groundwater - issued January 2010

State and Regional Water Boards - Overview Brochure and Fact Sheets

• A Dozen Things You Never Knew About the California Water Boards
• State Water Board Fact Sheet
• Regional Board Fact Sheets
  • The Nine Regional Water Quality Control Boards in California - Fact Sheet
  • Region 1 – North Coast Regional Board
  • Region 2 – San Francisco Bay Regional Board [ TMDL Fact Sheet ]
  • Region 3 – Central Coast Regional Board
  • Region 4 – Los Angeles Regional Board
  • Region 5 – Central Valley Regional Board
    
  • Region 6 – Lahontan Regional Board
  • Region 7 – Colorado River Basin Regional Board
  • Region 8 – Santa Ana Regional Board
  • Region 9 – San Diego Regional Board

Program and/or Topic Brochures and Fact Sheets

• Brownfields Program Fact Sheet - Overview of cost recovery oversight programs
• CIWQS Fact Sheet - California Integrated Water Quality System: regulatory information tracking [Oct 2009]
• eWRIMS Fact Sheet - Electronic Water Rights Information Management System [pub. April 2010]
• GeoTracker - Data management system for managing sites that impact groundwater [pub. April 2010]
• GeoTracker GAMA - Data system integrates & geographically displays water quality data [pub. Oct 2009]
• Ground-Water Ambient Monitoring and Assessment (GAMA)
  • USGS GAMA Program Fact Sheet [pub. Jan 2006]
  • GAMA Scientific Investigation Report Fact Sheets
• My Water Quality Internet Portal - Water quality monitoring & assessment (SB1070) [pub. January 2011]
• Nicoletti Oil Corrective Action Update (English/Español)
• Performance Report Fact Sheet - Web-Based Annual Performance Report [pub.September 2010]
• Sanitary Sewer Overflow Reduction Program - Statewide general waste discharge requirements for sanitary sewer systems [pub. 2009]
• State Revolving Fund
• Storm Water Pollution and the Solutions
• Surface Water Ambient Monitoring Program (SWAMP)
  • SWAMP Brochure
  • Statewide Fact Sheets:
    • California Lakes - New Monitoring Program Reveals Widespread Contamination of Fish in California Lakes
    • Long-Term Monitoring of Pollutants in Fish & Mussels - Documents Major Improvements & Persistent Problems
    • Monitoring Results Suggest 67 to 78 percent of California's Wadeable Perennial Streams in Good Condition, October 2006
    • Monitoring Results Suggest Most California Coastal Estuaries in Fair to Good Condition [pub. Oct 2006]
    • The Status of Perennial Estuarine Wetlands in the State of California
    • Surface Water Samples Test Free of Strong Endocrine Disrupting Chemical Activity
  • Regional Fact Sheets:
  • Region 1 – North Coast Regional Board
  • Region 2 – San Francisco Bay Regional Board
  • Region 3 – Central Coast Regional Board
  • Region 4 – Los Angeles Regional Board
  • Region 5 – Central Valley Regional Board
  • Region 6 – Lahontan Regional Board
  • Region 7 – Colorado River Basin Regional Board
  • Region 8 – Santa Ana Regional Board
  • Region 9 – San Diego Regional Board
• Underground Storage Tank Cleanup Fund - Questions and Answers
• Underground Storage Tank Program - Site Closure Petition Process
• Voluntary Domestic Well Assessment Project
• Water Rights Permit Process - Filing an application, permit issuance, licensing, etc.
• Water Rights Process - Legal entitlement, preventing waste & protecting the environment.

(Updated 5/23/12 )