Water Quality Control Policy for Siting, Design, Operation and Maintenance of Onsite Wastewater Treatment Systems (OWTS Policy)

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Public Notices | Policy | Substitute Environmental Document | Response to Public Comments | External Peer Review Documents | Past Information on Draft Policy

Public Notices

• Public Notice, March 19, 2012
• Notice of Filing, March 2012
• Comment Letters, received by May 4, 2012 by Noon

Policy

• Proposed OWTS Policy June 2012
• Change Sheet #1 (June 15, 2012)

Substitute Environmental Document

• Draft Final Substitute Environmental Document, June 2012 [5.6 MB]

Response to Public Comments

• Staff Response to Comments, June 2012

External Peer Review Documents

• External Peer Review Request, March 8, 2012
  • Attachment 1: Summary of the Proposal
  • Attachment 2: Items to be Addressed by Peer Reviewers
  • Attachment 3: Individuals Involved in Development Process
  • Attachment 4: Peer Review Draft
• Peer Reviews
  • Ronald W. Crites, P.E., Brown and Caldwell
  • Jorg Drewes, PhD, NSF Engineering Research Center
  • Charles P. Gerba, University of Arizona
• Staff Response to Peer Reviews

Past Information on Draft Policy

In this and all documents related to the State Water Board’s proposed policy, the term Onsite Wastewater Treatment System(s) (OWTS) is used

• Complete Substitute Environmental Document, March 2012 
• Final Draft OWTS Policy, March 2012
  
• Public Workshop Slide Show Presentations - October/November 2011
• San Luis Obispo
• Redding
• Santa Rosa
• Riverside
• Public Notice - September 2011
  
• Public Comment Draft Policy - September 2011
• Preliminary Substitute Environmental Document - September 2011
• Public Comments - September 2011
• Scoping Meeting Powerpoint Presentation - May 2011
• Proposed Policy Scoping Document - April 2011
• Proposed Policy Scoping Notice - April 2011
• Proposed Policy Fact Sheet - April 2011

To review earlier documents, please visit the links below. They contain additional information on OWTS that has been instrumental in developing the latest proposed policy documents.

• Evaluation of Disinfection Units for Onsite Wastewater Treatment System - December 2006
• Onsite Wastewater Treatment and System Repair of Failure/Malfunction Survey - January 2003
• Status Report: Onsite Wastewater Treatment Systems in CA - August 2003
• Survey of Septage Treatment, Handling and Disposal Practices in California - December 2002
• Review of Technologies for the Onsite Treatment of Wastewater in California - August 2002