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ki „ STATE WATER RESOURCES CONTROL BOARIT'� M..r . I WATER QUALITY ORDER NO. 97-10-DWQ ��s� GENERAL WASTE DISCHARGE REQUIREMENTS FOR DISCHARGES TOtAND BY SMALL DOMESTIC WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEMS Findings; 1. Section 13260(a) of the California.Water'Code (CWC) requires that any person discharging waste or'proposing'to discharge waste within any region, other than to a community sewer system,that could affect the quality of the waters of the State, file a report of waste.discharge (ROWD). 2. Discharges to.land from small domestic wastewater treatment and disposal systems have certain common characteristics, such as similar constituents, concentrations of constituents, disposal techniques, flow ranges and they require the same or similar treatment standards. These types of discharges are more appropriately regulated under general Waste Discharge Requirements (general WDRs. ' 3. Cnly domestic wastewater treatment and disposal systems with a maximum average daily flow of 20,000 gallons or'less that discharge to land (small domestic systems) are eligible for coverage under these general WDRs. Small domestic systems are typically located at Campgrounds, mobile home parks, roadside rest stops, condominiums/subdivisions using community waste treatment systems, restaurants, schools, resort hotels and lodges, small correctional facilities, and.Recreation Vehicles (RV) dump locations, including RV parks- Single• family residences with small domestic systems, for purposes of these general WDRs, are specifically excluded. i 4. All WDRs must implement the applicable water quality control plan (Basin Plan) for the Region affected by the discharge. Therefore, these general WDRs require dischargers to comply with all applicable Basin Plan provisions, including any prohibitions and water quality objectives, governing the.discharge. }