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STATE WATER RESOURCES CONTROL BOARD - 14 - <br /> ORDER <br /> 14 - <br /> ORDER WQ 2014-0153-DWQ <br /> GENERAL WASTE DISCHARGE REQUIREMENTS <br /> FOR SMALL DOMESTIC WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEMS <br /> Small Domestic Systems that will be regulated under this General Order are consistent <br /> with the criteria listed above and therefore a general order is appropriate. All <br /> discharges regulated under this order will be from similar operations and will be <br /> consistent with the description of domestic wastewater as defined in Finding 8. The <br /> discharges will use similar treatment methods (e.g. screening, settling, biological <br /> treatment, clarification, and application to land). Individual WDRs are not necessary <br /> because the discharges are similar and discharge requirements would be similar if <br /> individual WDRs were issued. <br /> 36. Technical and monitoring reports specified in this General Order are required. (Wat. <br /> Code, § 13267.) Failing to furnish the reports by the due date or falsifying information <br /> in the reports, are misdemeanors that may result in assessment of civil liabilities <br /> against the Discharger. Water Code section 13267 states, in part: <br /> "In conducting an investigation specified in subdivision (a), the regional board <br /> may require that any person who has discharged, discharges, or is suspected <br /> of having discharged or discharging, or who proposes to discharge waste <br /> within its region, or any citizen or domiciliary, or political agency or entity of this <br /> state who has discharged, discharges, or is suspected of having discharged or <br /> discharging, or who proposes to discharge, waste outside of its region that <br /> could affect the quality of waters within its region shall furnish, under penalty of <br /> perjury, technical or monitoring program reports which the regional board <br /> requires. The burden, including costs, of these reports shall bear a reasonable <br /> relationship to the need for the report and the benefits to be obtained from the <br /> reports. In requiring those reports, the regional board shall provide the person <br /> with a written explanation with regard to the need for the reports, and shall <br /> identify the evidence that supports requiring that person to provide the <br /> reports." <br /> The technical reports required by this General Order, the NOA, and the MRP are <br /> necessary to assure compliance with this General Order. The burden and cost of <br /> preparing the reports is reasonable and consistent with the interest of the state in <br /> maintaining water quality. <br /> 37. The BOD and Total Suspended Solids (TSS) effluent limitations contained in this <br /> General Order are technology based. USEPA has developed technology based <br /> effluent limits for secondary treatment for use in NPDES permits. However, pond <br /> treatment systems often cannot comply with the limits that apply to activated sludge <br /> treatment systems due to algae growth in the pond. In response, USEPA developed <br /> an equivalent to secondary treatment definition for alternative biological treatment <br /> technologies such as a trickling filter or waste stabilization pond. (40 C.F.R. §133.05). <br /> Although this General Order only authorizes discharges to land, some of the <br /> secondary treatment standards are appropriate to demonstrate that wastewater is <br /> adequately treated. For pond and/or trickling filter wastewater systems, the total <br /> suspended solids limit is not appropriate because application of algal solids to land is <br /> not a concern. <br /> September 23, 2014 <br />