EAR Help Tips

INTRODUCTION
  1. Water System Classification

    PUBLIC WATER SYSTEM DEFINITIONS
    Community Water System A public water system that serves at least 15 service connections used by yearlong residents or regularly serves at least 25 yearlong residents of the area served by the system. The term ‘residence’ generally means single-family homes, but also includes dwelling units that are more or less equivalent to a residential home. This would include cabins, cottages, mobile homes, efficiency living units, apartments, etc., that are used on a long-term basis by residents. The term ‘yearlong’ infers use that exceeds 6 months of the year. Using this criterion, examples of community water systems may include second home subdivisions, cabin clusters, apartment buildings, mobile home or trailer parks, labor camps and correctional facilities.
    Transient Non-Community Water System A public water system that regularly serves at least 25 persons daily for at least 60 days out of the year, but does not serve the same 25 persons for over 6 months per year. The days do not have to be consecutive. Examples of a transient noncommunity water system include day-use facilities, campgrounds, resorts, rest-stops, restaurants, hotels, visitor centers, churches, cabin clusters that do not have access for part of the year, and businesses with fewer than 25 employees but regularly has over 25 customers daily for over 60 days per year.
    Non-Transient Non-Community Water System A public water system that is not a community water system and that regularly serves at least 25 of the same persons over 6 months per year. Examples include businesses with over 25 employees, day care facilities, and schools,
    Non-Public Water System Insert Definition here*

  2. General Office Phone: Enter the phone number for the main office. This phone number will be posted on the Drinking Water Watch for the general public. It can be accessed at: https://sdwis.waterboards.ca.gov/PDWW

  3. Related Regulating Agency : Water Board’s Division of Drinking water system’s are enforced by 24 district’s supported by 29 County LPA representatives. Contact information for the assigned regulated agency may be found here. *Insert District and LPA Map Links*

  4. Ownership Type:

    • Local Government: e.g., city, county, or special district, local school district, junior colleges, county or community parks, etc.
    • State or Federal Government: e.g., state or national park, BLM, USFS and COE campgrounds and recreation facilities, or District Fairs and Expositions, Caltrans rest stop, military base, other state or federal facility
    • Privately owned, non-PUC-regulated (Community Water System): e.g., mobile home park, apartment or condominium
    • Privately owned business (non-community): e.g., church, private school, restaurant, amusement park, RV park/campground, motel, ranch/farm, factory, other business establishment

    1. Local Government,
    2. State or Federal Government,
    3. Privately Owned, PUC Regulated, For Profit,
    4. Privately Owned, Non-PUC Regulated (Community Water System),
    5. Privately Owned, Mutual Water Company or Association, (6)
    6. Privately Owned, Business (non-community)


  5. Certification for Reduction of Annual Fees for Public Water Systems Serving Disadvantaged Community (DAC ):

    §64310. Reduction of Fees for Public Water Systems Serving Disadvantaged Community.

    (a) A public water system must pay the full amount of the annual fee unless it requests and receives from the State Board a determination that its annual fees are reduced because it is a community water system that serves a disadvantaged community in which case the fee to be paid is the amount for a disadvantaged community as shown in Table 64305-A.

    (b) To qualify for the reduction provided for in subsection (a), a public water system must certify, and provide documentation to the State Board upon request, that it serves a disadvantaged community.

  6. Report Submitted By: The information included in this section is automatically filled based on the eAR user’s profile. If the information in this section is incorrect, the user must update their user profile on the MY PROFILE tab before the report is submitted. You must be logged in to change your user profile. Note: Your name and title, email address, and work phone number are disclosable report information that may be obtained through the Public Records Act.

  7. Comments:Comment boxes are provided throughout the eAR to allow the user to provide discussion or clarification on their responses provided in that section of the report. These comment boxes can accommodate up to 4000 characters. This is the only “Private Comment” and it will only be used for internal processes review. Other comments will be available to the public.



    8. CONTACTS

  8. Public Water System Contacts: This section of the report will be pre-filled with current water system contact information in the Division of Drinking Water database (Safe Drinking Water Information System or SDWIS). Overtype the contact information to provide any necessary updates. The option to add up to four (4) new contacts is provided at the end of this section.

  9. Phone Type Definitions.

    PHONE TYPE DEFINITIONS
    Business (For Administrative Contact only) The BUSINESS phone type (mandatory) is treated as a public phone number and will appear in Drinking Water Watch (https://sdwis.waterboards.ca.gov/PDWW), which can be viewed by the public, if the General Office phone number is not provided. If you use your home or mobile phone number as your business number, it will be made public in DWW if there is no General Office phone.
    Home (For Administrative Contact only) The HOME phone type is treated as a private phone number, with the exception noted under Business Phone Type.

  10. Contact Type Definitions.

    NOTE: A person may be assigned multiple contact types. For example, the owner may also be both the Administrative Contact and Financial Contact.
    CONTACT TYPE DEFINITIONS
    Administrative Contact (AC) The person who is legally responsible for ensuring that the Public Water System maintains compliance with SDWA requirements. The person to whom Division of Drinking Water mass mailings, enforcement letters and correspondences would be addressed, such as the Board of Directors, General Manager or CEO. Each water system must have one and only one AC.
    Please provide an email address for the Administrative Contact as most email communication, particularly email blasts, from the Division of Drinking Water will be sent to the email address of the Administrative Contact.
    Financial Contact (FC) The person who receives Division of Drinking Water invoices and issues payments. Each water system must have one and only one FC.
    Owner The person or entity named in the water supply permit. If not the same as the Administrative Contact, this would then be the legal owner or entity that is legally responsible for the Public Water System.
    Designated Operator in Charge Chief Operators. This person could also be the Administrative Contact, Owner, or Contract Operator. Must be a certified operator for community and nontransient noncommunity water systems.
    Operator Contact Shift Operators. Must be a certified operator for community and nontransient noncommunity water systems.
    Emergency Contact The person who assists with coordinating emergency activities (e.g. collecting samples, conducting public notification, corresponding with the Division of Drinking Water.)
    Water Quality Contact The person who receives water quality email updates from the Division of Drinking Water. The person responsible for coordinating or conducting water quality monitoring and/or sample collection. Email address required for electronic mailing.
    Legal Contact Public water system’s attorney or legal counsel.
    CONTRACT Operator Contact The person or company with whom the water system has a contract to operate or assist in the operation of the water system.
    Funding Contact The person who receives funding (State Revolving Fund) email updates from the Division. This person is the representative of the water system for projects receiving Safe Drinking Water Act funds.

  11. Add Additional Contact. Up to four additional contacts may be added.

  12. Phone Type

    PHONE TYPE DEFINITIONS
    Business If you use the BUSINESS phone type, only the Administrative contact will appear in Drinking Water Watch (https://sdwis.waterboards.ca.gov/PDWW/), which can be viewed by the public, if the General Office phone number is not provided (see Water System Information section under the Intro tab).
    Home if you use your home or personal phone number as your business number, use the HOME phone type instead and leave the BUSINESS phone type blank.

  13. Comments: Comment boxes are provided throughout the eAR to allow the user to provide discussion or clarification on their responses provided in that section of the report. These comment boxes can accommodate up to 4000 characters.



    POPULATION SERVED

  14. Top polulation in DDW records: Help Tips ....

  15. Annual Operating Period: Provide season that each population is present at the water system. If year-round, the Begin Date would be 01/01 and the End Date would be 12/31. If present only during the typical summer season, example Begin Date and End Date would be 05/01 through 09/30.

  16. Residential: report the number of persons who reside within the water system service area for more than half of the year (excludes transient and non-transient populations) includes all people who reside within the water system service area on a year-round basis, or have the ability to use a dwelling unit for over 6 months of the year (includes number of persons that use second homes, cabins, or other housing units).

  17. Transient:report the number of persons who are at the water system on the 60th busiest day of the year (excludes residential and non-transient populations) the number of persons served on the 60th busiest day; counting only those persons that are not residential or persons onsite for over 6 months out of the year, such as day-use visitors, campers, attendees at events, customers to a business, etc.

  18. Non-Transient:report the number of the persons who are at the water system for over 6 months per year (excludes residential and transient populations)

  19. Wholesale Population:The total number of persons serviced by water system buyers of water.

  20. Comments: Comment boxes are provided throughout the eAR to allow the user to provide discussion or clarification on their responses provided in that section of the report. These comment boxes can accommodate up to 4000 characters.



    21. CONNECTIONS

  21. Single Family Residential: Single family detached dwellings. If a Home Owner’s Association individually meters households, report those connections in this category.

  22. Multi-family Residential:: Apartments, condominiums, town houses, duplexes, mobile home and trailer parks. If a Home Owner’s Association has a single master meter, report that connection in this category.

  23. Commercial/ Institutional: Commercial water users such as retail establishments, office buildings, laundries, campgrounds, gas stations; and institutional water users such as schools, prisons, hospitals, dormitories, nursing homes, hotels

  24. Industrial: All manufacturing establishments, such as factories, assembly plants, and other manufacturing industries

  25. Landscape Irrigation: Parks, play fields, cemeteries, median strips, golf courses

  26. Agricultural Irrigation: Irrigation of commercially-grown crops.

  27. Non-Transient:report the number of the persons who are at the water system for over 6 months per year (excludes residential and transient populations)

  28. Wholesale Population:The total number of persons serviced by water system buyers of water.

  29. Comments: Comment boxes are provided throughout the eAR to allow the user to provide discussion or clarification on their responses provided in that section of the report. These comment boxes can accommodate up to 4000 characters.





    30. GROUNDWATER(GW) AND SURFACE WATER (SW) SOURCES

  30. Groundwater Sources:Any source of drinking water supply such as a well or alternative groundwater supply.

  31. PSCode or Primary Station Code:The three digits appearing in this section’s tables are the 3-digit sample point code which is part of a unique 10-digit code assigned to each source for identification and submittal of water quality data electronically to DDW by the laboratory. The code consists of the 7-digit water system number followed by a 3-digit sample point code, such as: 1000222-001

  32. Activity statusInactive sources :Inactive Sources are not approved as sources of supply and must be physically disconnected or otherwise isolated so that only an intentional act by an operator can place the source into service. To change the status of an Inactive source to ‘Active’, a permit amendment application must be submitted to the local DDW Office, and approval received prior to any use of the source.

  33. Wholesale Population:The total number of persons serviced by water system buyers of water.

  34. Wholesale Population:The total number of persons serviced by water system buyers of water.

  35. Surface Water Sources:Any source of drinking water supply such as a well, spring or surface water intake.

  36. STANDBY SOURCES: An emergency source that is not approved to be used for more than 15 calendar days per year or for periods that exceed 5 consecutive days. The local DDW District Office must be notified within 3 days after any use of a standby source.

  37. Active Groundwater Sources (Wells) :The total number of persons serviced by water system buyers of water.

  38. Active Surface Water Intakes (Raw) :Applies only to intake structures owned by the water system itself such as intakes in lakes, rivers, etc. Purchased untreated surface water obtained via a pipeline is not considered an intake, but should be counted as an Active Purchased Water (SW) Connections. Includes raw (untreated) surface water intakes.

  39. Active Purchased Water (GW) Connections :includes both raw and treated purchased groundwater connections.

  40. Active Purchased Water (SW) Connections:includes both raw and treated purchased surface water connections.

  41. Emergency Interconnections:If a standby source was used in 2020, provide the following information.

  42. Inactive Sources:Inactive sources are not approved as sources of supply and must be physically disconnected or similarly isolated.

  43. Pending Sources:Pending sources are transitioning to become fully permitted and active, or taking the source offline for official inactivation.

  44. Source Comments:Comment boxes are provided throughout the eAR to allow the user to provide discussion or clarification on their responses provided in that section of the report. These comment boxes can accommodate up to 4000 characters.

    45. WATER SUPPLY AND DELIVERY

  45. Units of Measure:

  46. In Table 6.A1, you may use the check boxes to indicate no supply in 2020 for any of the columns. For example- If your water system did not produce any groundwater for potable supply in 2020, you can check box in column B. This will populate the rest of column B with zeros.

  47. Month :Report monthly water supply totals based on metered or estimated volumes using the units of measure selected above the table.

  48. Water Produced from Ground Water:*Insert Definition Here*

  49. Water Produced from Surface Water:Do not include raw water purchased; report only volume of water that was treated and supplied. Surface Water includes all surface water sources, such as rivers or aqueducts, as well as GWUDI (ground water sources under direct influence of surface water).

  50. Finished Water Purchased or Received from another PWS:If water was Purchased/Received from another public water system, complete Table 6.A2.

  51. Total Amount of Potable Water: Column (E) Total Amount of Potable Water = Sum of Columns (B), (C), and (D), automatically calculated.

  52. Water Sold to Another PWS:If water was Sold/Delivered to another public water system, complete Table 6.A2. Column (F) must be less than or equal to Column (E), Water Sold must be included in Total water production.

  53. Non-potable (exclude recycled) :Non-potable water supply is water produced/received by your water system that does not enter the drinking water distribution system. This excludes any recycled water used for non-potable purposes.

  54. Recycled:Recycled water is domestic wastewater which is treated and is suitable for uses other than potable use such as irrigation or toilet flushing. The recycled water reported in this table should be non-potable recycled water which is used to substitute potable water or untreated surface and well water. Example, a landscape used to be irrigated using potable water but now using recycled water .

  55. Percent Treated:This is the percentage of the total annual volume for Groundwater produced that was provided treatment to meet drinking water standards other than precautionary disinfection and fluoridation.

  56. Maximum Day Demand:Only report Maximum Day if it is actually measured or determined from production records. It should not be the average day demand during the maximum month of production.

  57. Table 6.A2 Water Purchased or Sold or Transferred:*Insert Definition for table use*

  58. Table 6.A3 Recycled Water Supplied: This question is asking about recycled water that a public water system distributes to its customers. Domestic wastewater is recycled at a facility that is separate from the drinking water system. List the name(s) of the facilities providing recycled water. If a water system recycles water and produces drinking water it would be listed as the recycled water facility, provide the recycle water is used within its water system service area.

  59. Table 6.B Water Deliveries :Provide monthly summaries of metered water deliveries. How to enter data when delivered water is all metered, partially metered, or not metered: 1. Case 1. Metered. If all water deliveries are metered, entered the metered values; 2. Case 2. Not Metered but Single User Class. If water deliveries are not metered, but all water is delivered to a single water user class, such as all water is used for “Single-family Residential” or all water is used for “Industrial”, copy total water production from Table 6.A1 excluding “Water Sold to Another PWS” into the delivery column of that user class; 3. Case 3. Most Water Deliveries are Metered. If more than 80% water deliveries are metered, then it is possible to estimate the rest deliveries based on water production and the metered deliveries assuming 10 percent water loss. Enter the metered values, along with the estimated values for each category and make a note in the comment box; 4. Case 4. Not Metered and Multiple User Classes. If water deliveries are not metered and water is used by multiple user classes. Leave the table blank. If your water system does not record and maintain monthly water delivery data, check the box above the table. This will hide the table and rest of the questions in Section 6B. Make sure that the values entered in Table 6.A1 Water Produced, Purchased and Sold and Table 6.B Water Deliveries are consistent with each other and that they refer to the same population from Section 3 Population. Table 6.B shows how the produced water (from Table 6.A1) was delivered to various water users. This information is entered into Table 6B, columns B,C, D, E, F, G and I for the population identified in Section 3. Given that water distribution systems experience water loss, the volumes for water produced in Table 6A.1 should be higher than the volume of water delivered in Table 6.B. The help tip in each of the customer class columns contains guidance on how to classify water deliveries. You may use the check boxes inside the table to indicate no delivery in 2020 for any of the columns. Clicking on the check box will populate that column with zeros. If any water delivery to a customer class includes non-potable recycled water, please enter a percentage recycled value in the last row. For example, if 10% of all water delivered to agricultural customers was recycled water, enter “10” in the last row of Column I. If no recycled water was delivered to a customer class, enter “0” in the last row of that column. NOTE: do not include indirect or direct potable reuse water.

  60. Table 6B, Column B :Single-Family Residential: Single-family detached dwellings. If a Home Owner’s Association individually meters households, report those deliveries in this category.

  61. Table 6B, Column C :Column C. Multi-Family Residential: Apartments, condominiums, town houses, duplexes, mobile home and trailer parks. If a Home Owner’s Association has a single master meter, report those deliveries in this category.

  62. Table 6B, Column D :Column D. Commercial/Institutional: Commercial water users such as retail establishments, office buildings, laundries, campgrounds, gas stations; and institutional water users such as schools, prisons, hospitals, dormitories, nursing homes, hotels

  63. Table 6B, Column E :Column E. Industrial: All manufacturing establishments, such as factories, assembly plants, and other manufacturing industries

  64. Table 6B, Column F :Column F. Landscape Irrigation: Parks, play fields, cemeteries, median strips, golf courses

  65. Table 6B, Column G :Column G. Other: Fire suppression, street cleaning, line flushing, construction meters, temporary meters

  66. Table 6B, Column H :Column H. Total Urban Retail. Sum of columns (B) thru (G), automatically calculated.

  67. Table 6B, Column I :Column I. Agricultural: Irrigation of commercially-grown crops

  68. Table 6B, Column J :Column J. Other PWS: Total water sold or transferred to another public water system. Automatically copied from Table 6.A1 column F.

  69. Urban Water Supplier Questions:Question B.1 Indicate if the categories “Commercial/Institutional”, “Industrial”, or “landscape Irrigation” include residential water users. For example, a mixed-use building with a business on the first floor and residence above may be a commercial account, that includes residential customers. A local prison may be classified as an industrial water customer, but it also is a residential facility. Question B.2 To answer Question B.2, you should have an answer for Section 4 Connections, Question 4.C1 concerning the number of connections for dedicated outdoor irrigation meters. The information provided will assist the State Water Board and Department of Water Resources in adopting long-term standards for the efficient use of water, which specifically includes outdoor irrigation of landscape areas with dedicated irrigation meters in connection with CII water use. (See California Water Code 10609.2.(b)(2)) Comment Box after B.2 If you have some data on outdoor irrigation, but not in the categories asked for in B3, use this comment box to provide further explanation. Question B.3 “Parklands” include, but aren’t limited to, wilderness areas, historic sites, established bridle trails, municipal golf courses, hiking trails, lawn bowling greens, tennis courts, children’s playgrounds, picnic areas, baseball diamonds, lighted areas for basketball, soccer, and football, a band shell, community buildings, an outdoor gym, casting pool, and an archery range.

  70. Comments:Comment boxes are provided throughout the eAR to allow the user to provide discussion or clarification on their responses provided in that section of the report. These comment boxes can accommodate up to 4000 characters.



    71. RECYCLED WATER

  71. Recycled Water Use:This section applies to any water system that uses recycled water in its service area. This includes water systems that purchase and use recycled water from another entity or produce and use their own recycled water. Recycled Water Use Site- An area of recycled water use with defined boundaries. A use site may contain one or more facilities.

  72. Dual Plumbed"Dual Plumbed” means a system that utilizes separate piping systems for recycled water and potable water within a facility and where the recycled water is used for either of the following purposes:
    To serve plumbing outlets (excluding fire suppression systems) within a building, or Outdoor landscape irrigation at individual residences.

  73. Comments:Comment boxes are provided throughout the eAR to allow the user to provide discussion or clarification on their responses provided in that section of the report. These comment boxes can accommodate up to 4000 characters.



    74. WATER QUALITY

  74. Select here to view your water system's last Provide detail of upload process, resetting the date with a more current upload using "Clear & Reset"

  75. Water Quality Emergency Notification Plan (WQENP):In order to upload a new WQENP, return to your Home page and select "You have X WQENP document uploads". Select "Upload new WQENP file" then highlight the water system you would like to upload the WQENP for and select "Upload WQENP for the selected Water System"

  76. Direct Additives Certification NSF/ANSI Standard 60:Pursuant to Section 64700, Title 22 of the California Code of Regulations, (effective January 1, 1994), all chemicals or products, including chlorine, added directly to the drinking water as part of a treatment process must meet the ANSI/NSF Standard 60. If you are not sure whether a chemical you are using meets this standard, contact the manufacturer or distributor of the chemical.

  77. Chemical Use Initiated in 2020:Indicate if you began using the chemical listed in 2020. Specify in the COMMENTS whether this is an additional chemical used in the treatment process or whether this chemical replaced one you are no longer using.

  78. Consumer Confidence Report (CCR):Pursuant to Section 64700, Title 22 of the California Code of Regulations, (effective January 1, 1994), all chemicals or products, including chlorine, added directly to the drinking water as part of a treatment process must meet the ANSI/NSF Standard 60. If you are not sure whether a chemical you are using meets this standard, contact the manufacturer or distributor of the chemical.

  79. Comments:Comment boxes are provided throughout the eAR to allow the user to provide discussion or clarification on their responses provided in that section of the report. These comment boxes can accommodate up to 4000 characters.


    80. CROSS-CONNECTION CONTROL. (Backflow)

  80. Backflow Prevention Assemblies include double check valve assemblies (Fig. 1) and reduced pressure principle backflow prevention assemblies (Fig, 2) that operate to prevent water from flowing from a user’s piping back into the domestic water supply system. Each backflow prevention assembly must be tested annually by a certified backflow prevention assembly tester.
    Fig. 1 - a double check valve assembly Fig. 2 - a reduced pressure principle backflow prevention assembly


  81. Backflow Assemblies On-site:  This includes backflow assemblies installed within the premises of the user, which protect the internal water distribution system from cross-connections to the satisfaction of the water supplier and health agency, such that backflow protection is not required at the user’s connection to the public water system. This also includes backflow assemblies installed within a non-community water system to protect its distribution system. Examples include backflow assemblies on the water supply to boilers, RV dump stations, commercial dishwashers, fire protection systems, etc.

  82. Air-Gap Separation:   is a physical break between the water supply line and a receiving vessel, and must provide a separation of at least double the diameter of the supply pipe, measured vertically from the flood rim of the receiving vessel to the supply pipe, but in no case shall this separation be less than one inch.

  83. Inactive Backflow Prevention Assemblies:    A backflow prevention assembly that is installed on a pipeline or connection that is no longer in use, as counted at the end of the calendar year 2020.

  84. Cross-Connection Incidents:     is an unprotected actual or potential connection between a potable water system used to supply water for drinking purposes and any source or system containing unapproved water or a substance that is not or cannot be approved as safe, wholesome and potable. By-pass arrangements, jumper connections, removable sections, swivel or changeover devices, or other devices through which backflow could occur, shall be considered to be cross-connections.

  85. Comments:Comment boxes are provided throughout the eAR to allow the user to provide discussion or clarification on their responses provided in that section of the report. These comment boxes can accommodate up to 4000 characters.


    86. OPERATOR CERTIFICATION

  86. Your Highest Treatment System Classification.

    This shows the classification of your treatment facility with the highest classification (T1, T2, T3, T4, or T5). However, you may see the following instead:

    • Treatment or Distribution Operator – your treatment facility or facilities may be operated by either a certified treatment or distribution operator
    • Classification is Unavailable – the classification of your treatment facility or facilities has not been entered into the Division’s SDWIS database
    • No facilities subject to the Certified Treatment Plant Operator requirements – either you do not have any treatment facilities or these treatment facilities are not subject to the certified treatment plant operator requirements.

      If you believe that your highest treatment facility classification is in error, please notify your local regulatory agency immediately.

  87. Chief Operator: The person who has overall responsibility for the day-to-day, hands-on, operation of a water treatment facility or the person who has overall responsibility for the day-to-day, hands-on, operation of a distribution system.

  88. Your Distribution System Classification.

    This shows the classification of your distribution system (T1, T2, T3, T4, or T5). However, you may see the following instead:

    • Distribution Operator Not Required – your water system is a transient non-community water system and as such is not subject to the certified distribution system operator requirements
    • Classification is Unavailable – the classification of your distribution system has not been entered into the Division’s SDWIS database

      If you believe that your highest treatment facility classification is in error, please notify your local regulatory agency immediately.
    • Tips to Complete the Operator Certification Tables

      • If you do not have any certified operators to report, put “NONE” in each column of the first row.

        Name Grade of
        Operator        		 Chief or Shift1 (C, S or X) Operator
        Number        		 Expiration Date
        NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE
        - - - - -


      • Use the following format and rules to complete the State certified Water Treatment Plant Operators table:

        Treatment Operator Name Grade of
        Treatment Operator        		 Chief or Shift Treatment Operator
        Number        		 Treatment Certification Expiration Date
        First name Last name 1, 2, 3, 4, or 5 only. C, S or X only (lowercase ok); do not leave blank. 4 or 5 digits MM/DD/YYYY
        - - - - -
        1Use “C” for Chief Operator and “S” for Shift Operator. If neither, put an "X". Do not leave blank.

      • Use the following format and rules to complete the State certified Water Distribution System Operators table:

        Distribution Operator Name Grade of Distribution
        Operator        		 Chief or Shift1 Distribution Operator
        Number        		 Distribution Certificate Expiration Date
        First name Last name 1, 2, 3, 4, or 5 only. C, S or X only (lowercase ok); do not leave blank. 4 or 5 digits MM/DD/YYYY
        - - - - -
        1Use “C” for Chief Operator and “S” for Shift Operator. If neither, put an "X". Do not leave blank.

      • Comments:
        • Comment boxes are provided throughout the eAR to allow the user to provide discussion or clarification on their responses provided in that section of the report. These comment boxes can accommodate up to 4000 characters.

        IMPROVEMENTS

      • California Waterworks Standards (Section 64556) – when a permit is required for improvement or modification California Waterworks Standards (see Sections 64570 through 64578) – when using alternative modification to requirements for extension or modification to existing distribution system.

      • Comments: comment boxes are provided throughout the eAR to allow the user to provide discussion or clarification on their responses provided in that section of the report. These comment boxes can accommodate up to 4000 characters.

        • COMPLAINTS

      • Pursuant to Record, Reporting and Recordkeeping. Section 64470 (a) Title 22 of the California Code of Regulations - all water supplier shall maintain records on all water quality and system outage complaints received, both verbal and written, and corrective action taken. These records shall be maintained for a period of five years for State Board review.

      • Comments:Comment boxes are provided throughout the eAR to allow the user to provide discussion or clarification on their responses provided in that section of the report. These comment boxes can accommodate up to 4000 characters.


        • TREATMENT

      • GW Operations Plan
        • A supplier shall operate each groundwater treatment plant in accordance with an operations plan that has been approved by the State Board. The operations plan shall be designed to produce the optimal water quality from the treatment process. The operations plan shall consist of a description of the utility's treatment plant performance monitoring program, unit process equipment maintenance program, operating personnel, including numbers of staff, certification levels and responsibilities; how and when each unit process is operated; laboratory procedures; procedures used to determine chemical dose rates; records; response to plant emergencies; and reliability features.

      • Surface Water Treatment
        • Pursuant to the Surface Water Treatment Rule, Section 64661, Title 22 of the California Code of Regulations:  A supplier shall operate each surface water treatment plant in accordance with an operations plan that has been approved by the State Board. The operations plan shall be designed to produce the optimal water quality from the treatment process.  The operations plan shall consist of a description of the utility's treatment plant performance monitoring program, unit process equipment maintenance program, filter media inspection program, operating personnel, including numbers of staff, certification levels and responsibilities; how and when each unit process is operated; laboratory procedures; procedures used to determine chemical dose rates; records; response to plant and watershed emergencies; and reliability features.

      • Emergency Disinfection Plan
        • *As required under Section 64660(c)(2). The EDP may be included in your water system’s Emergency Response Plan or Operations Plan. If so, provide the Name and Date of those plans below:. Pursuant to the Surface Water Treatment Rule, Section 64660(c)2, Title 22 of the California Code of Regulations: An emergency plan shall be developed prior to initiating operation of the disinfection facilities. The plan shall be implemented in the event of disinfection failure to prevent delivery to the distribution system of any undisinfected or inadequately disinfected water. The plan shall be posted in the treatment plant or other place readily accessible to the plant operator.

      • Watershed Sanitary Survey Report
        • Pursuant to the Surface Water Treatment Rule, Section 64665, Title 22 of the California Code of Regulations : ⁻ All suppliers shall have a sanitary survey of their watershed(s) completed at least every five years. The first survey shall be completed by January 1, 1996. ⁻ A report of the survey shall be submitted to the Department not later than 60 days following completion of the survey. ⁻ The survey and report shall include physical and hydrogeological description of the watershed, a summary of source water quality monitoring data, a description of activities and sources of contamination, a description of any significant changes that have occurred since the last survey which could affect the quality of the source water, a description of watershed control and management practices, an evaluation of the system's ability to meet requirements of this chapter, and recommendations for corrective actions

      • Comments:Comment boxes are provided throughout the eAR to allow the user to provide discussion or clarification on their responses provided in that section of the report. These comment boxes can accommodate up to 4000 characters.