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State Water Board adopts policy to standardize municipal stormwater cost reporting
Summary
The board unanimously adopted a water quality control policy to require standardized, machine-readable cost reporting for municipal stormwater permits, with first reporting expected for fiscal year 2026–27 and data due in late 2027.
The State Water Resources Control Board on Jan. 22 adopted a water quality control policy to standardize cost reporting for municipal stormwater (MS4) permits and directed staff to begin implementing the policy and a cost-data portal.
Amanda McGee, senior engineering geologist in the Division of Water Quality, told the board the policy was developed in response to a 2018 California State Auditor recommendation and a multi-year stakeholder process that included a 6-month beta test with 11 volunteer permittees. "The goal of this policy is ... to identify true costs associated with each permit element, to estimate implementation costs for new permit requirements, and to promote transparency through statewide uniform cost reporting," McGee said.
The policy requires statewide cost reporting for Phase I MS4 permittees, a streamlined version for traditional Phase II MS4 permittees, and machine-readable reporting through a state cost data portal. Staff estimated cost tracking would begin July 1, 2026…
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