State Water Resources Control Board training shows how to submit draft sanitary sewer spill reports to CWIX

A State Water Resources Control Board training video explains how enrollees should file draft sanitary sewer spill reports into the CWIX portal under the General Order referenced in the video ('General order 20 20 two-one 103'). The guidance applies to Category 1 spills (any sewage discharge to a surface water) and Category 2 spills (spills of 1,000 gallons or more that do not discharge to surface water) and reiterates that a draft report must be submitted within three days of initial knowledge of the spill.

The video, produced in partnership with the California Water Environment Association and Ridgecresta Learning and Development Services, directs users to log in at the CWIX site and says users should be the legally responsible official or a designated data submitter with a user ID, password, and security question answer. "Within 3 days of initial knowledge of a category 1 or category 2 spill, a draft spill report must be submitted into CWIX," the narrator states, emphasizing…