State Water Resources Control Board

Quality Assurance/Quality Control

Welcome to the Quality Assurance/Quality Control Website

Quality assurance and quality control are components of a quality system. A quality system is a structured system that describes the policies and procedures for ensuring that work processes, products, or services satisfy the user's specifications and expectations. A quality system is the means by which an organization manages its quality aspects. These aspects are Project Management, Data Generation and Acquisition, and Assessment and Oversight.

The State Water Resources Control Board has prepared documents that are used in our Quality System. They consist of the Quality Management Plan (QMP) which is the overall Quality Assurance (QA) plan for the entire State Water Resources Control Board; Quality Assurance Program Plans (QAPrP), e.g. SWAMP's QA Program Plan; and numerous Quality Assurance Project Plans (QAPP).

2016 QA Roundtables

Wednesday, March 16, 2016, 10:00 a.m - 12:00 p.m.
~~Wednesday, June 15, 2016, 10:00 a.m - 12:00 p.m.~~ Rescheduled for Tuesday, June 21, 2016, 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Wednesday, September 14, 2016, 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Wednesday, December 14, 2016, 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.

Discharge Monitoring Report- Quality Assurance Study 36 (DMR-QA Study 36)

The DMR-QA Study evaluates the analytical ability of laboratories that routinely perform or support self-monitoring analyses required by NPDES permits to ensure the integrity of the NPDES Program. Permittees are responsible for having their on-site and contract laboratories test wastewater analytes that are both in their NPDES permit and included in Study 36. In California, we were granted approval by US EPA to implement the study with changes in two aspects from the federal program. Those aspects are: NPDES-permitted facilities have until December 31, 2016 to submit all required testing data to the State Water Resources Control Board’s QA Officer; and their laboratories may use the same data that is used to satisfy laboratory certification requirements.

DMR-QA Study 36 Notification Letter
For more information on the US EPA-DMR-QA Program and Study 36 click here.
For questions please contact Renee Spears at (916) 341-5583 or renee.spears@waterboards.ca.gov