Annual Reports are developed by each municipality in San Mateo County in compliance with the reissued National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) Municipal Regional Permit (MRP) for stormwater runoff discharges from San Mateo County and certain other San Francisco Bay Area communities. These reports focus on each agency’s stormwater management activities during a specific fiscal year and can be found on the San Francisco Bay Regional Water Quality Control Board’s Municipal Regional Stormwater Permit Annual Reports website. The San Mateo Countywide Water Pollution Prevention Program (SMCWPPP) also submits an Annual Report covering program-level activities and fulfilling several requirements under the MRP that are conducted at a countywide scale.
The Program Annual Reports summarize stormwater management activities implemented by the SMCWPPP in the various fiscal years. The SMCWPPP activities benefit all 22 of its member agencies: 15 cities, five towns, the County of San Mateo, and the San Mateo County Flood Control District.
SMCWPPP is a program of the City/County Association of Governments (C/CAG) of San Mateo County. C/CAG is a Joint Powers Authority (JPA) for issues of regional importance to San Mateo County jurisdictions. The C/CAG Board of Directors is comprised of a local elected city council representative from each city and town, a member of the County Board of Supervisors, and representatives from the transit district and transportation authority. A 1993 amendment to the JPA Agreement made C/CAG responsible for assisting member agencies with complying with the NPDES municipal stormwater permit, including its latest incarnation as the MRP.