The following are links to organizations that regulate the wastewater treatment facilities in the Bay Area, are wastewater-related professional organizations to which CMSA staff are members, or are wastewater treatment management-oriented organizations.

Regional

Bay Area Air Quality Management District http://www.baaqmd.gov

Regional district arm of the CARB that adopts CARB regulations and regulates air discharge permits.

Bay Area Clean Water Agencieshttp://www.bacwa.org/

Organized to coordinate among wastewater treatment plants and the S.F. Regional Board in the development of technical data to be used in the formulation of discharge permit requirements.

Bay Section CWEA http://www.cwea.org/sfb

One of two regional chapters of the CWEA with participation from CMSA staff. Monthly meetings generally include professional presentations on wastewater collection and treatment operations, maintenance, and self-monitoring.

Redwood Empire Section CWEA http://www.cwea.org/red

One of two regional chapters of the CWEA with participation from CMSA staff.

San Francisco Estuary Institute http://www.sfei.org

Focuses on the San Francisco Estuary.

San Francisco Regional Water Quality Control Board http://www.swrcb.ca.gov/rwqcb2

Regional arm of the SWRCB [Region 2] that administers permits regulating wastewater discharges, groundwater use, water-related reclamation projects, storm water, and industrial waste discharges.