Certified Trash Full Capture Systems Available to the Public

According to the California Health and Safety Code, California landowners are legally responsible to abate (eliminate the source of) a public nuisance arising from their property, including mosquitoes. Mosquito vector control districts have substantial authority to access public and private property, inspect known or suspected sources of mosquitoes, abate mosquito sources, and charge the landowner for work performed and/or charge fees if a landowner is unwilling or unable to address a mosquito source arising from their property.

If not designed properly, a System may impede the mosquito vector control district’s ability to (1) visually inspect the System and/or storm vault for mosquito breeding, and (2) apply the appropriate chemical treatment. Moreover, some Systems may create a habitat for mosquitoes.

All the Systems in the tables below were reviewed and approved by the Mosquito Vector Control Association of California for vector control accessibility. However, prior to installation of any Systems, contact the local mosquito vector control district to ensure the installation conforms to the local district’s visual inspection, treatment, and vector breeding minimizing guidelines. The Mosquito Vector Control Association of California may also be contacted via email at Trashtreatment@mvcac.org.

The Systems included in the tables below are: 1) new Systems certified by the State Water Board Executive Director after adoption of the Trash Provisions, and 2) legacy Systems that were certified pursuant to the Trash Provisions, including those full capture systems that were listed in Appendix I of the Bay Area-wide Trash Capture Demonstration Project, Final Project Report (May 8, 2014). All Systems remain certified unless and until they are decertified by the State Water Board’s Executive Director or designee. Legacy Systems’ descriptions are included in “fact sheets” that have been updated to address the application requirements for new Systems.

Categorically Certified Multi-Benefit Trash Treatment Systems, a subset of full capture systems, are listed separately on the State Water Board’s Trash Implementation Program webpage (https://www.waterboards.ca.gov/water_issues/programs/stormwater/trash_implementation.html). Additionally, the tables do not include the Department of Transportation’s Systems as its Systems are not available to the public.

Systems are either identified by their application number or, for legacy Systems, by a fact sheet alpha numeric designation.

² Health & Safety Code sections 2001-2002, 2060-2067, 100170, and 131075.

• Catch Basin Inserts and Other Insert Systems. These Systems typically are inserted into existing stormwater infrastructure; and
• High Flow Capacity Trash Full Capture Systems. These Systems are generally self-contained units that typically are not inserted into existing stormwater infrastructure and that are designed to treat trash from large drainage areas.

Other than those applications pertaining to the Department of Transportation’s certified Systems, certified System applications and legacy System fact sheets are available at the California Stormwater Quality Association’s trash webpage: https://www.casqa.org/resources/trash/certified-full-capture-system-trash-treatment-control-devices. To obtain the Department of Transportation’s certified applications, please contact Leo Cosentini (contact information below).

All questions concerning the Trash Provisions and the tables below should be directed to Nicholas Wong by email at Nicholas.Wong@waterboards.ca.gov or by phone at (916) 341-5733.