Certified payroll requirements for The Metropolitan Water District of Southern California projects
What California public works subcontractors owe, and keep owing every payroll week, when the awarding body is The Metropolitan Water District of Southern California. With live registration data from DIR project filings.
Data updated 2026-10-14
Recent The Metropolitan Water District of Southern California project registrations
New PWC-100 project registrations naming The Metropolitan Water District of Southern California as the awarding body, from DIR's public project registry. Every one of these projects means certified payroll for every contractor and sub on it, starting with the first week worked.
| Project | Registered | Scope |
|---|---|---|
| Elevator Services | 2026-10-08 | |
| MWD Diemer Plant Pumping Services | 2026-10-08 | |
| Access road repair Dimer WTP | 2026-10-07 | |
| Asphalt Paving | 2026-10-06 | |
| Waterproofing Repairs at MWD La Verne | 2026-10-01 | |
| Fuel Tank Inspection, Maintenance, and R | 2026-10-01 | |
| 2 of 3: HVAC & Facilities | 2026-09-30 | |
| Regular Service - Etiwanda Feeder | 2026-09-28 | GROUNDS MAINTENANCE SERVICES |
The portal situation
We have not verified a dedicated compliance portal for The Metropolitan Water District of Southern California. Your contract documents are the source of truth: if a system like LCPtracker, Elation, or PRISM is named, uploads there are the awarding body's monitoring copy. Either way the direct DIR eCPR filing under your own registration is a separate, standing obligation on non-exempt projects (DIR eCPR FAQ).
Your filing duties on these projects
- Direct DIR eCPR filing. On a registered public works project you submit electronic certified payroll records directly to DIR at least monthly, or more often when the contract says so, under your own PWCR registration (Labor Code 1771.4). DIR is explicit that submitting certified payroll to the awarding body, the prime, or a portal "does not put you in compliance with the state unless you submit eCPRs directly to DIR" (DIR eCPR FAQ).
- Federal WH-347 weekly when federal money is in the project, with the Statement of Compliance signed (U.S. Department of Labor).
- Records on demand. A written request for certified payroll records starts a 10 day clock. Miss it and the penalty is $100 per worker per calendar day, enforceable by withholding from your progress payments (Labor Code 1776).
Working for a water or sanitation district
Special districts like water and sanitation agencies are steady public works buyers with small procurement teams. Few run compliance portals; most rely on DIR's own systems for certified payroll. That makes the direct eCPR filing the whole game: there is no GC portal to hide behind, and a records request under Labor Code 1776 comes straight to you.
Trades recently listed on The Metropolitan Water District of Southern California work
- Landscaping (C-27): 2 contractors
- D-49 (D-49): 2 contractors
- General building (B): 2 contractors
- Elevator (C-11): 2 contractors
- D-21 (D-21): 2 contractors
- General engineering (A): 2 contractors