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title: Certified Payroll for California Water And Sanitation Districts Projects
url: https://wellstanding.com/requirements/type/water-or-sanitation-district/
description: Certified payroll requirements across California water and sanitation districts: live project registration activity, portal facts, DIR duties and penalties.
type: typehub
publisher: WellStanding Certified Payroll
---
# Certified payroll on water and sanitation districts' projects in California

Live registration activity across California water and sanitation districts, and the certified payroll duties their projects carry. Generated from DIR's public project registrations.

Data updated 2026-10-18

6water and sanitation districts with recent registrations

66projects registered 2026-06-26 to 2026-10-18

53subcontractor listings on those projects

## 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.

## 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](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=LAB&sectionNum=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](https://www.dir.ca.gov/Public-Works/ecprfaq.html)).
- **Federal WH-347 weekly** when federal money is in the project, with the Statement of Compliance signed ([U.S. Department of Labor](https://www.dol.gov/agencies/whd/forms/wh347)).
- **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](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=LAB&sectionNum=1776)). From January 1, 2027, [SB 909](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB909) (Chapter 660, Statutes of 2026) raises it to $140 per worker per calendar day; [what SB 909 changes](https://wellstanding.com/guides/sb-909-prevailing-wage-penalty-increases-2027/).

## Water and sanitation districts registering work right now

- [The Metropolitan Water District of Southern California](https://wellstanding.com/requirements/the-metropolitan-water-district-of-southern-california/) 19 recent projects
- [Santa Margarita Water District](https://wellstanding.com/requirements/santa-margarita-water-district/) 12 recent projects
- [Imperial Irrigation District](https://wellstanding.com/requirements/imperial-irrigation-district/) 10 recent projects
- [Irvine Ranch Water District 3](https://wellstanding.com/requirements/irvine-ranch-water-district-3/) 10 recent projects
- [Eastern Municipal Water District - Purchasing](https://wellstanding.com/requirements/eastern-municipal-water-district-purchasing/) 8 recent projects
- [Moulton Niguel Water District](https://wellstanding.com/requirements/moulton-niguel-water-district/) 7 recent projects

### Keep reading

- [California certified payroll: the complete guide](https://wellstanding.com/guides/california-certified-payroll/)
- [LCPtracker vs DIR](https://wellstanding.com/guides/lcptracker-vs-dir/)

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