Fischer Compliance Training Academy
Practical, Subject Matter Expert-led training that connects regulatory requirements with the people, processes, and operational decisions that make compliance work, from the permit and plant floor to procurement, workforce development, and the leadership table.
On-Site
Instructor-led training delivered directly to agency teams.
Online
Flexible courses that build knowledge before and between live sessions.
On the Road
Hands-on training and assessments through the Mobile Training & Assessment Lab.
Compliance Is Everyone’s Responsibility.
Every regulatory requirement connects to a person, a process, and an operational decision. The Academy brings those connections into focus.
The Fischer Compliance Training Academy is dedicated to helping Agency teams understand not only what compliance is and what the regulations require, but also how all departments and roles, from sampling, plant operations, emergency response, workforce development, procurement, and leadership, work together to achieve it.
The result is stronger coordination, better decision-making, predictable outcomes, and practical readiness across the entire agency.
From Regulatory Knowledge to Agency-Wide Capability.
The Fischer Compliance Training Academy combines expert-led instruction, practical assessments, and ongoing professional development to strengthen performance at every level of an organization. Training can be customized around each agency’s permits, facilities, procedures, workforce, and operational challenges.
From foundational knowledge to hands-on application, agency-specific training and solutions help identify gaps, build practical skills, document progress, and turn regulatory requirements into confident, coordinated action.
400+
WORKSHOP PARTICIPANTS
50+
YEARS OF COMBINED EXPERTISE
100%
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Meet the Experts Behind the Academy
The Fischer Compliance Training Academy brings together experienced professionals with expertise spanning wastewater operations, regulatory compliance, agency leadership, workforce development, and organizational management. Each instructor contributes firsthand industry knowledge and a practical understanding of the challenges agencies face, connecting regulatory requirements with the decisions, responsibilities, and realities of the people doing the work.
Practical Knowledge. Proven Experience.
Same Regulations, Unique Training Solutions.
We will meet you where you are and develop customized training and services that get you to Compliance Excellence and keep you there.
Customized Training
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Book a complimentary consultation with one of our Subject Matter Experts. We can see if a customized compliance training program is right for your team.
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Agency, District, City, Corporate or Educational Facility.
No matter what size or type of system you run, and no matter where your agency is in its compliance journey, everyone needs to be compliant with the same WDR Orders.
This is where the Fischer Compliance Subject Matter Experts make the difference between simple compliance and true organizational excellence.
Planning with Purpose
The strategic approaches we use to uncover patterns, identify risks, and turn data into solutions and Best Practices are based on real-life situations. We help your team make informed decisions, improve compliance, and plan effectively.
With all inspections, maintenance records, spill reports, and CIWQS submissions contributing to the compliance picture.
Statewide Compliance Support
Fischer Compliance works with wastewater agencies, municipalities, districts, and environmental compliance professionals throughout California.
FISCHER COMPLIANCE, LLC is a professional environmental consulting company based in Sacramento, California. Formerly employed for decades as a government environmental and regulatory engineer, the company’s Principal, Mr. James Fischer, P.E., brings unique qualifications for public agencies seeking high-quality compliance assurance and for interpreting California water quality regulations, permits, and Orders, including “Sanitary Sewer System Waste Discharge Requirements” (SSS WDRs).
While many consulting firms provide similar services, Fischer Compliance LLC is uniquely suited, with decades of knowledge and experience as a California regulator, for clients aiming to reduce violations, enforcement actions, and negative attention. Over 12 years as a statewide lead inspector for the SSS WDRs at the State Water Board have enabled quick, efficient deployment to identify violations and recommend solutions without delay.
Fischer Compliance is also an active partner providing regular ongoing SSS WDRs technical training for members of the California Water Environment Association (CWEA) and the Southern California Alliance of Publicly Owned Treatment Works (SCAP).
Reference: Agency, collection-system, and Regional Water Board information is based on the California Integrated Water Quality System (CIWQS) Sanitary Sewer System Enrollee Information (updated August 6, 2026).
Customized Training
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