Water Quality Regulations

General Information

• Clean Water Act Compliance Assistance
  Provides information about Clean Water Act compliance assistance.
  
• Water Laws and Regulations
  Guide to water laws and regulations.
• Water Quality Standards
  The foundation of the water quality-based pollution control program mandated by the Clean Water Act. Water Quality Standards define the goals for a waterbody by designating its uses, setting criteria to protect those uses, and establishing provisions to protect waterbodies from pollutants.
• Reclamation Reform Act of 1982
  Provides the relevant statute and regulations pertaining to the Reclamation Reform Act (RRA). Includes RRA fact sheets, forms, and instructions, are available for download.

Animal Feeding Operations

• Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations (CAFO) : Final Rule
  Provides information about the Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations Final Rule.

Drinking Water

• Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA)
  Main webpage for the Safe Drinking Water Act's regulations and guidelines pages.
  
• Safe Water Drinking Act : Regulations & Guidance
  An index to publications, policies and guidelines covering drinking water rules.
• Drinking Water Laboratory Certification Program
  Laboratories analyzing drinking water compliance samples must be certified by U.S. EPA or the State. Certified laboratories must successfully analyze proficiency testing samples, use promulgated methods and successfully pass periodic on-site audits.
  
• Radionuclides in Drinking Water - Implementation Guidance
  Provides information about radionuclides in drinking water and guidance materials to help water systems comply with the standard.

Ground Water

• Ground Water Rule (GWR)
  Provides information about the Ground Water Rule.
• Underground Injection Control Program
  The UIC Program is responsible for regulating the construction, operation, permitting, and closure of injection wells that place fluids underground for storage or disposal. This site provides information for owners and operators of injection wells and state regulators on how to safely operate injection wells to prevent contamination of underground drinking water resources.
  
• Underground Injection Control Program State Contacts
  Provides UIC state programs with information on contact person and implementing agencies.
• Compliance for Shallow Injection Wells (Class V)
  Compliance information for owners and operators of Class V Injection Wells. Site identifies well types and give information on compliance.
  
• Polluted Runoff (Nonpoint Source Pollution)
  Main portal to information about nonpoint source pollution.
• Polluted Runoff (Nonpoint Source Pollution) : Funding Opportunities
  Provides information about funding opportunities relating to nonpoint source pollution and polluted runoff.
  
  
• Source Water Protection
  Provides information about source water protection.
  
• Water Security Guidelines
  Publications covering the security of water systems.
  
• Water Security for Small Systems
  Provides information about water security resources for small systems.
  

Stormwater

• Stormwater Program Overview
  Contains technical and regulatory information about the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) stormwater program.

Water Pollutants

• Arsenic in Drinking Water Compliance Help
  Compliance information and training opportunities regarding the Drinking Water Standard for Arsenic.
• Non Point Source Pollution Factsheets
  Information about nonpoint source (NPS) pollution and how it remains the Nation's largest source of water quality problems.
  
• Ocean Regulatory Programs
  Provides information about waste management programs and links to resources about ocean dumping and dredged material management.

Wastewater

• Wastewater Management
  Information on compliance with the requirements of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act.
  
• Office of Wastewater Management-Environmental Management Systems/ISO 14001
  Guidance, Reports and Frequently Asked Questions regarding EMS
• Septic System Program Contacts
  Provides septic system program contact information.
  
• Septic Systems Guidelines
  EPA publications and handbooks for wastewater treatment professionals.

Biosolids

• Biosolids
  Provides general information about biosolids and links to publications and guidance relating to biosolids.
• Biosolids Frequently Asked Questions
  Questions and answers relating to biosolids.
• Guide to the Biosolids Risk Assessments for the EPA Part 503 Rule
  This guide has been prepared to help the public, wastewater treatment authorities, state regulators, and scientists, better understand risk assessment processes.
  
• Plain English Guide to the EPA Part 503 Biosolids Rule
  Provides guidance on the implementation of the disposal of sewage sludge.
  
• EPA Regional and State Biosolids Coordinators
  State and Regional contacts for the Biosolids Program.

Effluents

• Effluent Guidelines
  Effluent guidelines for categories of existing sources and new sources under Title III of the Clean Water Act.
  
• Effluent Guidelines : Construction and Development Contacts
  Provides contact information for the construction and development portion of the Effluent Guideline program.
  
• Final Rule Fact Sheet for Effluent Guidelines for Oil and Gas Extraction (Synthetic-Based Drilling Fluids)
  Final effluent limitations guidelines and standards for the discharge of pollutants from oil and gas drilling operations associated with the use of synthetic-based drilling fluids (SBFs) and other non-aqueous drilling fluids into waters of the United States.

• Metal Products and Machinery (MP&M) Effluent Guidelines
  MP&M effluent guideline.

National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES)

• National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES)
  Provides information about the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES).
• NPDES : State Program Status
  Provides information on State NPDES Program Authority.

• Categorical Pretreatment Standards and Limits
  Provides information about categorical pretreatment standards.