Welcome to DEQ's Water Quality Division
Cheyenne Office:
DEQ/Water Quality Division
122 West 25th Street
Herschler Building, 4th Floor-West
Cheyenne, Wyoming 82001
Water Quality Division's main telephone number: 307-777-7781
DEQ/WQD fax machine number: 307-777-5973
Field Offices:
Casper Office:
WDEQ Casper Field Office
152 North Durbin Street, Suite 100
Casper, WY 82601
Main Telephone Number: 307-473-3465
Fax Number: 307-473-3458
Lander Office:
WDEQ Lander Field Office
510 Meadowview Drive
Lander, WY 82520
Main Telephone Number: 307-332-3144
Fax Number: 307-332-3183
Sheridan Office:
WDEQ Sheridan Field Office
1866 South Sheridan Avenue
Sheridan, WY 82801
Main Telephone Number: 307-673-9337
Fax Number: 307-672-2213
ADVISORY BOARD:
Water and Waste Advisory Board listing
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Current Events, Proposed Rule Changes, and Draft Documents
A listing of public meetings, public notices and on-going rule revisions.Interim Policy on Establishing Effluent Limits for Permitted Point Source Discharges to Class 1 Water Tributaries - Adopted
Memorandum summarizing Interim Policy
Guidelines for Commercial Oilfield Wastewater Disposal Facilities
WQD RULES AND STATUTES:
Water Quality Rules & Regulations (Chapters 1 to 23)
Environmental Quality Act - Link to the legislative website for Title 35. Section 35-11-101 is the beginning of the Wyoming Environmental Quality Act.
WQD PROGRAMS:
Commercial Oilfield E&P Exempt Pits List
Groundwater
Program
Subdivision planning has moved to the
Water and Wastewater Program
Watershed
Program
Includes non-point source grants and TMDL information.
Water and Wastewater Program
Includes:
*
water and wastewater construction permitting
*
rulemaking for
cross connection control
*
small wastewater
(septic systems)
*
operator certification
* SRF
loan program
*
capacity development
*
source water and wellhead
protection
*
subdivision planning
Underground Injection Control
Program
Regulates any subsurface fluid emplacement.
WYPDES (Point Source)
Program regulates discharges of pollutants that have the potential
to reach surface waters of the state. Programs include permits
for:
* Point source
discharges of waste and process waters
*
Coalbed methane (CBM) discharges
*
Storm
water discharges from regulated activities
* Concentrated
animal feeding
operations (CAFOs)
* Link to
CBM Watershed Based Permitting
Page
Last Update: October 13, 2008