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:  307-332-7726
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

Approved meeting minutes.
 

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

Current Events, Proposed Rule Changes, and Draft Documents
A listing of public meetings, public notices and on-going rule revisions.

Carbon Sequestration:  Rule Information

Interim Policy on Establishing Effluent Limits for Permitted Point Source Discharges to Class 1 Water Tributaries - Adopted
             Memorandum summarizing Interim Policy

AMERICAN RELIEF AND RECOVERY ACT FUNDS
        

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:  March 25, 2009