DEQ now has many of its wastewater permits and water quality permit-related documents available to the public through an electronic repository. The new
Wastewater Permit Document Search, allows people to search permit information for nearly 400 wastewater discharge permits categorized as National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System "individual" permits. These facilities - including municipal wastewater treatment plants and industrial dischargers such as pulp and paper mills and high-tech plants - must follow strict guidelines for treating and monitoring the wastewater they discharge, under authority of the federal Clean Water Act.
Information on about 50 Water Pollution Control Facilities permits is also available.