Water: Wastewater Programs
Wastewater Management
Wastewater management encompasses a broad range of efforts that promote effective and responsible water use, treatment, and disposal and encourage the protection and restoration of our nation's watersheds. EPA's Office of Wastewater Management oversees the regulatory and voluntary programs that help manage our nation's wastewater.
Under the Clean Water Act, EPA works in partnership with EPA Regions, states, local governments, tribes, the private sector, and non-governmental organizations to regulate discharges into surface waters. Other EPA initiatives include green infrastructure, energy management, effective municipal capital finance mechanisms, wastewater and stormwater infrastructure sustainability, and water efficiency.
Recent News and Updates- EPA Isues Two National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) Draft Vessel General Permits to Regulate Discharges from Commercial Vessels (December 8, 2011)
- EPA Issues Final NPDES Pesticide General Permit for Point Source Discharges from the Application of Pesticides to Waters of the United States (October 31, 2011)
- EPA Proposes NPDES Concentrated Animal Feeding Operation (CAFO) Reporting Rule (October 21, 2011)