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Science activity #50075, updated 29 April 2022

National Pollution Discharge Elimination System [NPDES] Self-Monitoring Program

Description / purpose

The NPDES permit program, created in 1972 by the Clean Water Act (CWA), helps address water pollution by regulating point sources that discharge pollutants to waters of the United States. The permit provides two levels of control: technology-based limits and water quality-based limits (if technology-based limits are not sufficient to provide protection of the water body). NPDES requires self-monitoring for its permitting programs: stormwater, industrial, vessel, and municipal discharges.

Linked science activities

None specified

Collaborators

None specified

Activity status

  • 1 Awarded / Initiating (1952)
  • 2 In progress / Ongoing (1952 - 2019)
  • 3 Complete

Funding summary

Total allocated funding: $0

Location

Subbasins
Delta regions

Geographic tags

None specified

Products and outputs

Type Title Description Views
Link NPDES Self-Monitoring System User Guide This booklet is designed to assist the NPDES permi 1
Report Summary of Current Water Quality Monitoring Programs in the Delta This report is a first step in organizing availabl 1
Data Enforcement and Compliance History Online (ECHO) The ECHO website with its facility search features 0
Data ECHO - ICIS-NPDES DMR Summary and Data Element Dictionary The Enforcement and Compliance History Online (ECH 0
Link Main NPDES website Links users to information on NPDES programs and d 0
Data US EPA's Central Data Exchange (CDX) the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Central 0
Link Regional Agencies Involved with NPDES City of Rio Vista Beach, City of Rio Vista Northwe 0

Type and context

Science action area

Unspecified

Management themes

Water supply management , Water quality

Science themes

Environmental conditions , Land use and human activities

Types

None specified

Science functions

None specified

Management actions

Water operations , Wastewater management , Pollution control

Science Topics

Wastewater discharge , Nitrogen / ammonia , Salinity , Water temperature , Dissolved oxygen , pH , Turbidity , Hg and methyl mercury , Lead , Copper , Zinc , Conductivity , Stormwater runoff / drainage , Fecal coliform / E. coli

Lead implementing organization

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency [USEPA]

Partner implementing organizations

None specified

Funding organizations

None specified

Funding programs

None specified

Funding sources

None specified