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Effluent Guidelines Database

The Effluent Guidelines Database provides easy access to:

Individual effluent limitations and definitions within the industrial category regulations
Identification of treatment technologies referenced in industrial categories
Corresponding Code of Federal Regulations and Federal Register citations and history.

Users can search by industrial category, pollutant, treatment technology basis, or keyword.

Access the EG database