NPDES Permit Writers' Manual
These documents include the full NPDES permit writers' manual as well as the document divided by chapters.
- Full Document (pdf)
- NPDES Permit Writers' Manual Front Section (pdf)
- Chapter 1. Development of the Clean Water Act and the NPDES Program (pdf)
- Chapter 2. Regulatory Framework and Program Areas of the NPDES Program (pdf)
- Chapter 3. Overview of the NPDES Permitting Process (pdf)
- Chapter 4. NPDES Permit Application Process (pdf)
- Chapter 5. Technology-Based Effluent Limitations (pdf)
- Chapter 6. Water Quality-Based Effluent Limitations (pdf)
- Chapter 7. Final Effluent Limitations and Anti-backsliding (pdf)
- Chapter 8. Monitoring and Reporting Conditions (pdf)
- Chapter 9. Special Conditions (pdf)
- Chapter 10. Standard Conditions of NPDES Permits (pdf)
- Chapter 11. NPDES Permit Administration (pdf)
- Appendix A. Acronyms, Abbreviations and Glossary (pdf)
- Appendix B. Index to the CWA and NPDES Regulations (pdf)
- Appendix C. Priority Pollutants (pdf)
- Appendix D. New Source Dates by Effluent Guideline Category (pdf)