Wastewater Guidelines and Manuals

General

• Guide to Wastewater Permitting
• Pretreatment Program Information

Domestic Wastewater

• Recommended Standards for Wastewater Facilities 1997 (536 KB)
• Recommended Standards for Wastewater Facilities 2014
• LandAp2010
• Design and Specification Guidelines for Low Pressure Sewer Systems (274 KB)
• EPA's Design Criteria for Mechanical, Electric, and Fluid System and Component Reliability (2.8 MB)
• Guidelines for Preparation of Capacity Analysis Reports
  • Table 1, Capacity Analysis Report Outline
  • Attachment 1, Request for Monthly Operating Report Data
• Guidelines for Preparation of Operation and Maintenance Performance Reports
  • Table 1, Operation and Maintenance Performance Report Outline
  • Attachment 1, List of Components, Systems, and Processes to be Evaluated
  • Attachment 2, Field Evaluation Form for Operation and Maintenance Performance Reports for Domestic Wastewater Facilities 
• Preliminary Design Report Guidelines for Domestic Wastewater Permitting (taken from the Guide to Wastewater Permitting)
• Recommended Standards for Wastewater Facilities 2004
• Clean Water Program Manual (formerly known as the Water Pollution Control Manual)

Industrial Wastewater

• Best Management Practices For Environmental Stewardship Of Florida Shooting Ranges
• Checklist Guide for 100% Closed-Loop Recycle Systems at Vehicle Wash and Other Equipment Wash Facilities
• Guide to Best Management Practices for 100% Closed-Loop Recycle Systems at Vehicle Wash and Other Equipment Wash Facilities

Monitoring and Reporting 

• EzDMR Registration
• Helpful Tips for Completing the Wastewater Discharge Monitoring Report (DMR)
• Method for Mercury Testing
• Guidance for Establishing a Metals Translator

Whole Effluent Toxicity

• Method Guidance and Recommendations for Whole Effluent Toxicity (WET) Testing (40 CFR Part 136)
• Methods for Measuring the Acute Toxicity of Effluents and Receiving Waters to Freshwater and Marine Organisms, Fifth Edition (3 MB)
• Short-term Methods for Estimating the Chronic Toxicity of Effluents and Receiving Waters to Freshwater Organisms, Fourth Edition (6 MB)
• Short-term Methods for Estimating the Chronic Toxicity of Effluents and Receiving Waters to Marine and Estuarine Organisms, Third Edition (10 MB)
• Understanding and Accounting for Method Variability in Whole Effluent Toxicity Applications Under the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System 

See also

• Wastewater and Wastewater-Related Reports, Publications and Brochures