Wastewater Reporting Requirements

Wastewater Discharge Monitoring Reports (DMRs)

The CWA and NPDES regulations require permitted facilities to monitor the quality of their wastewater discharge and report these wastewater monitoring data to their permitting authority on a Discharge Monitoring Report (DMR). Additionally, the Electronic Reporting Rule now requires various reports required under the NPDES program to be reported electronically. DEQ has implemented an Electronic Reporting System (ERS) and Electronic Discharge Monitoring Reporting (E2) application to allowing permitted facilities to submit DMRs.

Electronic Reporting Instructions & Documentation

Guide to Preparing eDMRs (Power Point Presentation)

Guide to Preparing Sludge DMRs (Power Point Presentation)

Guide to Preparing Biomonitoring DMRs (Power Point Presentation)

DMR Worksheets (MS Excel Files)

Biosolids Certification Statement Forms (MS Word Files)

Sanitary Sewer Overflows (SSOs) and bypasses are to be reported to DEQ, following the procedure below. Failure to report the SSO or bypass and follow-up with a written report (within five business days) is a violation of the facility’s permit.

Notification must be made by phone within 48 hours of the event. Contact the Bypass Coordinator at 1-800-256-2365. Please leave a message with the details of the bypass (include amount of bypass, duration of bypass, cause of bypass, and steps to correct the situation).
Follow-up within five days by submitting the “Self Reporting Wastewater Bypass Form” (pdf)

Water Reuse Monthly Operational Report (MOR)

Each year, the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) initiates a Discharge Monitoring Report – Quality Assurance Study Program (DMR-QA). Major and select minor permittees under the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) program are required to participate. The State of Oklahoma has been issued a waiver of participation, but only when a facility partakes in the state’s Laboratory Accreditation Program. The purpose of the DMR-QA Study is to evaluate a laboratory’s ability to accurately perform chemistry, microbiology, and Whole Effluent Toxicity testing required by NPDES permits. Permittees are responsible for requesting that their laboratories test parameters included in their NPDES permit and the DMR-QA Study. It is imperative that any unacceptable test results are investigated by the laboratory and a successful retest is completed. Another vital requirement of the DMR-QA Study is to submit the NPDES Permittee Data Report Form, Lab List, and Analyte Checklists. Collectively, these tasks ensure that data received on Discharge Monitoring Reports (DMRs) is reliable and accurate.

The Oklahoma state coordinator for the DMR-QA Study Program is Angie Ratcliff.
She can be reached by e-mail at angela.ratcliff@deq.ok.gov, or by telephone at (405) 702-8146.