NPDES Permit Writers' Manual

These documents include the full NPDES permit writers' manual as well as the document divided by chapters. 

• Full Document (pdf) (6.35 MB)
• NPDES Permit Writers' Manual Front Section (pdf) (784.28 KB)
• Chapter 1. Development of the Clean Water Act and the NPDES Program (pdf) (566.74 KB)
• Chapter 2. Regulatory Framework and Program Areas of the NPDES Program (pdf) (332.57 KB)
• Chapter 3. Overview of the NPDES Permitting Process (pdf) (661.27 KB)
• Chapter 4. NPDES Permit Application Process (pdf) (554.37 KB)
• Chapter 5. Technology-Based Effluent Limitations (pdf) (584.89 KB)
• Chapter 6. Water Quality-Based Effluent Limitations (pdf) (823.21 KB)
• Chapter 7. Final Effluent Limitations and Anti-backsliding (pdf) (532.18 KB)
• Chapter 8. Monitoring and Reporting Conditions (pdf) (348.17 KB)
• Chapter 9. Special Conditions (pdf) (386.21 KB)
• Chapter 10. Standard Conditions of NPDES Permits (pdf) (248.43 KB)
• Chapter 11. NPDES Permit Administration (pdf) (771.83 KB)
• Appendix A. Acronyms, Abbreviations and Glossary (pdf) (302.79 KB)
• Appendix B. Index to the CWA and NPDES Regulations (pdf) (262.53 KB)
• Appendix C. Priority Pollutants (pdf) (194.72 KB)
• Appendix D. New Source Dates by Effluent Guideline Category (pdf) (234.28 KB)