Watershed Management Program Overview

Below are links to programs in the Bureau of Watershed Management. Within each of the program areas there is information on who to contact for different issues.

Dam Safety, Floodplain and Shoreland Management

• Floodplain, Shoreland Planning and Zoning
• Dam Safety and Removal
• Federal Emergency Management Agency Activities and Liaison

Watershed Planning

• Areawide Water Quality Planning and Integrated Plans
• Sewer Service Area Planning and Approvals
• Facilities Plan Review
• 305(b) Water Quality Report to Congress
• Water Quality Grants Program (104(b) and 604(b))
• Aquatic Nuisance and Exotic Species

Runoff Management Program

• Animal Waste including AFO/CAFO
• Section 319 Grants Activities
• Stormwater Permits
• Priority WAtershed Planning and Implementation
• Nonpoint Source coordination Activities with Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection and Counties
• Coastal Zone Management Progam

Sediment Management

• Wasteload Allocations
• Contaminated Sediment Monitoring and Transportation Modeling
• Contaminated Sediment Project Investigation
• TMDL Modeling
• Streams and Lakes Water Quality Modeling
• Mixing Zone Modeling
• Fox River Activities

Water Quality Standards

• Proposed Changes to Chapters NR 102, NR 104 & NR 106 of the Wisconsin Administrative Code
• Surface Water Quality Standards
• Surface Water Quality Classification
• Water Quality Based Effluent Limits
• Total Maximum Daily Loads (TMDLs)
• List of 303(d) Waterbodies
• Outstanding and Exceptional Resource Waters

WPDES Permits Program

• Permit Rules and Regulations
• Permit & Wastewater Policy Topics
• WPDES Permit Staff
• Whole Effluent Toxicity Testing and Biomonitoring
• WPDES Permits on Public Notice
• Draft WPDES Permit Documents
• WPDES Permit Applications
• List of Current WPDES Permit Holders
• Technical Assistance for WWTP Operators
• Links to Related Wastewater Sites
• Biological Phosphorus Removal Design

The Water and Wastewater Operator Certification Program