NPDES and WPCF Wastewater Permits in Your DEQ Online

Establish or update your public user account. For detailed instructions, see Your DEQ Online Account Registration. 

It's time to establish a Responsible Official user account. If you already have an account, login to update your account settings for the submittal group selections associated with your permit. Also, set up links to your permitted facility or facilities.  

Submittal groups introduced in Your DEQ Online on May 14, 2025: 

• General NPDES Mining 

• MS4 - Municipal Separate Storm Sewer System 

• NPDES - Individual (Domestic) 

• NPDES - Individual (Industrial) 

• NPDES - General (Domestic) 

• NPDES - General (Industrial) 

• WPCF - General (Domestic) 

• WPCF - General (Industrial) 

• WPCF - Individual (Domestic) 

• WPCF - Individual (Industrial) 

• WPCF - Onsite 

For instructions for registering and managing your user account, see Your DEQ Online Account Registration. ​

Use Your DEQ Online to apply for a permit, apply to renew a permit, register for a General Permit, submit monitoring data, submit fees, update information, and a lot more! 

Please note: applications received after May 14, 2025 will be returned to applicants within instructions on how to use the new system.  

Your DEQ Online enables you to:  

• Apply for new NPDES and WPCF individual permit or register for coverage under a general permit. 

• Apply to renew, modify, transfer, or terminate permit coverage. 

• Request a name change or update contact information. 

• Request plan reviews. 

• Submit discharge monitoring reports, annual reports, noncompliance reports, and other permit-required reports. 

• Pay annual fees, permit action fees, enforcement penalties, and more. Your DEQ Online accepts credit cards and electronic fund transfer payments from your bank account.  

• Manage and track permits to allow responsible officials to check status, view files, and connect with staff at DEQ. 

• Access public records. 

User Guides

See instructions in the user guide for NPDES and WPCF individual and general permits below. To find user guides for other water quality groups using Your DEQ Online, navigate to How to Use Your DEQ Online. ​

• Water Quality Individual and General Permits User Guide​​

• ​​​NPDES Individual permits (including MS4 Individual permits)
  
• WPCF Individual permits
• NPDES General Permits:
  
• 100-J Cooling Water
• 200-J Filter Backwash
  
• 300-J Fish Hatcheries
• 400-J Log Ponds
• 500-J Boiler Blowdown
• 700-PM Suction Dredges
• 900-J Seafood Processing
• 1300 Oily SW, Oil & Water Separators
• 1500-A Petroleum Hydrocarbon Cleanup
• 1700-A Wash Water
• 1900 Geothermal Heat Exchange
• 2000-J Irrigation Systems
• 2200 Floating Residences in Lower Columbia-Youngs Subbasin
• 2300 Pesticides
• 4000 – Phase II MS4 
• WPCF General Permits:
• 600 Off-Stream Placer Mining
  
• 1000 Sand and Gravel Mining
• 1400-A Seasonal Wine & Fresh Food Packing
• 1400-B Wineries & Small Food
• 1500-B Petroleum Cleanup
• 1700-B Wash Water
• 2401 Tier 1 Graywater Reuse and Disposal System
• 2402 Tier 2 Graywater Reuse and Disposal System
• 2501 Seasonal Irrigation 
• Waste Pollution Control Facilities Onsite permits​

​​Once the transition is completed, permit holders will start reporting DMRs or annual reports in Your DEQ Online. The start date for DMR and annual report submissions in Your DEQ Online depends on your permit type:

​See DEQ's Electronic Reporting for Water Quality Permits web page for a detailed transition schedule for each group of permits. 

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Follow links for Your DEQ Online resources related to the following programs:

• 401 Certification
• Construction and Industrial Stormwater
• Sewage Disposal Service Program
• Underground Injection Control
• Wastewater Operator Certification​
  

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