AGENCY: Department of Environmental Quality. Division of Water Quality

SERIES: 7782
TITLE: Wastewater treatment plant reports
DATES: i 1953-
ARRANGEMENT: alphabetical by plant name

DESCRIPTION: These records document the operations of wastewater treatment plants in the state and water quality samples.

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Included in these records are Treatment and Disposal of Industrial Wastes and Wastewater Information Sheet; Inventory of Municipal Wastewater Treatment Facilities; Special Sampling Studies; and Summary of Wastewater Treatment Plant Operation. Information includes name and address of treatment plants; industrial plant's principal product or process; dates and hours of operation; water source and gallons per operating day and month; wastewater control methods; amount of wastewater discharge; municipal connections, entities, and population equivalents of wastes; results of laboratory tests; design data of treatment facilities; results of wastewater tests for a specific plant; a summary of the operations of wastewater treatment plants including the amount of plant effluent and raw sewage discharge; and dates of water tests.

RETENTION

Retain for 5 year(s)

DISPOSITION

Destroy.

RETENTION AND DISPOSITION AUTHORIZATION

Retention and disposition for this series were specifically approved by the State Records Committee.

APPROVED: 08/1986

FORMAT MANAGEMENT

Paper: Retain in Office for 5 years and then destroy.

APPRAISAL

Administrative

The Clean Water Act requires the state to monitor water quality without setting a specific retention period for the records (40 CFR 130.4) As a result, the retention for the discharge monitoring report under the National Pollution Discharge Elimination System previously scheduled is applicable in this instance.