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Protecting Water in the Southeast
Water Topics and Programs
The Water Protection Division in Region 4 works to implement water programs in eight southeastern states. This large geographic area spans from the shores of Florida to the hills of Kentucky. It represents one of the fastest growing areas in the United States. It also presents many opportunities to develop, implement, and evaluate programs that promote sustainable infrastructure and incorporate green infrastructure concepts in the Southeast.
In conjunction with our state partners, the Water Protection Division utilizes a watershed approach as an effective framework to manage programs in priority watersheds. This approach allows EPA and the states to focus our mutual resources to protect and restore waters.
The Water Protection Division is a dynamic organization that has responsibilities for:
- permitting and enforcement of facilities that discharge to water bodies
- working with states, tribes and local governments to protect our coastal areas
- helping to provide safe drinking water to our citizens, and
- implementing and overseeing regulatory programs in our states.
Hot Topic: Perflourochemical Contamination
EPA is investigating perflourochemical contamination of biosolids near Decatur, Alabama. The investigation is being coordinated with the State of Alabama, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), the U. S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Decatur Utilities Dry Creek Wastewater Treatment Plant (Decatur Utilities) and local industries to address elevated levels of perflourochemicals found in treated sewage sludge (biosolids). For approximately the past 12 years, these biosolids were used as a soil amendment on about 5000 acres of privately owned agricultural fields in Lawrence, Morgan and Limestone Counties.
Water Topics and Programs
Watersheds
- Priority Watersheds
- Watersheds in the Southeast
- Watershed & Water Quality Modeling Technical Support
Surface Water
- Compensatory Mitigation for Wetlands
- Nonpoint Source Programs and Success Stories
- Surface Water Technical Assistance
- Total Daily Maximum Loads
- Water Quality Standards
- Water Quality Trading in the Southeast
- Projects and Activities in Water Quality Trading
- Wetlands in the Southeast
Public Notices
- National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System Permits
- Total Maximum Daily Loads
- Special Appropriations Projects
- Water Enforcement Public Notices by States
Permits and Enforcement
- 404 Permits for Wetlands
- Dredged Material Ocean Disposal Permit Process
- Oil & Gas NPDES Permits
- Sanitary Sewer Overflows - MOM Program
- Storm Water NPDES Permits
- Water Enforcement in the Southeast
Ground Water
- Class I Municipal Disposal Wells in Florida
- Ground Water Protection in the Southeast
- Sole Source Aquifers
- Source Water Assessment and Protection
- Underground Injection Control (UIC) in the Southeast
- UIC Direct Implementation Programs
- UIC Primacy Programs
Grants and Funding
- Clean Water State Revolving Fund Program
- Drinking Water State Revolving Fund Program
- Nonpoint Source Section 319 Grant Program
- Special Appropriations Grants
- Surface Water Grant Programs
- Wetland Grant Program
Coastal Areas and Oceans
- Burial Of Human Remains At Sea
- Coastal Areas in the Southeast
- Disposal of Vessels at Sea
- National Estuaries in the Southeast
- Ocean Dredged Material Disposal Sites
- South Florida Geographic Initiative
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For information about the contents of this page please contact
Mary Cashin (cashin.mary@epa.gov)