DEQ - Water Resources Division

Water Resources Division

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Who We Are

The Water Resources Division (WRD) protects and monitors Michigan's waters - swimmable, fishable, fish safe to eat, and healthy aquatic ecosystems.

Please send any comments or suggestions to: WRD, P.O. Box 30458, Lansing, MI, 48909-7958, 517-284-5567.

What's New

WRD Lansing staff phone numbers changing in September and October added 8/5/2013, revised 9/25/2013
Biggert Waters Flood Insurance Reform Act information added 9/13/2013
Flood News for Michigan Floodplain Managers, Second Edition 2013 added 9/3/2013
Flood News for Michigan Floodplain Managers, First Edition 2013 added 8/1/2013

Program Links

Permits Section
Aquatic Nuisance Control
Dam Safety
Flood Discharges
Groundwater Discharge
Hydrologic Data
Low Flow Discharges
NPDES Permits
Request a Discharge
Storm Water
Subdivision Floodplain

Field Operations Section
Biosolids
Enforcement
Floodplain Management
Groundwater Discharge
Industrial Pretreatment (IPP)
Joint Permit Application
National Flood Insurance
Operator Training & Certifications
Part 5 Rules/Pollution Incident Prevention Plan (PIPP)
Part 41 Permit
Sanitary and Combined Sewers
Soil Erosion and Sedimentation Control
Transportation Review

Surface Water Assessment
Areas of Concern
Assessment of Michigan Waters
Beach Water Monitoring
Dredging Projects
High Risk Erosion Areas
Inland Lakes and Streams Protection
Inland Lakes Monitoring
Marinas
Mosquito Control Projects
Nonpoint Source Pollution
Sand Dune Protection
Shipwrecks
Shoreland Management
Submerged Lands
Submerged Logs
Total Maximum Daily Loads (TMDL)
Water Quality Standards
Water Quality Trading
Water Use/Withdrawal
Wetlands Protection

Enbridge Unit
Oil Spill Clean-up

Aquatic Invasive Species Program

Staff Maps
Biosolids
CAFO
CSO/SSO
Dam Safety
Floodplain
Groundwater Discharge
Industrial Pretreatment (IPP)
Industrial Storm Water
Land/Water Permits
Municipal Storm Water (MS4)
Nonpoint Source (NPS)
NPDES (Surface Water) Discharge
Part 41
PIPP and Part 5
Sand Dune
SESC & Construction Storm Water
Transportation Hydraulics
Transportation Permits

This page can be accessed as www.michigan.gov/wrd.

DEQ is developing a summary of current operating procedures. The operating procedures that WRD is reviewing, and possibly updating, are temporarily listed below.

Water Resources Division
ID#	Policy Description	Effective	Contact
31-00-01	Compensating Cut for Fill in Floodplains	8/8/2000	WRD (517) 284-5567
31-00-04	Processing Low Flow Requests	9/15/2000	WRD (517) 284-5567
31-05-01	Part 31 Authority on the Great Lakes Connecting Channels	3/14/2005	WRD (517) 284-5567
31-05-02	Fences in Floodplains	9/15/2005	WRD (517) 284-5567
31-95-02	Processing Flood Discharge Requests	1/20/1995	WRD (517) 284-5567
31-99-07	Making Streamflow Measurements	11/1/1999	WRD (517) 284-5567
301-06-02	Lake Level Augmentation Projects	10/16/2006	WRD (517) 284-5567
301-31-98-02	Culvert or Bridge Extensions	8/11/1999	WRD (517) 284-5567
301-303-05-01	Expedited Permit Application Process	12/1/2005	WRD (517) 284-5567
301-303-06-01	Water Withdrawals	4/18/2006	WRD (517) 284-5567
303-00-01	Modification of Conservation Easements under Part 303	1/10/2000	WRD (517) 284-5567
303-05-03	Permit Exemptions under Part 303, Wetlands Protection	2/24/2005	WRD (517) 284-5567
303-06-01	Contiguous Wetlands, Open Water, Stream Enclosures and Relocations, and Barriers in 5-Acre Wetlands	4/18/2006	WRD (517) 284-5567
323-95-01	Determination of Readily Moveable Structure	12/19/1994	WRD (517) 284-5567
323-95-03	High Risk Erosion Area Permit Review for Structures on High Bluffs	9/28/1995	WRD (517) 284-5567
323-96-03	Review and Comment on Permit Applications within and Surrounding Environmental Areas	10/17/1996	WRD (517) 284-5567
323-96-04	Placement, Documentation, and Recording of Environmental Area Boundaries	9/4/1997	WRD (517) 284-5567
323-97-02	Conducting and Recording Resource Information for Proposed and Existing Environmental Areas	9/2/1997	WRD (517) 284-5567
353-09-01	Simplified Application Review Process for Critical Dune Projects with Minimal Impacts	2/5/2009	WRD (517) 284-5567
353-09-02	Activities Not Constituting a Use under Part 353	7/31/2009	WRD (517) 284-5567
353-95-02	Review of Shore Protection Structure under Sand Dune Protection and Management, Part 353 of the Natural Resource and Environmental Protection Act, 1994 PA 451	12/25/1995	WRD (517) 284-5567
353-96-01	Measuring Slopes under Sand Dune Protection Program	10/17/1996	WRD (517) 284-5567
353-98-01	Determining Whether a Parcel is in a Designated Critical Dune Area	9/28/1998	WRD (517) 284-5567
325-02-01	Review of Applications for Construction of Groins	8/20/2002	WRD (517) 284-5567
325-06-01	Dredging and Sidecasting in the Great Lakes	7/18/2006	WRD (517) 284-5567
325-06-02	Landward Limit of Part 325 Permitting Authority	6/10/2006	WRD (517) 284-5567