Glenn Saums
Program Manager
(505) 827-2827

The Point Source Regulation Section is responsible for protection of surface water quality through implementation of Ground and Surface Water Protection Regulations dealing with point source discharges, spill reporting, etc.

Program essentials include:

	Assisting the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in implementing its National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permitting program;
	Conducting and maintaining a comprehensive surface water quality monitoring program for New Mexico's regulated community of industrial and municipal effluent dischargers; and
	Assuring all point source discharges within the state comply and are compatible with applicable state law, state water quality standards and the state's Water Quality Management Plan, including;
	Conducting compliance inspections; Providing information to the regulated community and the public; Reviewing federally-issued NPDES permits for municipal wastewater treatment plants, electrical generating stations, fish hatcheries, mines, etc.; and Providing oversight of discharging facilities.

Public Funding for community and wastewater construction programs can be sought through the Construction Programs Bureau.

	US EPA's NPDES Information Center
	US EPA's Effluent Guidelines
	US EPA's State-By-State Program Status Site
	US EPA's Water Permitting 101