Water Quality Management Advisory Council

The Water Quality Management Advisory Council (WQMAC) reviews and approves water quality rules and recommends changes to the Environmental Quality Board. The council is made up of nine members, appointed for three-year terms, representing local government, industry, oil and gas, geology, engineering, agriculture, rural water districts, environmental groups, and the general public.Three members are appointed each by the Governor, the Speaker of the House, and the President Pro Tempore of the Senate. It typically meets 3 times each calendar year in January, May and October. However, additional meetings are sometimes scheduled in order to address a rule change that does not fit the regular meeting schedule.

This Council reviews and recommends to the Environmental Quality Board rules governing water quality. Currently there are 13 chapters and 1 proposed chapter of rules under the authority of the WQMAC including regulations for public water supply, industrial and municipal wastewater construction, treatment and discharge, pretreatment, biosolids, drinking water state revolving fund, small public and private systems, under ground injection control, and implementation of water quality standards.

* Chair
** Vice-Chair

Meeting Details
(includes meeting dates, locations, links to agendas, minutes, and proposed rules)

• Proposed Rulemaking
  252:4 Text | Notice | RIS
  252:606 Text | Notice | RIS
  252:616 Text | Notice | RIS
  252:631 Text | Notice | RIS
  252:690 Text | Appendices | Notice | RIS
  26 Feb 2013
• Rules Adopted by the Environmental Quality Board on 2-24-12
  Chapter 4 Text
  Chapter 619 Text
  Chapter 621 Text
  Chapter 626 Text
  Chapter 627 Text | Appendix
  Chapter 631 Text
  Chapter 641 Text | Appendix
  Chapter 656 Text
  1 Mar 2012