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Managed by the Office of Research Facilities, Division of Environmental Protection (DEP)

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Water Program


​​​​The NIH water management program covers many aspects of water use and discharge. The key goals of the program are to ensure the quality of drinking water to meet the Safe Drinking Water Act; properly discharge wastewater that meets all regulatory requirements; reduce the quantity of stormwater runoff and the pollution that it causes; and protect the quality of local water sources.

Water management at the NIH is grouped into the following categories:



NIH Water Program

Water Program

Key goals and categories

Drinking Water

Learn more about the NIH drinking water program

Stormwater

Learn more

Wastewater

Industrial and municipal wastewater​​

Waste Conservation

W​ater conservation objectives and targets

Activities Requiring Permits

Activities that require​ water permit

Process Batch Discharge Requests

View the required information


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