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Surface Water Individual Permit

Water Fees

Surface Water Individual Permit Fees

Large facilities like municipal wastewater treatment plants, mines, Individual municipal separate storm sewer systems (MS4) or other industrial facilities that discharge to a Water of the United States (WOTUS) or a water on the Protected Surface Water List (PSWL). These fees are subject to an annual adjustment and will be updated annually on this page. Facilities are subject to:

  • Hourly fees of $174 per hour
  • Maximum fee caps

Permit Type

Maximum Fee

Individual permit for municipal separate storm sewer system

$57,080

Individual permit for wastewater treatment plant (based on gallons of discharge per day)

 

3,000 to 99,999

 

100,000 to 999,999

 

1,000,000 to 9,999,999

 

10,000,000 or more

 

 

$21,405

 

$28,540

 

$42,810

 

$71,350

 

Individual permit for a facility or activity that is not a wastewater treatment plant or a municipal separate storm sewer

$42,810

Amendment to an individual permit

$17,838

Approval of a new or revised pretreatment program under AZPDES

$14,270

Consolidated individual permit for multiple AZPDES individual permits, as allowed under A.A.C. R18-9-B901(C)

Aggregate of the applicable maximum fees

 

 

Permit Type

Annual Fee

Annual Registration Fee if Facility is Not Yet Constructed

Municipal separate storm sewer system

$14,270

N/A

Wastewater treatment plant (based on gallons of discharge per day):

 

Less than 99,999

100,000 to 999,999

1,000,000 to 9,999,999

10,000,000 or more

 

 

 

 

$357

$714

$3,568

$5,708

 

 

 

$357

$714

$892

$1,070

Facility or activity that is not a wastewater treatment plant or municipal separate storm sewer and designated in the permit as either:

Major

 

Minor

 

 

 

$3,568

 

$714

 

 

 

$892

 

$714

Pretreatment program

$4,281

N/A

Consolidated individual permit for multiple AZPDES

individual permits, as allowed under A.A.C. R18-9-B901(C)

Aggregate of the applicable annual fees of each individual permit

Aggregate of the applicable annual fees of each individual permit