Self-Monitoring
New Enhanced Version – Electronic
Discharge Monitoring Report (eDMR)
As part of the Department’s ongoing efforts to improve business
processes, we have been working with members of the regulated community
to provide new and more efficient paperless alternatives for
environmental reporting. The enhanced version of eDMR is more secure and
user friendly than the original version. Some of the more notable
improvements include:
- Enhanced format & layout,
- New copy-n-paste function,
- Flags exceedances & errors,
- Ability to attach critical files and documents,
- Increased legal, security, and electronic signature
functionalities, and
- New data analysis, reporting and extraction procedures.
The Department’s web-enabled eDMR system offers the advantage of less
process for the regulated community. By offering several streamlined
reporting options, the system offers significant labor savings for both
the Department and the regulated community. Most importantly, while
saving these costs, the system also increases timeliness.
eDMR
Tools & Information
(Presentations, Q&A ,Guides)
Wastewater Facility Participation Package (Including
Facility & Certifier Application)
Required Information & Agreement
Documents
Go to the eDMR Reporting System
All wastewater facilities should strongly consider participating in eDMR. Most wastewater facilities are required to submit to the
Department a monthly DMR which typically summarizes effluent quality or
groundwater monitoring well results. eDMR simply provides an
alternative way for facilities to submit these wastewater reports. Using
an electronic process for submitting reports can represent significant
labor savings while greatly increasing the data entry efficiency,
accuracy, and overall reliability of this information.
NPDES facilities are highly encouraged to submit DMRs using this
enhanced system. The eDMR system will accept electronic files from both NPDES
facilities (facilities with a discharge to surface waters) and from
wastewater facilities that use land application of effluent exclusively.
The Department has been working closely with the USEPA to build a secure
electronic reporting system that will meet both the state and federal
needs.
Some of the benefits of eDMRs and the eDMR System include:
- Save wastewater discharge facilities compliance costs with a
streamlined reporting method and readily available computer
tools,
- Save program costs by reducing resources required for
managing paper-based DMRs,
- Improve accuracy of compliance data by eliminating potential
errors that might otherwise be introduced through manual data
entry in the database, and
- Improve the DEP wastewater program's overall effectiveness
with faster responses to data analyses, compliance assessment,
and decision-making.
Discharge Monitoring Reports
Self-monitoring information generally includes any information which
must be reported as a condition of a wastewater facility permit.
Routine self-monitoring data provides the Department with a
reliable and fundamental source of a large quantity of effluent
monitoring data. This information is reviewed to verify that
wastewater facilities are meeting discharge limitations and not
impacting ground water or surface water quality. The Department uses
this information in conjunction with its inspection activities in
order to ensure that the facilities are meeting their discharge
limitations and are operating in accordance with Department
requirements.
More information
For additional information on
wastewater electronic reporting, please contact us by email at
eDMRadmin@dep.state.fl.us or by asking for the eDMR
Administrator in Tallahassee by phone at 850-245-8567.
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