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Electronic Reporting for Water Quality Permits

For several years, National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System, or NPDES, individual permit holders have been submitting discharge monitor report data electronically through the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's NetDMR program, while NPDES general permit registrants, WPCF individual permit holders, and WPCF general permit registrants submit their DMRs on paper to the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality.

New for 2025 and 2026: Reporting in Your DEQ Online

The Water Quality Permitting Program is transitioning to DEQ's online reporting system called Your DEQ Online on May 14, 2025. After water quality permits have been transitioned over, all permit holders will start reporting DMRs or annual reports in Your DEQ Online. The start date for DMR and annual report submissions in Your DEQ Online depends on your permit type:

  • General permits with monthly or quarterly reporting: October 2025
  • General permits with annual reporting: January to May 2026
  • Individual WPCF permits: July 2026
  • Individual NPDES permits: October 2026

Below is a detailed transition schedule for each group of permits. Note that individual NPDES permit holders will continue to use NetDMR until October 2026.


This group includes the following general permit types:

  • 100 J – NPDES Cooling Water
  • 300 J – NPDES Fish Hatcheries
  • 400 J – NPDES Log Ponds
  • 900 J – NPDES Seafood Processing
  • 1300 – NPDES Oil and Water Separators
  • 1500 A – NPDES Petroleum Hydrocarbon Cleanup
  • 1700 A – NPDES Wash Water
  • 2000 J – NPDES Irrigation Systems

Timeline for submitting DMRs in Your DEQ Online:

  • July 2025: DEQ will send permittees DMR reporting information and instructions by email.
  • August–September 2025: DEQ will host live webinars demonstrating how to find and complete DMRs in Your DEQ Online.
  • Oct. 15, 2025: The DMR for the monitoring period ending on Sept. 30, 2025, is due in Your DEQ Online.

This group includes the following general permit types:

Annual DMR or report due in January:

  • 200 J – NPDES Filter Backwash
  • 500 J – NPDES Boiler Blowdown
  • 1700 B – WPCF Wash Water
  • 1900 – NPDES Geothermal Heat Exchange
  • 2401 – WPCF Tier 1 Graywater Reuse and Disposal Systems
  • 2402 – WPCF Tier 2 Graywater Reuse and Disposal Systems
  • 2501 – NPDES Seasonal Irrigation

Timeline for submitting DMRs and annual reports in Your DEQ Online:

  • October 2025: DEQ will send permittees DMR or annual report information and instructions by email
  • November–December 2025: DEQ will host live webinars demonstrating how to find and complete DMRs and annual reports in Your DEQ Online
  • January 2026: The DMR or annual report is due in Your DEQ Online on Jan. 15, 2026

 Annual report due in February:

  • 700 PM – NPDES Suction Dredges
  • 1400 A – WPCF Seasonal Wine and Fresh Food Packing
  • 1400 B – WPCF Wineries and Small Food Processors
  • 2300 – NPDES Pesticide General Permit

Timeline for submitting DMRs and annual reports in Your DEQ Online:

  • November 2025: DEQ will send permittees DMR or annual report information and instructions by email
  • December 2025–January 2026: DEQ will host live webinars demonstrating how to find and complete DMRs and annual reports in Your DEQ Online
  • February 2026: The DMR or annual report is due in Your DEQ Online on the date specified in Schedule B of the permit

Annual DMR due in May:

  • 2200 – NPDES Floating Residences

Timeline for submitting DMRs and annual reports in Your DEQ Online:

  • February 2026: DEQ will send permittees DMR or annual report information and instructions by email
  • March–April 2026: DEQ will host live webinars demonstrating how to find and complete DMRs and annual reports in Your DEQ Online
  • May 2026: The DMR or annual report is due in Your DEQ Online on May 15, 2026

Timeline for submitting DMRs in Your DEQ Online:

  • April 2026: DEQ will send permittees DMR reporting information and instructions by email
  • May–June 2026: DEQ will host live webinars demonstrating how to find and complete DMRs in Your DEQ Online
  • July 15, 2026: The DMR for the monitoring period ending on Aug. 31, 2025, is due in Your DEQ Online

Timeline for submitting DMRs in Your DEQ Online:

  • July 2026: DEQ will send permittees DMR reporting information and instructions by email
  • August–September 2026: DEQ will host live webinars demonstrating how to find and complete DMRs in Your DEQ Online
  • Oct. 15, 2026: The DMR for the monitoring period ending on Sept. 30, 2026, is due in NetDMR. This will be the last DMR submittal in NetDMR
  • Nov. 15, 2026: The DMR for the monitoring period ending October 31, 2026, is due in Your DEQ Online
  • All subsequent DMR submittals will be made in Your DEQ Online. You will still be able to revise past submittals in NetDMR after the transition to reporting in Your DEQ Online


Individual NPDES permit holders will continue to report DMR data in NetDMR until the September or third quarter DMR due in October 2026. Below is registration information for new users who need to submit DMRs for their facility prior to the transition to reporting individual NPDES permit DMRs in Your DEQ Online in November.

About NetDMR
DEQ uses EPA's NetDMR, an electronic, web-based reporting tool for NPDES permit data. NetDMR requires a computer, an Internet browser and high-speed access to the Internet (i.e., DSL, fiber optic).

Access NetDMR via EPA's Central Data Exchange

Guidance Documents

Discharge Monitoring Report Forms

More Information

NetDMR Support
You can contact DEQ using our NetDMR Support Line at 503-229-6400 or by email at NetDMR support staff

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EPA's Electronic Reporting Rule modernizes reporting for municipalities, industries and other facilities that hold NPDES permits. The rule requires NPDES permit holders to report information electronically instead of filing written paper reports. The rule does not change what information is required, it only changes the method by which information is provided. 

DEQ may grant a waiver that allows a permitted facility to submit physical reports to meet requirements of its NPDES permit.


Contact

Martina Frey
Water Quality Program Analyst
503-229-5054