LANSING – Those needing water use or discharge permits now
have a single website to visit under changes unveiled Monday by the Department
of Environmental Quality.
The new site,miwaters.deq.state.mi.us,
includes applications for National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System,
storm water, groundwater discharge, aquatic nuisance control, and land and
water interface permits.
The site also contains the public notices related to the
permits and allows the public anonymously to report spills or unauthorized
discharges or chemical application.
Untreated and partially treated wastewater releases are
also reported through the site.
The new streamlined application process was part of the
state’s effort to replace aging computer systems, and replaced more than 25
individual applications and databases.
Department of Technology, Management and Budget officials
said the system is also the first hosted in its new cloud-based network system.
In the future, the site will include maps of permit sites.
