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Wastewater Compliance Manager™

Go beyond basic permit compliance with advanced training on NPDES and pretreatment permit management, permitting authority negotiation, nuanced permit conditions, monitoring strategies, and proven compliance approaches for both direct and indirect discharges.

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Russ G.
Russ G. Environmental Engineer, Wastewater Permitting
This was a valuable refresher on wastewater permitting and management.
Steve H.
Steve H. Environmental Consultant, NPDES Permitting
This was some useful applied information that will help me manage our NPDES permits. Thanks.
Annika D.
Annika D. Environmental Manager, Wastewater Industry
Good background on wastewater compliance.

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Upcoming Course Dates

The Wastewater Compliance Manager™ course is offered at locations across the United States and online via live virtual attendance. All sessions run two days and the course fee is $1,320, with discounts available for early registration, groups of three or more, government employees, students, and veterans. Corporate partnership discounts are also available. 

Browse upcoming dates below and register early—early bird pricing and seats are limited.

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September 1-2, 2026
Annapolis, MD
$1,320
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September 1-2, 2026
Online Training (Eastern Time)
$1,320
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Annapolis, MD
$1,320 September 1-2, 2026

Annapolis, MD
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Online Training (Eastern Time)
$1,320 September 1-2, 2026

Online Training (Eastern Time)
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Course Description

There is more to wastewater discharge compliance than obtaining a permit and performing periodic discharge monitoring. The Wastewater Compliance Manager™ course prepares you to evaluate permitting options, work more effectively with permitting authorities, fully understand permit requirements, and implement innovative strategies for achieving permit compliance.

This course is popular with environmental managers responsible for ensuring compliance with EPA- or state-issued National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permits or Industrial User Pretreatment Permits for discharges to sewer systems. Refined to focus specifically on the wastewater compliance challenges most relevant to today’s environmental professionals.

The course starts with the fundamentals of discharge permitting and quickly moves into detailed discussions of both requirements and advanced methods for compliance. Wastewater Compliance Manager™ participants are well positioned to craft compliance strategies for all types of discharges.

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Topics Covered

The Wastewater Compliance Manager™ course covers the full range of wastewater discharge permitting requirements, NPDES compliance strategies, pretreatment standards, and emerging issues in focused training modules with open discussion.

  • Understanding Underlying Water Quality Legal and Regulatory Principles
  • Clean Water Act Jurisdiction Basics and Recent Developments
  • Water Quality Standards
  • Permit Fundamentals and Compliance Strategies
  • Effluent Limits and Effluent Limit Guidelines
  • Technology-Based Effluent Limitations
  • Water Quality-Based Effluent Limitations
  • Permit Applications
  • Permit Management and Compliance Strategies
  • Discharge Monitoring
  • Recordkeeping and Reporting
  • Obtaining, Updating, and Challenging NPDES Permits
  • Enforcement Considerations
  • Indirect Discharges: Pretreatment Permits and Compliance Strategies
  • Pretreatment Program Fundamentals and Prohibitions
  • Common Treatment Strategies
  • Pretreatment Program Compliance Strategies
  • Obtaining, Updating, and Challenging Permits
  • Enforcement Considerations
  • Underground Injection Control
  • Groundwater Protection Regulations
  • Emerging Pollutants and Other Hot Topics
  • Permit Reviews

You Will Receive

Every participant leaves the Wastewater Compliance Manager™ course prepared to effectively address water permit applications and compliance challenges. You will return with a course binder, useful references, example documents and other tools, presenter contact information, and your notes from the presentations and discussions.

book

Printed Materials

Binder of presentation materials for later reference

laptop

Reference Materials

Electronic copies of key reference materials

notebook

Notes

Your notes from class discussions

certificate

Printed Certificate

Certificate of accomplishment to display and share

Presenters

All Aarcher Institute presenters are exclusive and present Aarcher Institute proprietary course content.

The Wastewater Compliance Manager™ course is presented by career wastewater professionals with more than 20 years of experience resolving wastewater challenges and developing wastewater compliance strategies for facilities in a wide variety of industrial sectors.

The Aarcher Institute adheres to strict presenter selection and approval procedures, choosing only highly qualified, practicing EHS professionals and compliance experts based on their regulatory knowledge, relevant perspectives, practical experience, professionalism, and demonstrated training ability.

Craig Schwarze

Craig Schwarze

CHMM, CPEA, CIT
Bill Decker

Bill Decker

PE
Craig Schwarze is an environmental compliance professional with extensive experience in stormwater management across industrial, construction, and federal facility contexts. His work includes developing, reviewing, and auditing stormwater pollution prevention plans (SWPPPs) and supporting clients with permit compliance under the Clean Water Act, including NPDES industrial and construction general permits. Craig has worked with federal land management agencies and private industry clients across a range of sectors, providing practical guidance on best management practices (BMPs), inspection requirements, and permit conditions. He holds the Certified Hazardous Materials Manager (CHMM), Certified Professional Environmental Auditor (CPEA), and Certified Instructor Trainer (CIT) designations, and teaches with an emphasis on applying regulatory requirements to real facility conditions.
Bill Decker is a registered Professional Engineer in 40 States/Territories and has extensive experience permitting the discharge of wastewater directly to the environment and to the local POTW. During his 40 plus years of diverse environmental experience, Bill has worked directly with operators at private industrial and military facilities, helping them understand the terms and conditions of their wastewater permits and establish strategies for reducing the volume and/or toxicity of their wastewaters to ensure that they meet applicable Pretreatment Standards and Effluent Limits.
Craig Schwarze

Craig Schwarze

CHMM, CPEA, CIT
Craig Schwarze is an environmental compliance professional with extensive experience in stormwater management across industrial, construction, and federal facility contexts. His work includes developing, reviewing, and auditing stormwater pollution prevention plans (SWPPPs) and supporting clients with permit compliance under the Clean Water Act, including NPDES industrial and construction general permits. Craig has worked with federal land management agencies and private industry clients across a range of sectors, providing practical guidance on best management practices (BMPs), inspection requirements, and permit conditions. He holds the Certified Hazardous Materials Manager (CHMM), Certified Professional Environmental Auditor (CPEA), and Certified Instructor Trainer (CIT) designations, and teaches with an emphasis on applying regulatory requirements to real facility conditions.
Bill Decker

Bill Decker

PE
Bill Decker is a registered Professional Engineer in 40 States/Territories and has extensive experience permitting the discharge of wastewater directly to the environment and to the local POTW. During his 40 plus years of diverse environmental experience, Bill has worked directly with operators at private industrial and military facilities, helping them understand the terms and conditions of their wastewater permits and establish strategies for reducing the volume and/or toxicity of their wastewaters to ensure that they meet applicable Pretreatment Standards and Effluent Limits.

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