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Municipal Wastewater Planning Program (MWPP)

Description

The Municipal Wastewater Planning Program (MWPP) uses an annual survey to assist owners of municipal sewerage systems and wastewater treatment works in evaluating and summarizing the technical, operational, and financial conditions of and requirements for these facilities. The purpose of MWPP is to help communities understand these business operations better and to help identify and resolve potential problem areas before they become serious and costly.

At the beginning of each year, the Division of Water Quality distributes the MWPP survey to over 200 municipalities and districts. These utilities compile the necessary financial, operations, performance, and compliance information requested from the previous year and report their completed surveys to their governing council or board and to the Division.

The Division uses the results from the MWPP in its permitting and assistance programs, including:

Who Must Participate?

Participation in the MWPP survey is mandatory for all:

  • Utilities that own or operate a sanitary sewerage system
  • Utilities that have received financial assistance (loans, grants, etc.) from the Water Quality Board or the Community Impact Board

All other systems are strongly encouraged to participate.

2024 MWPP Survey – Due by April 15, 2024

The 2024 Municipal Wastewater Planning Program (MWPP) Survey is distributed and completed online. A notification email will be/was sent to the Primary Contact for each facility with instructions about how to complete the 2024 MWPP Survey.

What has changed?

In years past, DWQ has used Qualtrics to distribute the survey questions. DWQ is switching to Google Forms for delivering the survey in the 2024 and future surveys. Some changes are that after you take the survey you can indicate before you submit if you wish to receive a printout of your response sent to your email address. If it turns out that you need to change your response, you can go back to the original email where you received the survey and retake the survey updating the submitted information. DWQ will have both submissions but we will use your latest submission.

What should I expect?

Screenshot Municipal Wastewater Planning Program Results 2020
Results of the 2023 MWPP Survey

DWQ’s contact person on file for your utility and for the MWPP survey will be sent an email with a link to the MWPP Survey. If the person that receives the email is no longer the primary facility contact person, they should either forward the email to the person who is, or you may contact wqinfodata@utah.gov and let DWQ know who needs to get the survey forms.

  • The 2024 MWPP Survey has/will be distributed on the internet by email notification on January 22-23, 2024 . A link to Frequently Asked Questions about completing the survey will be included.
    • If you are expecting a survey request but have not received it, please notify DWQ (wqinfodata@utah.gov).
  • The due date for the survey is April 15, 2024.
  • If DWQ receives a bounced email, we will contact your facility to update the primary contact information.

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