Consent Decree
DeKalb County Department of Watershed Management (DWM) is committed to protecting public health, safeguarding local waterways, and maintaining a reliable sewer system for generations to come. As part of this work, the County is operating under a Clean Water Act consent decree with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Georgia Environmental Protection Division (EPD).
This consent decree outlines required programs, system upgrades, and reporting milestones designed to strengthen the County’s sanitary sewer collection and transmission systems. Many of these improvements are already underway and support long-term compliance with federal and state water quality laws.
This page provides official consent decree documents, program details, and progress updates related to DeKalb County’s compliance activities.
Projects
Details and Reports
Federal Program Details
- Credit Bank Certification
- Modified Consent Decree
- County’s Motion to Enter the CD Modification
- Exhibit A (Declaration)
- Exhibit B (Response to Public Comments)
- Complaint Filed
- Notice of Lodging CD Filed
- Consent Decree Lodged
- Appendices to CD Lodged
- DeKalb County Consent Federal Register
Reports
Programs and Compliance Resources
The following consent decree programs support environmental protection, system reliability, and regulatory compliance:
- Collection and Transmission Systems Training Program
- Fats, Oil, and Grease (FOG) Management Program
- Financial Analysis Program
- Infrastructure Acquisitions Program
- Maintenance Management System Program
- Ongoing Sewer Assessment and Rehabilitation Program
- Priority Areas Sewer Assessment and Rehabilitation Program
- Sanitary Sewer Overflow Contingency and Emergency Response Plan
- Sewer Mapping Program
- Supplemental Environmental Project Stream Cleanup Plan
- System-Wide Flow and Rainfall Monitoring Program
- System-Wide Hydraulic