Inspections

ADEQ's Water Quality Field Services Unit is responsible for inspecting public drinking water systems and ensuring compliance with safe drinking water rules and regulations for these facilities.

The unit also is responsible for inspecting permitted and non-permitted wastewater treatment facilities and ensuring compliance with state groundwater and federal surface water rules and regulations.

The unit also responds to and investigates citizen complaints involving such facilities.

Contacts

See also:
  ADEQ Regional Offices

Enforcement

Drinking Water Enforcement
ADEQ's Water Quality Enforcement Unit is responsible for undertaking enforcement actions against public drinking water systems when there are violations as listed under Arizona Revised Statutes (A.R.S.) § 49-354 . This authority extends to all counties except Maricopa, to which the state has delegated this authority.

• Major/Minor Deficiencies
• Initiatives
• Non-Reporting
• Public Notice
• Maximum Contaminant Level (MCL) Exceedances
• Notices of Opportunity to Correct (NOCs)
• Notices Of Violation (NOVs)
• Administrative Orders
• Civil Complaints
• For problems with home water in Maricopa County, contact Maricopa County Health Department at (602) 506-6616.

Wastewater Enforcement
Enforcement actions are taken when there are violations as listed under ARS §§ 49-261 through 49-265 .

• Significant Non-Compliance (SNC)
• Initiatives
• Non-Reporting
• Sanitary Sewer Overflows (SSOs)
• Permit Exceedances
• Water Quality Standard Exceedances
• Notices of Opportunity to Correct (NOCs)
• Notices Of Violation (NOVs)
• Administrative Orders
• Civil Complaints