Clean Water Branch
The Clean Water Branch
The Clean Water Branch (CWB) protects the public health of residents and tourists who enjoy playing in and around Hawaii’s coastal and inland water resources. The CWB also protects and restores inland and coastal waters for marine life and wildlife. These goals are accomplished through statewide coastal water surveillance and watershed-based environmental management through a combination of permit issuance, monitoring, enforcement, polluted runoff control projects, and public education.
Recent Announcements
See below for a list of pinned announcements and the 5 most recent announcements from the Clean Water Branch. Announcements include updates on rulemaking, uploads of informational documents, and other informational announcements. To see all announcements, go to the Announcements Page.
(PINNED) The Clean Water Branch Water Quality Data Page is Temporarily Unavailable
Aloha! The water quality data page is temporarily unavailable. We are in the process of upgrading our websites to better serve Hawai’i. Please visit this page for any areas currently under an advisory: https://eha-cloud.doh.hawaii.gov/cwb/#!/landing. This will include any beaches sampled that require an advisory due to elevated fecal indicator bacteria counts. Questions? Please feel free to contact […]
(PINNED) Hawaii Functional Equivalent Discharge Strategy – Workshops
UPDATED JULY 3, 2024 The Hawaii Department of Health (HDOH) is moderating a series of stakeholder workshops as part of its efforts to develop a strategy to address functional equivalent discharges in the State. This strategy is intended to implement the 2020 U.S. Supreme Court decision in the case County of Maui v. Hawaii Wildlife […]
(PINNED) CWB Announces New Requirement for Electronic Signature Approval for All Submissions Beginning January 31, 2023
The Department of Health (DOH), Environmental Health Administration (EHA) e-Permitting Portal received Cross-Media Electronic Reporting Rule (CROMERR) certification by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for electronic signature. Currently, Applicants and Permittees may now certify and submit EHA Electronic Signature Forms electronically through the EHA e-Permitting Portal without the need to physically send in an ink signature […]
Request to Access a Government Record and WPC Viewer Update
Downloading documents from the WPC Viewer is not available at this time. If you would like a copy of a specific record, please complete the Request to Access a Government Record Form. Follow the directions and email the completed form to [email protected] with the subject line “Request to Access a Government Record.” Be advised that […]
Active Public Notices and Upcoming Public Hearings
See below for a list of active public notices and scheduled upcoming public hearings.
Active public notices are those public notices that are still in their public comment period (i.e., the CWB is still accepting public comments on the public noticed documents). Upcoming public hearings are those public hearings that have been scheduled but have not yet been held.
Click on the applicable post for more information related to that public notice or public hearing, including instructions on how to participate in the public participation process.
Supporting documents for active public notices can be accessed here.
If there are no posts other than the informational post listed here, then there are no active public notices or upcoming scheduled public hearings.
NOTICE OF PROPOSED WATER POLLUTION CONTROL PERMIT YACHT HARBOR TOWERS NPDES PERMIT NO. HI0020346
NOTICE OF CLEAN WATER BRANCH RECOMMENDATIONS FOR WATER POLLUTION CONTROL PERMIT FOR YACHT HARBOR TOWERS, NPDES PERMIT NO. HI0020346 DOCKET NO. HI0020346 PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD July 24, 2024 – August 23, 2024 The Hawaii Department of Health (DOH), Clean Water Branch (CWB) tentatively recommends to the Director of Health (Director) to renew a National Pollutant […]
Notice of Proposed Water Pollution Control Permit MCBH, Kaneohe Bay WRF NPDES Permit No. HI0110078
NOTICE OF CLEAN WATER BRANCH RECOMMENDATIONS FOR WATER POLLUTION CONTROL PERMIT FOR MARINE CORPS BASE HAWAII (MCBH), KANEOHE BAY WATER RECLAMATION FACILITY NPDES PERMIT NO. HI0110078 DOCKET NO. HI0110078 PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD July 11, 2024 – August 9, 2024 The Hawaii Department of Health (DOH), Clean Water Branch (CWB) tentatively recommends to the Director of […]
Active Public Notices and Upcoming Public Hearings Information
The Department of Health, Clean Water Branch (CWB) will post information regarding active public notices and upcoming scheduled public hearings on our website on the Active Public Notices and Upcoming Public Hearings Page as well as an updated list on our Home page. Active public notices are those public notices that are still in their […]
Clean Water Branch
References and Public Records
Section 401 Water Quality Certification (WQC)
Hawaii Administrative Rules (HAR)
Polluted Runoff Control Program
