About the Program
Guam’s Nonpoint Source (NPS) Program is one of three programs under Guam EPA’s Environmental Monitoring and Analytical Services (EMAS) Division. In 2022, the former NPS program was renamed the Permits and Watershed Management (PWM) Program and reorganized into three sections. The mission of the program is to analyze and summarize water quality data to make designated use determinations and address impairments by managing projects to correct impairments and provide timely and technical reviews of documents to support Agency determinations. Table 1 discusses these three sections within the PWM Program and their associated activities and goals.
A copy of Guam’s proposed 2025-2030 Nonpoint Source Management Plan can be found here. It provides information about Guam’s Nonpoint Source Program history, primary causes of NPS pollution, the PWM Program’s water restoration and protection goals, overview of proposed project and activities, and program partnerships.
Program related links:
CWA Section 401 Water Quality Certification