Key takeaways CROMERR sets no deadline for pretreatment programs. The December dates in circulation belong to the NPDES eReporting Rule. On EPA's approved-deadlines list (updated May 14, 2026), most states hold…
Roughly half of an MS4 program's inspection capacity goes to something other than inspecting.
National Backflow Prevention Day exists because the people who protect drinking water rarely get thanked for it.
CROMERR's clock starts the day you decide to accept electronic reports, not on any date EPA has published.
Could you tell your city manager what your program does and why it matters in 60 seconds, without opening a spreadsheet?
The most common reason a backflow program falls behind is not negligence, it is capacity.
