DMR stands for Discharge Monitoring Report.

• A. Data Monitoring Report
• B. Discharge Monitoring Report
• C. Daily Monitoring Report
• D. Data Management Report

Answer: (B)

The concept being tested is the official term used for regulatory discharge reporting. Discharge Monitoring Report is the standard name for the document used to report how a facility’s effluent meets its permit limits, capturing what is discharged, what is monitored in the effluent, and the results submitted to the permitting authority. The three parts—Discharge (the wastewater being released), Monitoring (the data collected on effluent quality), and Report (the formal submission to regulatory agencies)—combine to describe the required regulatory form. This naming is used in NPDES/WPDES programs and by the Wisconsin DNR, which is why it is the correct designation. The other options would imply different kinds of reports (data-focused, daily, or data-management) and do not reflect the formal regulatory discharge-monitoring document.