Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES AR0021601
SEARCY WASTEWATER TREATMENT FACILITY, Searcy, AR: NPDES AR0021601 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 22Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 8Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
SEARCY WASTEWATER TREATMENT FACILITY, held by SEARCY, CITY OF - WWTF, holds NPDES permit AR0021601, which discharges to Ltl Red R,White R. EPA’s file records it issued September 30, 2013 and expiring September 30, 2018. The status and dates are as EPA’s permit file stood when Velarion loaded it (October 14, 2026); EPA’s free Detailed Facility Report on ECHO carries the permit’s current standing.
Identity
| Facility as filed | SEARCY WASTEWATER TREATMENT FACILITY |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | SEARCY, CITY OF - WWTF |
| NPDES ID | AR0021601 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Major discharger |
| Facility type | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Program | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | September 30, 2013 |
| Expiration date | September 30, 2018 |
| Address | Searcy, AR 72145 |
| Receiving water | LTL RED R,WHITE R |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Alder Creek-Little Red River (HUC 110100140903) |
| Program components on file | POTW, Pretreatment |
| NAICS | 221320 – Sewage Treatment Facilities |
| SIC | 4952 – Sewerage Systems |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download) and EPA’s NAICS/SIC and component files, the same download.
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 25Pollutants on file
- 22Under a numeric limit
- 14With a violation of any kind
- 8With an effluent exceedance
An effluent exceedance is a discharge monitoring report value over the permit’s numeric limit (EPA’s violation code E90). A violation of any kind also counts a report not filed. Each row is EPA’s own count for that pollutant.
| Pollutant or measure | Limits | Violations, any kind | Effluent exceedances | Latest exceedance | Largest exceedance, as filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 0 | 31 | 25 | February 28, 2006 | 333% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 6 | 32 | 23 | May 31, 2011 | 420% over the limit |
| Coliform, fecal general | 0 | 24 | 20 | May 31, 2011 | 3,085% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 6 | 14 | 8 | May 31, 2026 | 94% over the limit |
| pH | 2 | 11 | 6 | December 31, 2024 | |
| Coliform, fecal, colony forming units | 6 | 3 | 3 | February 28, 2019 | 119% over the limit |
| Whole Effluent Toxicity [WET] - C. dubia | 0 | 3 | 3 | December 31, 2025 | 25% over the limit |
| Chlorine, total residual | 1 | 4 | 2 | August 31, 2006 | 2,900% over the limit |
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 6 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| NOEC Sub-Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pimephales promelas | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Coef Of Var Static Renewal 7Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Coef Of Var Static Renewal 7Day Chronic Pimephales promelas | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N] | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Overflows | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Overflow volume [SS0 volume, CSO volume] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Pass/Fail Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Pass/Fail Static Renewal 7Day Chronic Pimephales promelas | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Low Flow Pass/Fail Survival Test Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Low Flow Pass/Fail Survival Test Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pimephales promelas | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| NOEC Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| NOEC Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pimephales promelas | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| NOEC Sub-Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES limits and effluent violations files (ECHO download); up to 60 rows shown, most exceedances first.
Inspections, violations and enforcement
- 0Single-event violations
EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES AR0021601.
Velarion’s copy of EPA’s ICIS-NPDES files does not include the inspections, formal enforcement actions and informal enforcement actions files, so this page shows none of them. EPA’s free Detailed Facility Report on ECHO lists this permit’s inspections, enforcement actions and penalties.
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES violation, inspection and enforcement files (ECHO download); up to 50 rows of each shown, newest first.
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Figures from EPA’s ICIS-NPDES download, loaded October 14, 2026.