Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES AR0021806
LRWRA-ADAMS FIELD WATER RECLAMATION FACILITY, Little Rock, AR: NPDES AR0021806 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 28Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 3Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
LRWRA-ADAMS FIELD WATER RECLAMATION FACILITY, held by Little Rock Water Reclamation Authority-Adams Field Water Reclamation Facility, holds NPDES permit AR0021806, which discharges to Arkansas R. EPA’s file records it issued November 1, 2017 and expiring December 31, 2022. 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 | LRWRA-ADAMS FIELD WATER RECLAMATION FACILITY |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Little Rock Water Reclamation Authority-Adams Field Water Reclamation Facility |
| NPDES ID | AR0021806 |
| 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 | November 1, 2017 |
| Expiration date | December 31, 2022 |
| Address | Little Rock, AR 72202 |
| Receiving water | ARKANSAS R |
| Subwatershed | Faulkner Lake-Arkansas River (HUC 111102070402) |
| Program components on file | POTW, Pretreatment |
| NAICS | 221320 – Sewage Treatment Facilities |
| SIC | 4952 – Sewerage Systems |
| Other EPA IDs (FRS) | RCRA handler ARD983286014; ICIS-AIR source AR0000000511900409 |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download) and EPA’s NAICS/SIC and component files, the same download; cross-program IDs from EPA’s FRS facility-registry crosswalk.
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 28Pollutants on file
- 28Under a numeric limit
- 3With a violation of any kind
- 3With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coliform, fecal general | 4 | 7 | 7 | August 31, 2011 | 223% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 3 | 2 | 2 | January 31, 2011 | 21% over the limit |
| pH | 2 | 1 | 1 | July 31, 2026 | |
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 9 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 9 | 0 | 0 | ||
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N] | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Pass/Fail Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Pass/Fail Static Renewal 7Day Chronic Pimephales promelas | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Low Flow Pass/Fail Survival Test Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Low Flow Pass/Fail Survival Test Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pimephales promelas | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| NOEC Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| NOEC Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pimephales promelas | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| NOEC Sub-Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| NOEC Sub-Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pimephales promelas | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Coef Of Var Static Renewal 7Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Coef Of Var Static Renewal 7Day Chronic Pimephales promelas | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Whole effluent toxicity - retest #1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Whole effluent toxicity - retest #2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| WET, sublethal retest #1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| WET, sublethal retest #2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Whole Effluent Toxicity - Retest #3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Whole Effluent Toxicity, Sub-Lethal Retest #3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Peracetic Acid | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Overflows | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Overflow volume [SS0 volume, CSO volume] | 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 AR0021806.
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.