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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES AR0033880

HOT SPRINGS, CITY OF - REGIONAL WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT, Hot Springs, AR: NPDES AR0033880 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

HOT SPRINGS, CITY OF - REGIONAL WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT, held by HOT SPRINGS, CITY OF, holds NPDES permit AR0033880, which discharges to Lake Catherine,Ouachita R. EPA’s file records it issued August 22, 2018 and expiring August 31, 2023. The status and dates are as EPA’s permit file stood when Velarion loaded it (September 15, 2026); EPA’s free Detailed Facility Report on ECHO carries the permit’s current standing.

Identity

Facility as filedHOT SPRINGS, CITY OF - REGIONAL WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT
Permittee as filedHOT SPRINGS, CITY OF
NPDES IDAR0033880
Permit statusAdministratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit typeIndividual permit
Discharger classMajor discharger
Facility typePublicly owned treatment works
ProgramPublicly owned treatment works
IssuedAugust 22, 2018
Expiration dateAugust 31, 2023
AddressHot Springs, AR 71901
Receiving waterLAKE CATHERINE,OUACHITA R
SubwatershedLake Hamilton Dam (HUC 080401010806)

Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).

Effluent limits and exceedances

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 measureLimitsViolations, any kindEffluent exceedancesLatest exceedanceLargest exceedance, as filed
Solids, total suspended39874June 30, 2025367% over the limit
BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C]37753July 31, 2026267% over the limit
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]95932August 31, 2025252% over the limit
Coliform, fecal general43616June 30, 202513,892% over the limit
Phosphorus, total [as P]34415June 30, 202678% over the limit
pH2223November 30, 2011
Chlorine, total residual0112December 31, 20161,200% over the limit
Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N]3210
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant2180
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]190
Overflows170
Overflow volume [SS0 volume, CSO volume]170
Low Flow Pass/Fail Survival Test Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia150
Pass/Fail Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia140
Low Flow Pass/Fail Survival Test Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pimephales promelas140
Pass/Fail Static Renewal 7Day Chronic Pimephales promelas130
NOEC Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia130
NOEC Sub-Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia130
Coef Of Var Static Renewal 7Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia130
Whole effluent toxicity - retest #1120
Whole effluent toxicity - retest #2120
WET, sublethal retest #1120
WET, sublethal retest #2120
Whole Effluent Toxicity - Retest #3120
Whole Effluent Toxicity, Sub-Lethal Retest #3120
NOEC Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pimephales promelas110
NOEC Sub-Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pimephales promelas110
Coef Of Var Static Renewal 7Day Chronic Pimephales promelas110

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

EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES AR0033880.

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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What this page shows

The page covers the NPDES AR0033880 Clean Water Act discharge permit held by Hot Springs, City of for its Regional Wastewater Treatment Plant in Hot Springs, AR, which discharges to Lake Catherine and the Ouachita R. The record lists a permit status of Administratively continued, a Major Discharger class of 27, and 7 pollutants under a numeric limit, with pollutants with an effluent exceedance also shown.