Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES AR0040177
LRWRA-FOURCHE CREEK WATER RECLAMATION FACILITY, Little Rock, AR: NPDES AR0040177 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 23Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 4Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
LRWRA-FOURCHE CREEK WATER RECLAMATION FACILITY, held by Little Rock Water Reclamation Authority, holds NPDES permit AR0040177, which discharges to Arkansas R. EPA’s file records it issued August 22, 2014 and expiring September 30, 2019. 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-FOURCHE CREEK WATER RECLAMATION FACILITY |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Little Rock Water Reclamation Authority |
| NPDES ID | AR0040177 |
| 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 | August 22, 2014 |
| Expiration date | September 30, 2019 |
| Address | Little Rock, AR 72206 |
| Receiving water | ARKANSAS R |
| Subwatershed | Fourche Creek-Arkansas River (HUC 111102070404) |
| 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
- 23Pollutants on file
- 23Under a numeric limit
- 6With a violation of any kind
- 4With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chlorine, total residual | 2 | 16 | 16 | June 30, 2014 | 2,100% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 6 | 7 | 4 | October 31, 2021 | 36% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 6 | 5 | 2 | October 31, 2021 | 100% over the limit |
| Coliform, fecal general | 8 | 3 | 1 | June 30, 2003 | 42% over the limit |
| pH | 4 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 4 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N] | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Overflows | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Overflow volume [SS0 volume, CSO volume] | 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 |
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 AR0040177.
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.