Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES AR0043389
HELENA MUNICIPAL WATER AND SEWER SYSTEM, Helena, AR: NPDES AR0043389 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 14Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 4Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
HELENA MUNICIPAL WATER AND SEWER SYSTEM holds NPDES permit AR0043389, which discharges to Mississippi R. EPA’s file records it issued January 30, 2015 and expiring January 31, 2020. 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 | HELENA MUNICIPAL WATER AND SEWER SYSTEM |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | HELENA MUNICIPAL WATER AND SEWER SYSTEM |
| NPDES ID | AR0043389 |
| 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 | January 30, 2015 |
| Expiration date | January 31, 2020 |
| Address | Helena, AR 72342 |
| Receiving water | MISSISSIPPI R |
| Subwatershed | 80201000200 (HUC 080201000200) |
| 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
- 22Pollutants on file
- 14Under a numeric limit
- 20With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 3 | 22 | 16 | December 31, 2022 | 122% over the limit |
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 1 | 16 | 14 | April 30, 2026 | 49% over the limit |
| Coliform, fecal general | 4 | 15 | 11 | April 30, 2026 | 99,999% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 3 | 11 | 5 | December 31, 2022 | 76% over the limit |
| Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N] | 0 | 10 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 0 | 10 | 0 | ||
| Low Flow Pass/Fail Static Renewal 48Hr Acute Daphnia pulex | 1 | 9 | 0 | ||
| LF Pass/Fail Static Renewal 48Hr Acute Pimephales promelas | 1 | 9 | 0 | ||
| NOAEC Lethal Statis Renewal 48 Hr Acute Daphnia pulex | 1 | 9 | 0 | ||
| NOAEC Lethal Static Renewal 48Hr acute Pimephales promelas | 1 | 9 | 0 | ||
| Coef Of Var Static Renewal 48Hr Acute D. pulex | 1 | 9 | 0 | ||
| Coef Of Var Static Renewal 48Hr Acute Pimephales promelas | 1 | 9 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 6 | 0 | ||
| pH | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Whole effluent toxicity - retest #1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Whole effluent toxicity - retest #2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| WET, sublethal retest #1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| WET, sublethal retest #2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Whole Effluent Toxicity - Retest #3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Whole Effluent Toxicity, Sub-Lethal Retest #3 | 0 | 1 | 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 AR0043389.
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.