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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES AR0049743

EL DORADO WATER UTILITIES, El Dorado, AR: NPDES AR0049743 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

EL DORADO WATER UTILITIES holds NPDES permit AR0049743, which discharges to Ouachita Rv. EPA’s file records it issued February 28, 2003 and expiring February 29, 2008. 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 filedEL DORADO WATER UTILITIES
Permittee as filedEL DORADO WATER UTILITIES
NPDES IDAR0049743
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
IssuedFebruary 28, 2003
Expiration dateFebruary 29, 2008
AddressEl Dorado, AR 71730
Receiving waterOUACHITA RV
Receiving water impaired303(D) Listed
SubwatershedCrooked Creek-Ouachita River (HUC 080402010803)

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 suspended3167October 31, 201660% over the limit
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant271April 30, 20144% over the limit
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C390
Coliform, fecal general460
Mercury, total recoverable360
pH260
Pass/Fail Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia120
Pass/Fail Static Renewal 7Day Chronic Pimephales promelas120
Low Flow Pass/Fail Survival Test Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia120
Low Flow Pass/Fail Survival Test Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pimephales promelas120
NOEC Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia120
NOEC Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pimephales promelas120
NOEC Sub-Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia120
NOEC Sub-Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pimephales promelas120
Coef Of Var Static Renewal 7Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia120
Coef Of Var Static Renewal 7Day Chronic Pimephales promelas120

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 AR0049743.

Inspections

EPA’s inspection file holds no inspection for NPDES AR0049743.

Formal enforcement and penalties

0 formal actions, 0 of them with a penalty assessed. Federal and state penalties are separate figures from separate authorities and are shown as each was filed, never added together.

Informal enforcement

EPA’s informal enforcement file holds no action for NPDES AR0049743.

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

This public-records page covers NPDES permit AR0049743 held by EL DORADO WATER UTILITIES in El Dorado, AR, a publicly owned treatment works discharging to the Ouachita Rv, with the permit recorded as administratively continued past its February 29, 2008 expiration date. The page lists 16 pollutants on file, 16 under a numeric limit, and 2 with an effluent exceedance, under a Major Discharger class designation. The Crooked Creek-Ouachita River (HUC 080402010803) subwatershed is listed as well.