Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES AR0051179
SULPHUR SPRINGS, CITY OF, Sulphur Springs, AR: NPDES AR0051179 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 13Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 7Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
SULPHUR SPRINGS, CITY OF holds NPDES permit AR0051179, which discharges to Butter Cr,Elk R,Arkansas R. EPA’s file records it issued August 30, 2015 and expiring August 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 | SULPHUR SPRINGS, CITY OF |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | SULPHUR SPRINGS, CITY OF |
| NPDES ID | AR0051179 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Minor discharger |
| Facility type | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Program | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | August 30, 2015 |
| Expiration date | August 31, 2020 |
| Address | Sulphur Springs, AR 72768 |
| Receiving water | BUTTER CR,ELK R,ARKANSAS R |
| Subwatershed | Butler Creek (HUC 110702080503) |
| 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
- 14Pollutants on file
- 13Under a numeric limit
- 14With a violation of any kind
- 7With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 6 | 51 | 24 | December 31, 2022 | 490% over the limit |
| Chlorine, total residual | 1 | 23 | 21 | July 31, 2026 | 35,900% over the limit |
| Coliform, fecal general | 4 | 14 | 10 | July 31, 2026 | 3,535% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 3 | 11 | 5 | May 31, 2021 | 68% over the limit |
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 2 | 6 | 3 | June 30, 2025 | 26% over the limit |
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 3 | 8 | 2 | December 31, 2022 | 240% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 0 | 2 | 2 | March 31, 2010 | 22% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, total [as N] | 3 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Overflows | 1 | 7 | 0 | ||
| Overflow volume [SS0 volume, CSO volume] | 1 | 7 | 0 | ||
| Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N] | 3 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 3 | 6 | 0 | ||
| pH | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 4 | 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 AR0051179.
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.