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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES ARG640012

ARKADELPHIA WATER UTILITIES, Arkadelphia, AR: NPDES ARG640012 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

ARKADELPHIA WATER UTILITIES holds NPDES permit ARG640012, which discharges to Ouachita River. EPA’s file records it issued June 3, 2016 and expiring November 30, 2021.

ARKADELPHIA WATER UTILITIES, Arkadelphia, Arkansas: Coverage under a general permit ARG640012; Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued); issued June 3, 2016, term to November 30, 2021; discharges to OUACHITA RIVER.

  • Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant: 2 limits, 14 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • pH: 2 limits, 6 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • Chlorine, total residual: 2 limits, 6 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • Solids, total suspended: 2 limits, 4 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • Aluminum, dissolved [as Al]: 2 limits, 2 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.

Other permits held by ARKADELPHIA WATER UTILITIES

ARKADELPHIA WATER UTILITIES among its neighbors

Its county holds 63, 2 of them major permits; ARG640012 is a minor permit.

Other permits in the county

Identity

Facility as filedARKADELPHIA WATER UTILITIES
Permittee as filedARKADELPHIA WATER UTILITIES
NPDES IDARG640012
Permit statusAdministratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit typeCoverage under a general permit
Discharger classMinor discharger
Facility typeNot a publicly owned treatment works
IssuedJune 3, 2016
Expiration dateNovember 30, 2021
AddressArkadelphia, AR 71923
Receiving waterOUACHITA RIVER

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
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant2140
pH260
Chlorine, total residual260
Solids, total suspended240
Aluminum, dissolved [as Al]220

EPA’s effluent violation file records no exceedance of a numeric limit for NPDES ARG640012.

Inspections, violations and enforcement

EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES ARG640012.

Inspections

EPA’s inspection file holds no inspection for NPDES ARG640012.

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 ARG640012.

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What this page shows

This public-records page covers Clean Water Act discharge permit NPDES ARG640012, held by ARKADELPHIA WATER UTILITIES in Arkadelphia, AR, which discharges to the OUACHITA RIVER and is administratively continued as a Minor Discharger class 5 permit. The register lists 5 pollutants on file, 5 under a numeric limit, and 0 with an effluent exceedance.