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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES AZ0023752

TOWN OF QUARTZSITE - WWTP, Quartzsite, AZ: NPDES AZ0023752 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

TOWN OF QUARTZSITE - WWTP, held by Town Of Quartzsite, holds NPDES permit AZ0023752. EPA’s file records it issued August 30, 2017 and expiring August 29, 2022. 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 filedTOWN OF QUARTZSITE - WWTP
Permittee as filedTown Of Quartzsite
NPDES IDAZ0023752
Permit statusAdministratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit typeIndividual permit
Discharger classMinor discharger
Facility typePublicly owned treatment works
ProgramPublicly owned treatment works
IssuedAugust 30, 2017
Expiration dateAugust 29, 2022
AddressQuartzsite, AZ 85346
SubwatershedOldman Tanque-Tyson Wash (HUC 150301060205)

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; the 60 with the most exceedances of 121 are shown.

Pollutant or measureLimitsViolations, any kindEffluent exceedancesLatest exceedanceLargest exceedance, as filed
Mercury, total recoverable577December 31, 2018400% over the limit
Solids, suspended percent removal144December 31, 2025113% over the limit
Chlorine, total residual662December 31, 202531% over the limit
Selenium, total recoverable511December 31, 201850% over the limit
pH411January 31, 2017
E. coli, colony forming units [CFU]311February 28, 2023321% over the limit
BOD, 5-day, percent removal111December 31, 202533% over the limit
Hydrogen sulfide320
Silver total recoverable110
Methyl bromide [Bromomethane]110
Methyl chloride [Chloromethane]110
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C700
Solids, total suspended700
Solids, total dissolved700
Cyanide, total [as CN]500
Zinc, total recoverable500
Copper, total recoverable500
Temperature, water deg. centigrade300
Oil & Grease300
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]300
Sulfide, total [as S]300
Hardness, total [as CaCO3]300
Chromium, total recoverable300
Chromium, hexavalent dissolved [as Cr]300
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant200
TU Static 4 Day Chronic Raphidocelis subcapitata (formerly Selenastrum capricornutum)200
TU Static Renewal 7-Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia200
TU Static Renewal 7-Day Chronic Pimphales promelas200
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]100
Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N]100
Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N]100
Phosphorus, total [as P]100
Arsenic, total recoverable100
Iron, total recoverable100
Thallium, total recoverable100
Beryllium, total recoverable [as Be]100
Nickel, total recoverable100
Cadmium, total recoverable100
Lead, total recoverable100
Antimony, total recoverable100
2-Methyl-4,6-dinitrophenol100
Dichlorobromomethane100
Carbon tetrachloride100
1,2-Dichloroethane100
Bromoform100
Dibromochloromethane100
Chloroform100
Toluene100
Benzene100
Acenaphthylene100
Acenaphthene100
Acrolein100
Acrylonitrile100
Anthracene100
Benzo[b]fluoranthene100
Benzo[k]fluoranthene100
Benzo[a]pyrene100
Bis[2-chloroethyl] ether100
Bis[2-chloroethoxy]methane100
Bis[2-chloroisopropyl] ether100

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 AZ0023752.

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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What this page shows

This public-records page covers NPDES permit AZ0023752, held by Town Of Quartzsite for the TOWN OF QUARTZSITE - WWTP in Quartzsite, AZ, a publicly owned treatment works classed as a minor discharger and administratively continued. The page lists 121 pollutants on file, of which 7 had an effluent exceedance, and 11 with a violation of any kind.