TOWN OF KEARNY WASTEWATER RECLAMATION FACILITY, Kearny, AZ: NPDES AZ0024449 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

TOWN OF KEARNY WASTEWATER RECLAMATION FACILITY, Kearny, Arizona: Individual permit AZ0024449, held by Town Of Kearny; Publicly owned treatment works; Administratively continued; issued July 11, 2016, term to July 10, 2021.

28 of the 39 pollutants listed for NPDES AZ0024449 have no violation or effluent exceedance.

• Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]: 6 limits, 35 violations of any kind, 31 effluent exceedances, latest April 30, 2025, largest 1,860% over the limit.
• Copper, total recoverable: 10 limits, 10 violations of any kind, 10 effluent exceedances, latest June 30, 2018, largest 1,123,429% over the limit.
• E. coli, colony forming units [CFU]: 6 limits, 11 violations of any kind, 9 effluent exceedances, latest April 30, 2025, largest 1,805% over the limit.
• BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C: 12 limits, 14 violations of any kind, 2 effluent exceedances, latest November 30, 2021, largest 23% over the limit.
• Zinc, total recoverable: 2 limits, 2 violations of any kind, 2 effluent exceedances, latest June 30, 2012, largest 161% over the limit.
• Solids, suspended percent removal: 2 limits, 3 violations of any kind, 1 effluent exceedance, latest September 30, 2016, largest 560% over the limit.
• Selenium, total recoverable: 10 limits, 1 violation of any kind, 1 effluent exceedance, latest June 30, 2018, largest 25% over the limit.
• Boron, total recoverable: 0 limits, 1 violation of any kind, 1 effluent exceedance, latest December 31, 2012, largest 155% over the limit.
• Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant: 4 limits, 14 violations of any kind.
• Solids, total suspended: 12 limits, 12 violations of any kind.
• BOD, 5-day, percent removal: 2 limits, 2 violations of any kind.
• Temperature, water deg. centigrade: 10 limits.
• Cyanide, total [as CN]: 10 limits.
• Chlorine, total residual: 10 limits.
• pH: 8 limits.
• Iron, total recoverable: 6 limits.
• Mercury, total recoverable: 6 limits.
• Oil & Grease: 4 limits.
• Sulfide, total [as S]: 4 limits.
• Hydrogen sulfide: 4 limits.
• TU Static 4 Day Chronic Raphidocelis subcapitata (formerly Selenastrum capricornutum): 4 limits.
• TU Static Renewal 7-Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia: 4 limits.
• TU Static Renewal 7-Day Chronic Pimphales promelas: 4 limits.
• Oxygen, dissolved [DO]: 2 limits.
• Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N]: 2 limits.
• Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N]: 2 limits.
• Phosphorus, total [as P]: 2 limits.
• Hardness, total [as CaCO3]: 2 limits.
• Arsenic, total recoverable: 2 limits.
• Thallium, total recoverable: 2 limits.
• Beryllium, total recoverable [as Be]: 2 limits.
• Nickel, total recoverable: 2 limits.
• Silver total recoverable: 2 limits.
• Cadmium, total recoverable: 2 limits.
• Lead, total recoverable: 2 limits.
• Chromium, total recoverable: 2 limits.
• Chromium, hexavalent dissolved [as Cr]: 2 limits.
• Antimony, total recoverable: 2 limits.
• Solids, total dissolved: 2 limits.

• January 21, 2026: No Further Action (State).
• January 14, 2026: Notice of Violation (State).
• January 6, 2026: Management Practice Violations - Best Management Practice Deficiencies (ST6).
• January 6, 2026: Evaluation (S).

Arizona holds 91 Publicly owned treatment works coverages of this permit type in EPA’s file; 21 were issued before AZ0024449.

Coverages issued nearest AZ0024449

• 2015-12-08: GANADO WWTP, Ganado: NN0022195, held by NAVAJO TRIBAL UTILITY AUTHORITY
• 2016-01-21: WINDOW ROCK WWTF, Fort Defiance: NN0021555, held by NAVAJO TRIBAL UTILITY AUTHORITY
• 2016-05-23: TUBA CITY WWTF, Tuba City: NN0020290, held by NAVAJO TRIBAL UTILITY AUTHORITY
• 2016-05-27: HON-DAH REGIONAL WWTF, Whiteriver: AZ0024589, held by WHITE MOUNTAIN APACHE TRIBE
• 2016-06-27: USDOI BR - YUMA DESALTING PLANT, Yuma: AZ0025348, held by Us Bureau Of Reclamation
• 2016-07-12: PIMA COUNTY - WWMD - MOUNT LEMMON WWTP, Mount Lemmon: AZ0022250, held by Pima County Regional Wastewater Reclamation Department
• 2016-10-14: CITY OF BENSON - WWTF, Benson: AZ0026026, held by City Of Benson
• 2016-11-01: CITY OF KINGMAN - DOWNTOWN WWTP, Kingman: AZ0026018, held by City Of Kingman
• 2017-03-08: TOWN OF JEROME - WWTP, Jerome: AZ0021804, held by Town Of Jerome
• 2017-03-08: BIG PARK DOMESTIC WASTEWATER IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT WWTP, Sedona: AZ0024082, held by Big Park Improvement District

TOWN OF KEARNY WASTEWATER RECLAMATION FACILITY among its neighbors

1 discharge permits are in the Steamboat Wash-Gila River subwatershed (HUC 150501000203); AZ0024449 is one. Its county: 77, 4 major; AZ0024449 is minor permit.