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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES IA0032492

WADENA, CITY OF STP, Wadena, IA: NPDES IA0032492 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

WADENA, CITY OF STP, held by CITY OF WADENA, holds NPDES permit IA0032492. EPA’s file records it issued April 1, 2018 and expiring March 31, 2023. 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 filedWADENA, CITY OF STP
Permittee as filedCITY OF WADENA
NPDES IDIA0032492
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
IssuedApril 1, 2018
Expiration dateMarch 31, 2023
Issuing agencySTA
AddressWadena, IA 52169
Receiving water impaired303(D) Listed
SubwatershedNagle Creek-Volga River (HUC 070600040604)
NAICS221320 – Sewage Treatment Facilities
SIC4952 – 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

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 suspended5132December 31, 2013155% over the limit
BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C]5141May 31, 200728% over the limit
pH270
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]4800
E. coli300
Depth of pond or reservoir in feet300

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 IA0032492.

Inspections

EPA’s inspection file holds no inspection for NPDES IA0032492.

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 IA0032492.

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 the NPDES IA0032492 discharge permit held by CITY OF WADENA for the WADENA, CITY OF STP in Wadena, IA, with a Permit status of Administratively continued and a Discharger class of Minor. EPA's file records the permit as issued April 1, 2018 and expiring March 31, 2023, and the page lists 2 pollutants under a numeric limit and 2 pollutants with an effluent exceedance.