Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES IA0052446
IOWA METHODIST MEDICAL CENTER, Des Moines, IA: NPDES IA0052446 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 2Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 1Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
IOWA METHODIST MEDICAL CENTER, held by UNITYPOINT HEALTH, holds NPDES permit IA0052446. EPA’s file records it issued February 1, 2021 and expiring January 31, 2026. 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 | IOWA METHODIST MEDICAL CENTER |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | UNITYPOINT HEALTH |
| NPDES ID | IA0052446 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Minor discharger |
| Facility type | Not a publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | February 1, 2021 |
| Expiration date | January 31, 2026 |
| Issuing agency | STA |
| Address | Des Moines, IA 50309 |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Saylor Creek-Des Moines River (HUC 071000041003) |
| NAICS | 622110 – General Medical and Surgical Hospitals |
| SIC | 8062 – General Medical & Surgical Hospitals |
| Other EPA IDs (FRS) | RCRA handler IAD075844548; ICIS-AIR source IAPLK0001915300421 |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download) and EPA’s NAICS/SIC and component files, the same download; cross-program IDs from EPA’s FRS facility-registry crosswalk.
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 2Pollutants on file
- 2Under a numeric limit
- 2With a violation of any kind
- 1With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chlorine, total residual | 8 | 164 | 14 | March 31, 2024 | 618% over the limit |
| pH | 2 | 60 | 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 IA0052446.
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.