Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES IA0052975

ARMY POST ROAD AQUIFER STORAGE & RECOVERY FACILITY, Des Moines, IA: NPDES IA0052975 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

Administratively continuedPermit status
MinorDischarger class
4Pollutants under a numeric limit
1Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
0Inspections on file
0Formal enforcement actions

ARMY POST ROAD AQUIFER STORAGE & RECOVERY FACILITY, held by DES MOINES WATER WORKS, holds NPDES permit IA0052975. EPA’s file records it issued May 1, 2019 and expiring April 30, 2024. 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 filed	ARMY POST ROAD AQUIFER STORAGE & RECOVERY FACILITY
Permittee as filed	DES MOINES WATER WORKS
NPDES ID	IA0052975
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	May 1, 2019
Expiration date	April 30, 2024
Issuing agency	STA
Address	Des Moines, IA 50321
Subwatershed	Jordan Creek-Raccoon River (HUC 071000061703)

Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).

Effluent limits and exceedances

4Pollutants on file
4Under a numeric limit
4With 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	4	10	6	December 31, 2021	8,764% over the limit
Cadmium, total [as Cd]	4	4	0
pH	2	2	0
Nitrogen, nitrate total [as N]	1	1	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 IA0052975.

Inspections

EPA’s inspection file holds no inspection for NPDES IA0052975.

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 IA0052975.

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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ARMY POST ROAD AQUIFER STORAGE & RECOVERY FACILITY, Des Moines, Iowa: Individual permit IA0052975, held by DES MOINES WATER WORKS; Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued); issued May 1, 2019, term to April 30, 2024, by STA.

Chlorine, total residual: 4 limits, 10 violations of any kind, 6 effluent exceedances, latest December 31, 2021, largest 8,764% over the limit.
Cadmium, total [as Cd]: 4 limits, 4 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
pH: 2 limits, 2 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Nitrogen, nitrate total [as N]: 1 limit, 1 violation of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.

Other permits held by DES MOINES WATER WORKS

DES MOINES WATER WORKS, Des Moines: IA0072109, issued February 5, 2002
LOUISE P. MOON ASR FACILITY, Clive: IA0079669, issued November 1, 2019
SAYLORVILLE WATER TREATMENT PLANT, Des Moines: IA0079847, issued June 1, 2020

ARMY POST ROAD AQUIFER STORAGE & RECOVERY FACILITY among its neighbors

EPA’s permit file holds 8 discharge permits in the Jordan Creek-Raccoon River subwatershed (HUC 071000061703), IA0052975 among them. Its county holds 49, 4 of them major permits; IA0052975 is a minor permit.

Other permits in the Jordan Creek-Raccoon River subwatershed (HUC 071000061703)

DES MOINES INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, Des Moines: IA0075931, minor permit, permit term to April 30, 2022
DES MOINES TCE SUPERFUND SITE, Des Moines: IA0069671, minor permit, permit term to January 31, 2025
DES MOINES WATER WORKS, Des Moines: IA0072109, minor permit, permit term to February 4, 2007
NATURAL GAS PIPELINE CO. OF AMERICA, Des Moines: IA0059960, minor permit, permit term to July 31, 2019
SOUTHWEST POLK WATER SERVICE, West Des Moines: IA0052799, minor permit, permit term to August 31, 2023
WEST DES MOINES WATER WORKS 88TH STREET ASR, West Des Moines: IA0053682, minor permit, permit term to July 31, 2030
WEST DES MOINES, CITY OF MS4, West Des Moines: IA0078778, minor permit, permit term to March 31, 2020

Nearby on the register

Figures from EPA’s ICIS-NPDES download, loaded September 15, 2026.

This public-records page covers NPDES permit IA0052975 for the ARMY POST ROAD AQUIFER STORAGE & RECOVERY FACILITY in Des Moines, IA, held by DES MOINES WATER WORKS, which is administratively continued and classed as a minor discharger. The page lists 4 pollutants on file, 4 under a numeric limit, 4 with a violation of any kind, and 1 with an effluent exceedance, within subwatershed HUC 071000061703 (Jordan Creek-Raccoon River).