Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES IA0053405
INDIANOLA WATER RESOURCE RECOVERY FACILITY, Indianola, IA: NPDES IA0053405 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- EffectivePermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 12Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 1Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
- 0Inspections on file
- 0Formal enforcement actions
INDIANOLA WATER RESOURCE RECOVERY FACILITY, held by CITY OF INDIANOLA, holds NPDES permit IA0053405. EPA’s file records it issued September 1, 2022 and expiring August 31, 2027. 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 | INDIANOLA WATER RESOURCE RECOVERY FACILITY |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | CITY OF INDIANOLA |
| NPDES ID | IA0053405 |
| Permit status | Effective |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Major discharger |
| Facility type | Not a publicly owned treatment works |
| Program | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | September 1, 2022 |
| Expiration date | August 31, 2027 |
| Issuing agency | STA |
| Address | Indianola, IA 50125 |
| Subwatershed | Felters Branch-Middle River (HUC 071000080701) |
| NAICS | 221320 – Sewage Treatment Facilities |
| SIC | 4952 – 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
- 12Pollutants on file
- 12Under 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| pH | 5 | 1 | 1 | March 31, 2023 | |
| E. coli | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Toxicity [acute], Ceriodaphnia dubia | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Toxicity [acute], Pimephales promelas [Fathead Minnow] | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 48 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, total [as N] | 10 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 10 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total suspended | 9 | 0 | 0 | ||
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N] | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 1 | 0 | 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 IA0053405.
Inspections
EPA’s inspection file holds no inspection for NPDES IA0053405.
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 IA0053405.
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.