Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES IA0059200

SAVAGE SANITARY DISTRICT STP, Fort Dodge, IA: NPDES IA0059200 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

Administratively continuedPermit status
MinorDischarger class
7Pollutants under a numeric limit
6Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
0Inspections on file
0Formal enforcement actions

SAVAGE SANITARY DISTRICT STP, held by SAVAGE SANITARY DISTRICT, holds NPDES permit IA0059200. EPA’s file records it issued August 1, 2015 and expiring July 31, 2020.

SAVAGE SANITARY DISTRICT STP, Fort Dodge, Iowa: Individual permit IA0059200, held by SAVAGE SANITARY DISTRICT; Publicly owned treatment works; Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued); issued August 1, 2015, term to July 31, 2020, by STA.

Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]: 56 limits, 319 violations of any kind, 187 effluent exceedances, latest April 30, 2024, largest 2,150% over the limit.
BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C]: 4 limits, 168 violations of any kind, 26 effluent exceedances, latest March 31, 2024, largest 658% over the limit.
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]: 4 limits, 61 violations of any kind, 26 effluent exceedances, latest March 31, 2024, largest 81% over the limit.
E. coli: 0 limits, 33 violations of any kind, 7 effluent exceedances, latest October 31, 2023, largest 203,082% over the limit.
pH: 5 limits, 74 violations of any kind, 3 effluent exceedances, latest March 31, 2024.
Solids, total suspended: 9 limits, 144 violations of any kind, 2 effluent exceedances, latest September 30, 2015, largest 81% over the limit.
Nitrogen, nitrate total [as N]: 2 limits, 81 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C: 5 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.

Iowa holds 734 Publicly owned treatment works coverages of this permit type in EPA’s file; 114 were issued before IA0059200.

Coverages issued nearest IA0059200

July 1, 2015: MANCHESTER CITY OF STP, Manchester, IA0021032, held by CITY OF MANCHESTER
July 1, 2015: CRESTON CITY OF STP, Creston, IA0035238, held by CITY OF CRESTON
July 1, 2015: KNOXVILLE CITY OF STP, Knoxville, IA0035866, held by CITY OF KNOXVILLE
July 1, 2015: WESTSIDE CITY OF STP, Westside, IA0040274, held by CITY OF WESTSIDE
August 1, 2015: HEDRICK CITY OF STP, Hedrick, IA0036498, held by CITY OF HEDRICK
September 1, 2015: BLUE GRASS CITY OF STP, Blue Grass, IA0028975, held by CITY OF BLUE GRASS
September 1, 2015: UNION CITY OF STP, Union, IA0034266, held by CITY OF UNION
September 1, 2015: JOICE, CITY OF STP, Joice, IA0052077, held by JOICE, CITY OF
September 1, 2015: MOUNT AUBURN CITY OF STP, Mount Auburn, IA0059153, held by CITY OF MOUNT AUBURN
September 1, 2015: DEEP RIVER, CITY OF STP, Deep River, IA0071943, held by CITY OF DEEP RIVER

SAVAGE SANITARY DISTRICT STP among its neighbors

EPA’s permit file holds 7 discharge permits in the Gypsum Creek-Des Moines River subwatershed (HUC 071000040604), IA0059200 among them. Its county holds 22, 1 of them major permits; IA0059200 is a minor permit.

Other permits in the Gypsum Creek-Des Moines River subwatershed (HUC 071000040604)

ARGENTA GLOBAL, Fort Dodge: IA0071366, minor permit, permit term to August 31, 2022
CITY OF FORT DODGE, Fort Dodge: IAL044849, minor permit, permit term to December 31, 2025
COATS UTILITY COMPANY (XENIA RURAL WATER), Fort Dodge: IA0062421, minor permit, permit term to September 30, 2024
FORT DODGE CITY OF STP, Fort Dodge: IA0044849, major permit, permit term to September 30, 2025
JOHN W. PRAY WATER FACILITY, Fort Dodge: IA0078441, minor permit, permit term to April 30, 2020
NESTLE PURINA PETCARE, Fort Dodge: IA0064866, minor permit, permit term to October 31, 2021

Identity

Facility as filed	SAVAGE SANITARY DISTRICT STP
Permittee as filed	SAVAGE SANITARY DISTRICT
NPDES ID	IA0059200
Permit status	Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit type	Individual permit
Discharger class	Minor discharger
Facility type	Publicly owned treatment works
Program	Publicly owned treatment works
Issued	August 1, 2015
Expiration date	July 31, 2020
Issuing agency	STA
Address	Fort Dodge, IA 50501
Subwatershed	Gypsum Creek-Des Moines River (HUC 071000040604)

Effluent limits and exceedances

8Pollutants on file
7Under a numeric limit
7With a violation of any kind
6With 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
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]	56	319	187	April 30, 2024	2,150% over the limit
BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C]	4	168	26	March 31, 2024	658% over the limit
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]	4	61	26	March 31, 2024	81% over the limit
E. coli	0	33	7	October 31, 2023	203,082% over the limit
pH	5	74	3	March 31, 2024
Solids, total suspended	9	144	2	September 30, 2015	81% over the limit
Nitrogen, nitrate total [as N]	2	81	0
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C	5	0	0

Inspections, violations and enforcement

0Single-event violations

EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES IA0059200.

Inspections

EPA’s inspection file holds no inspection for NPDES IA0059200.

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 IA0059200.

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This public-records page covers Clean Water Act discharge permit NPDES IA0059200 for the Savage Sanitary District STP in Fort Dodge, IA, held by Savage Sanitary District and administratively continued, with a permit issued August 1, 2015 and expiring July 31, 2020. The page lists 8 pollutants on file, 7 under a numeric limit, 7 with a violation of any kind, and 6 with an effluent exceedance, within the Gypsum Creek-Des Moines River subwatershed (HUC 071000040604).