Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES IA0068276

SOUTH SQUAW VALLEY ASSOCIATION, Ames, IA: NPDES IA0068276 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

EffectivePermit status
MinorDischarger class
7Pollutants under a numeric limit
4Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
0Inspections on file
0Formal enforcement actions

SOUTH SQUAW VALLEY ASSOCIATION holds NPDES permit IA0068276. EPA’s file records it issued July 1, 2022 and expiring June 30, 2027.

SOUTH SQUAW VALLEY ASSOCIATION, Ames, Iowa: Individual permit IA0068276; Effective; issued July 1, 2022, term to June 30, 2027, by STA; Other Similar Organizations [except Business, Professional, Labor, and Political Organizations].

Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant: 0 limits, 140 violations of any kind, 138 effluent exceedances, latest October 31, 2017, largest 1,500% over the limit.
Solids, total suspended: 9 limits, 36 violations of any kind, 4 effluent exceedances, latest December 31, 2009, largest 120% over the limit.
BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C]: 4 limits, 53 violations of any kind, 3 effluent exceedances, latest April 30, 2014, largest 36% over the limit.
pH: 2 limits, 8 violations of any kind, 1 effluent exceedance, latest October 31, 2005.
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]: 48 limits, 4 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]: 1 limit, 4 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Chloride [as Cl]: 4 limits, 2 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C: 5 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.

SOUTH SQUAW VALLEY ASSOCIATION among its neighbors

EPA’s permit file holds 2 discharge permits in the Lundys Creek-Squaw Creek subwatershed (HUC 070801050306), IA0068276 among them. Its county holds 28, 3 of them major permits; IA0068276 is a minor permit.

Other permits in the Lundys Creek-Squaw Creek subwatershed (HUC 070801050306)

GILBERT, CITY OF STP, Gilbert: IA0025968, minor permit, permit term to May 31, 2025

Identity

Facility as filed	SOUTH SQUAW VALLEY ASSOCIATION
Permittee as filed	SOUTH SQUAW VALLEY ASSOCIATION
NPDES ID	IA0068276
Permit status	Effective
Permit type	Individual permit
Discharger class	Minor discharger
Facility type	Not a publicly owned treatment works
Issued	July 1, 2022
Expiration date	June 30, 2027
Issuing agency	STA
Address	Ames, IA 50014
Subwatershed	Lundys Creek-Squaw Creek (HUC 070801050306)
NAICS	813990 – Other Similar Organizations [except Business, Professional, Labor, and Political Organizations]
SIC	8641 – Civic And Social Associations

Effluent limits and exceedances

8Pollutants on file
7Under a numeric limit
7With a violation of any kind
4With 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
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant	0	140	138	October 31, 2017	1,500% over the limit
Solids, total suspended	9	36	4	December 31, 2009	120% over the limit
BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C]	4	53	3	April 30, 2014	36% over the limit
pH	2	8	1	October 31, 2005
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]	48	4	0
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]	1	4	0
Chloride [as Cl]	4	2	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 IA0068276.

Inspections

EPA’s inspection file holds no inspection for NPDES IA0068276.

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 IA0068276.

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Figures from EPA’s ICIS-NPDES download, loaded October 14, 2026.

This public-records page covers NPDES permit IA0068276 held by SOUTH SQUAW VALLEY ASSOCIATION in Ames, IA, a Minor Discharger class facility with Effective permit status, issued July 1, 2022 and expiring June 30, 2027. The page lists 7 pollutants under a numeric limit, 4 pollutants with an effluent exceedance, and 8 pollutants on file in the permit file.