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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES IA0072109

DES MOINES WATER WORKS, Des Moines, IA: NPDES IA0072109 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

DES MOINES WATER WORKS holds NPDES permit IA0072109. EPA’s file records it issued February 5, 2002 and expiring February 4, 2007.

DES MOINES WATER WORKS, Des Moines, Iowa: Individual permit IA0072109; Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued); issued February 5, 2002, term to February 4, 2007, by STA.

  • pH: 0 limits, 5 violations of any kind, 3 effluent exceedances, latest June 30, 2016.
  • Nitrogen, nitrate total [as N]: 0 limits, 4 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.

Other permits held by DES MOINES WATER WORKS

DES MOINES WATER WORKS among its neighbors

EPA’s permit file holds 8 discharge permits in the Jordan Creek-Raccoon River subwatershed (HUC 071000061703), IA0072109 among them. Its county holds 49, 4 of them major permits; IA0072109 is a minor permit.

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

Identity

Facility as filedDES MOINES WATER WORKS
Permittee as filedDES MOINES WATER WORKS
NPDES IDIA0072109
Permit statusAdministratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit typeIndividual permit
Discharger classMinor discharger
Facility typeNot a publicly owned treatment works
IssuedFebruary 5, 2002
Expiration dateFebruary 4, 2007
Issuing agencySTA
AddressDes Moines, IA 50321
Receiving water impaired303(D) Listed
SubwatershedJordan Creek-Raccoon River (HUC 071000061703)

Effluent limits and exceedances

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 measureLimitsViolations, any kindEffluent exceedancesLatest exceedanceLargest exceedance, as filed
pH053June 30, 2016
Nitrogen, nitrate total [as N]040

Inspections, violations and enforcement

EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES IA0072109.

Inspections

EPA’s inspection file holds no inspection for NPDES IA0072109.

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 IA0072109.

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

What this page shows

This public-records page covers NPDES permit IA0072109 held by DES MOINES WATER WORKS in Des Moines, IA, a minor discharger under an individual permit that is administratively continued past its February 4, 2007 expiration. The page lists 2 pollutants on file, with 0 under a numeric limit, 2 with a violation of any kind, and 1 with an effluent exceedance.