Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES IA0072699

MAHARISHI VEDIC CITY - SOUTH, Fairfield, IA: NPDES IA0072699 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

Administratively continuedPermit status
MinorDischarger class
9Pollutants under a numeric limit
4Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
0Inspections on file
0Formal enforcement actions

MAHARISHI VEDIC CITY - SOUTH, held by Maharishi Vedic City, holds NPDES permit IA0072699. EPA’s file records it issued July 22, 1998 and expiring July 22, 2003.

MAHARISHI VEDIC CITY - SOUTH, Fairfield, Iowa: Individual permit IA0072699, held by Maharishi Vedic City; Publicly owned treatment works; Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued); issued July 22, 1998, term to July 22, 2003, by STA; Sewage Treatment Facilities.

BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C]: 8 limits, 134 violations of any kind, 126 effluent exceedances, latest April 30, 2024, largest 233% over the limit.
Solids, total suspended: 8 limits, 119 violations of any kind, 112 effluent exceedances, latest July 31, 2019, largest 533% over the limit.
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant: 4 limits, 63 violations of any kind, 62 effluent exceedances, latest January 31, 2025, largest 190,400% over the limit.
pH: 4 limits, 17 violations of any kind, 16 effluent exceedances, latest August 31, 2005.
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]: 3 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Solids, Settleable, Net: 3 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Solids, settleable: 3 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Sludge settleability 30 minute: 3 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Mixed liquor: 3 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; 1 were issued before IA0072699.

Coverages issued nearest IA0072699

July 27, 1997: BIRMINGHAM CITY OF STP, Birmingham, IA0023426, held by CITY OF BIRMINGHAM
March 9, 2001: CASEY, CITY OF STP, Casey, IA0027197, held by CITY OF CASEY
April 19, 2001: ATALISSA CITY OF STP, Atalissa, IA0070998, held by CITY OF ATALISSA
April 30, 2001: WHAT CHEER CITY OF STP, What Cheer, IA0032468, held by CITY OF WHAT CHEER
April 30, 2001: WALNUT CITY OF STP, Walnut, IA0042986, held by CITY OF WALNUT
June 1, 2001: SHELLSBURG CITY OF STP, Shellsburg, IA0033332, held by CITY OF SHELLSBURG

MAHARISHI VEDIC CITY - SOUTH among its neighbors

EPA’s permit file holds 3 discharge permits in the Church Creek-Cedar Creek subwatershed (HUC 070801070702), IA0072699 among them. Its county holds 14, 0 of them major permits; IA0072699 is a minor permit.

Other permits in the Church Creek-Cedar Creek subwatershed (HUC 070801070702)

AGRI-INDUSTRIAL PLASTICS COMPANY, Fairfield: IA0072052, minor permit, permit term to February 28, 2017
MAHARISHI VEDIC CITY, Fairfield: IA0078417, minor permit, permit term to November 22, 2009

Identity

Facility as filed	MAHARISHI VEDIC CITY - SOUTH
Permittee as filed	Maharishi Vedic City
NPDES ID	IA0072699
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	July 22, 1998
Expiration date	July 22, 2003
Issuing agency	STA
Address	Fairfield, IA 52556
Subwatershed	Church Creek-Cedar Creek (HUC 070801070702)
NAICS	221320 – Sewage Treatment Facilities
SIC	4952 – Sewerage Systems

Effluent limits and exceedances

9Pollutants on file
9Under a numeric limit
4With 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
BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C]	8	134	126	April 30, 2024	233% over the limit
Solids, total suspended	8	119	112	July 31, 2019	533% over the limit
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant	4	63	62	January 31, 2025	190,400% over the limit
pH	4	17	16	August 31, 2005
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]	3	0	0
Solids, Settleable, Net	3	0	0
Solids, settleable	3	0	0
Sludge settleability 30 minute	3	0	0
Mixed liquor	3	0	0

Inspections, violations and enforcement

0Single-event violations

EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES IA0072699.

Inspections

EPA’s inspection file holds no inspection for NPDES IA0072699.

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 IA0072699.

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This public-records page covers Clean Water Act discharge permit NPDES IA0072699 for MAHARISHI VEDIC CITY - SOUTH in Fairfield, IA, held by Maharishi Vedic City and administratively continued as a minor discharger. It lists 4 pollutants under a numeric limit and 4 pollutants with an effluent exceedance, with the permit issued July 22, 1998 and expiring July 22, 2003.