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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES IA0081787

LEON WATER TREATMENT PLANT, Leon, IA: NPDES IA0081787 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

LEON WATER TREATMENT PLANT, held by CITY OF LEON, holds NPDES permit IA0081787. EPA’s file records it issued August 22, 2008 and expiring August 21, 2013.

LEON WATER TREATMENT PLANT, Leon, Iowa: Individual permit IA0081787, held by CITY OF LEON; Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued); issued August 22, 2008, term to August 21, 2013, by STA; Water Supply and Irrigation Systems.

  • Solids, total suspended: 4 limits, 10 violations of any kind, 10 effluent exceedances, latest October 31, 2025, largest 123% over the limit.
  • pH: 2 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.

Other permits held by CITY OF LEON

LEON WATER TREATMENT PLANT among its neighbors

EPA’s permit file holds 2 discharge permits in the Britton Branch-Little River subwatershed (HUC 102801020701), IA0081787 among them. Its county holds 10, 0 of them major permits; IA0081787 is a minor permit.

Other permits in the Britton Branch-Little River subwatershed (HUC 102801020701)

Identity

Facility as filedLEON WATER TREATMENT PLANT
Permittee as filedCITY OF LEON
NPDES IDIA0081787
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
IssuedAugust 22, 2008
Expiration dateAugust 21, 2013
Issuing agencySTA
AddressLeon, IA 50144
SubwatershedBritton Branch-Little River (HUC 102801020701)
NAICS221310 – Water Supply and Irrigation Systems
SIC4941 – Water Supply

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
Solids, total suspended41010October 31, 2025123% over the limit
pH200

Inspections, violations and enforcement

EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES IA0081787.

Inspections

EPA’s inspection file holds no inspection for NPDES IA0081787.

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 IA0081787.

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

What this page shows

This public-records page covers NPDES permit IA0081787 for the LEON WATER TREATMENT PLANT in Leon, IA, held by the CITY OF LEON, with a permit status of administratively continued. The facts list 2 pollutants on file, 1 of which is under a numeric limit, and 1 pollutant with an effluent exceedance.