Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES IA0082074

COUNCIL POINT WATER PURIFICATION PLANT, Council Bluffs, IA: NPDES IA0082074 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

Administratively continuedPermit status
MinorDischarger class
2Pollutants under a numeric limit
1Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
0Inspections on file
0Formal enforcement actions

COUNCIL POINT WATER PURIFICATION PLANT, held by COUNCIL BUFFS WATER WORKS, holds NPDES permit IA0082074. EPA’s file records it issued September 1, 2017 and expiring August 31, 2022.

COUNCIL POINT WATER PURIFICATION PLANT, Council Bluffs, Iowa: Individual permit IA0082074, held by COUNCIL BUFFS WATER WORKS; Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued); issued September 1, 2017, term to August 31, 2022, by STA.

pH: 2 limits, 4 violations of any kind, 1 effluent exceedance, latest October 31, 2019.
Solids, total suspended: 4 limits, 8 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.

COUNCIL POINT WATER PURIFICATION PLANT among its neighbors

EPA’s permit file holds 10 discharge permits in the Lake Manawa-Missouri River subwatershed (HUC 102300060602), IA0082074 among them. Its county holds 37, 2 of them major permits; IA0082074 is a minor permit.

Other permits in the Lake Manawa-Missouri River subwatershed (HUC 102300060602)

CITY OF COUNCIL BLUFFS, Council Bluffs: IAL036641, minor permit, permit term to December 31, 2025
COUNCIL BLUFFS, CITY OF MS4, Council Bluffs: IA0078271, minor permit, permit term to January 2, 2018
HIGHLINE WARREN, LLC-STORM WATER DISCHARGE, Council Bluffs: IA0077178, minor permit, permit term to January 31, 2023
NUSTAR COUNCIL BLUFFS TERMINAL, Council Bluffs: IA0046752, minor permit, permit term to October 31, 2024
OMAHA ANTIQUE & JOB PLATING CO, Omaha: NE0123056, minor permit, discharging to MISSOURI RIVER, permit term to September 30, 2007
OMAHA MISSOURI RIVER WWTF, Omaha: NEL036358, minor permit, permit term to December 31, 2025
PACKAGING CORP OF AMERICA, Omaha: NE0140252, not classed
SYNGENTA CROP PROTECTION, Omaha: NEU000131, not classed
WALTER SCOTT JR. ENERGY CENTER, Council Bluffs: IA0004308, major permit, permit term to July 31, 2026

Identity

Facility as filed	COUNCIL POINT WATER PURIFICATION PLANT
Permittee as filed	COUNCIL BUFFS WATER WORKS
NPDES ID	IA0082074
Permit status	Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit type	Individual permit
Discharger class	Minor discharger
Facility type	Not a publicly owned treatment works
Issued	September 1, 2017
Expiration date	August 31, 2022
Issuing agency	STA
Address	Council Bluffs, IA 51502
Subwatershed	Lake Manawa-Missouri River (HUC 102300060602)

Effluent limits and exceedances

2Pollutants on file
2Under a numeric limit
2With a violation of any kind
1With 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
pH	2	4	1	October 31, 2019
Solids, total suspended	4	8	0

Inspections, violations and enforcement

0Single-event violations

EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES IA0082074.

Inspections

EPA’s inspection file holds no inspection for NPDES IA0082074.

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 IA0082074.

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

This public-records page covers Clean Water Act NPDES discharge permit IA0082074 for the COUNCIL POINT WATER PURIFICATION PLANT in Council Bluffs, IA, held by COUNCIL BUFFS WATER WORKS, with its status shown as administratively continued and a minor discharger class. The facts list 2 pollutants on file, 2 under a numeric limit, 2 with a violation of any kind, and 1 with an effluent exceedance, within the Lake Manawa-Missouri River watershed (HUC 102300060602).