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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES IA0084271

BURLINGTON MUNICIPAL WATERWORKS, Burlington, IA: NPDES IA0084271 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

BURLINGTON MUNICIPAL WATERWORKS, held by Burlington Municipal Water Works, holds NPDES permit IA0084271. EPA’s file records it issued August 1, 2015 and expiring July 31, 2020. The status and dates are as EPA’s permit file stood when Velarion loaded it (October 14, 2026); EPA’s free Detailed Facility Report on ECHO carries the permit’s current standing.

Identity

Facility as filedBURLINGTON MUNICIPAL WATERWORKS
Permittee as filedBurlington Municipal Water Works
NPDES IDIA0084271
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 1, 2015
Expiration dateJuly 31, 2020
Issuing agencySTA
AddressBurlington, IA 52601
SubwatershedFlint Creek (HUC 070801041204)
NAICS221310 – Water Supply and Irrigation Systems
SIC4941 – Water Supply
Other EPA IDs (FRS)ICIS-AIR source IA0000001905700147

Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download) and EPA’s NAICS/SIC and component files, the same download; cross-program IDs from EPA’s FRS facility-registry crosswalk.

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
pH6699February 28, 2021
Aluminum, total [as Al]755May 31, 2025238% over the limit
Chlorine, total residual433December 31, 2025111% over the limit

Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES limits and effluent violations files (ECHO download); up to 60 rows shown, most exceedances first.

Inspections, violations and enforcement

EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES IA0084271.

Velarion’s copy of EPA’s ICIS-NPDES files does not include the inspections, formal enforcement actions and informal enforcement actions files, so this page shows none of them. EPA’s free Detailed Facility Report on ECHO lists this permit’s inspections, enforcement actions and penalties.

Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES violation, inspection and enforcement files (ECHO download); up to 50 rows of each shown, newest first.

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What this page shows

This public-records page covers Clean Water Act NPDES permit IA0084271 held by Burlington Municipal Water Works in Burlington, IA, which EPA's file lists as administratively continued, a minor discharger, and in Flint Creek subwatershed HUC 070801041204. The page lists 3 pollutants under a numeric limit and 3 pollutants with an effluent exceedance.