Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES ID0025852
CITY OF POST FALLS WATER RECLAMATION FACILITY, Post Falls, ID: NPDES ID0025852 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 29Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 6Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
CITY OF POST FALLS WATER RECLAMATION FACILITY, held by POST FALLS, CITY OF, holds NPDES permit ID0025852, which discharges to Spokane River. EPA’s file records it issued September 30, 2014 and expiring November 30, 2019. 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 filed | CITY OF POST FALLS WATER RECLAMATION FACILITY |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | POST FALLS, CITY OF |
| NPDES ID | ID0025852 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Major discharger |
| Facility type | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Program | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | September 30, 2014 |
| Expiration date | November 30, 2019 |
| Issuing agency | U.S. EPA, REGION 10 |
| Address | Post Falls, ID 83854 |
| Receiving water | SPOKANE RIVER |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Cable Creek-Spokane River (HUC 170103050304) |
| Program components on file | POTW, Pretreatment |
| NAICS | 221320 – Sewage Treatment Facilities |
| SIC | 4952 – Sewerage Systems |
| Other EPA IDs (FRS) | RCRA handler ID0000657213 |
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
- 34Pollutants on file
- 29Under a numeric limit
- 22With a violation of any kind
- 6With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fecal coliform, MPN, EC med, 44.5 C | 0 | 11 | 8 | August 31, 2008 | 220% over the limit |
| Chlorine, total residual | 8 | 15 | 7 | September 30, 2012 | 150% over the limit |
| Phosphorus, total percent removal | 1 | 9 | 7 | September 30, 2015 | 206% over the limit |
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 7 | 8 | 5 | August 31, 2015 | 79% over the limit |
| E. coli, MTEC-MF | 2 | 5 | 3 | August 31, 2023 | 74% over the limit |
| Zinc, total recoverable | 4 | 6 | 2 | April 30, 2019 | 13% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 13 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total suspended | 5 | 6 | 0 | ||
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Copper, total recoverable | 6 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Lead, total recoverable | 4 | 4 | 0 | ||
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 10 | 3 | 0 | ||
| 2,3,7,8-Tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin | 8 | 2 | 0 | ||
| pH | 4 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Cadmium, total recoverable | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Temperature, water deg. centigrade | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| BOD, carbonaceous, percent removal | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Solids, suspended percent removal | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Streamflow | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Toxicity, final conc toxicity units | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| BOD, 5-day, percent removal | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Polychlorinated biphenyls [PCB] pg/L | 8 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Oil and grease | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total dissolved | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Alkalinity, total [as CaCO3] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Hardness, total [as CaCO3] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Silver total recoverable | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Phosphate, ortho [as P] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Toxicity, Chronic | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chlorine usage | 1 | 0 | 0 |
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
- 0Single-event violations
EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES ID0025852.
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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