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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES IN0020052

ROACHDALE MUNICIPAL WWTP, Roachdale, IN: NPDES IN0020052 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

ROACHDALE MUNICIPAL WWTP holds NPDES permit IN0020052, which discharges to Raccoon Cr (Big) Via Cline Creek. EPA’s file records it issued October 27, 2017 and expiring January 31, 2023.

ROACHDALE MUNICIPAL WWTP, Roachdale, Indiana: Individual permit IN0020052; Publicly owned treatment works; Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued); issued October 27, 2017, term to January 31, 2023, by IDEM; discharges to RACCOON CR (BIG) VIA CLINE CREEK.

  • Chlorine, total residual: 4 limits, 88 violations of any kind, 44 effluent exceedances, latest May 31, 2026, largest 99,999% over the limit.
  • Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]: 8 limits, 81 violations of any kind, 25 effluent exceedances, latest May 31, 2026, largest 1,110% over the limit.
  • E. coli, colony forming units [CFU]: 3 limits, 34 violations of any kind, 20 effluent exceedances, latest September 30, 2018, largest 930% over the limit.
  • Solids, total suspended: 8 limits, 73 violations of any kind, 15 effluent exceedances, latest June 30, 2019, largest 179% over the limit.
  • Oxygen, dissolved [DO]: 2 limits, 23 violations of any kind, 9 effluent exceedances, latest January 31, 2023, largest 67% over the limit.
  • pH: 2 limits, 30 violations of any kind, 1 effluent exceedance, latest May 31, 2025.
  • BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C]: 8 limits, 56 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant: 1 limit, 25 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • Flow, total: 1 limit, 12 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • Flow, wastewater by-passing trtmnt plant: 0 limits, 2 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • Number of Events: 2 limits, 1 violation of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • October 6, 2026: PR: Failure to submit noncompliance report - CSO, SSO, or Bypass [40 CFR 122.41(l)(6) & (m)(3)(ii)] (ST6).
  • October 6, 2026: Reconnaissance without Sampling (S).
  • October 6, 2026: Notice of Noncompliance Issued (State).

Indiana holds 541 Publicly owned treatment works coverages of this permit type in EPA’s file; 133 were issued before IN0020052.

Coverages issued nearest IN0020052

ROACHDALE MUNICIPAL WWTP among its neighbors

EPA’s permit file holds 2 discharge permits in the Haw Creek subwatershed (HUC 051201081203), IN0020052 among them. Its county holds 50, 1 of them major permits; IN0020052 is a minor permit.

Other permits in the Haw Creek subwatershed (HUC 051201081203)

Identity

Facility as filedROACHDALE MUNICIPAL WWTP
Permittee as filedROACHDALE MUNICIPAL WWTP
NPDES IDIN0020052
Permit statusAdministratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit typeIndividual permit
Discharger classMinor discharger
Facility typePublicly owned treatment works
ProgramPublicly owned treatment works
IssuedOctober 27, 2017
Expiration dateJanuary 31, 2023
Issuing agencyIDEM
AddressRoachdale, IN 46172
Receiving waterRACCOON CR (BIG) VIA CLINE CREEK
SubwatershedHaw Creek (HUC 051201081203)
SIC4952 – Sewerage Systems

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
Chlorine, total residual48844May 31, 202699,999% over the limit
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]88125May 31, 20261,110% over the limit
E. coli, colony forming units [CFU]33420September 30, 2018930% over the limit
Solids, total suspended87315June 30, 2019179% over the limit
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]2239January 31, 202367% over the limit
pH2301May 31, 2025
BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C]8560
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant1250
Flow, total1120
Flow, wastewater by-passing trtmnt plant020
Number of Events210

Inspections, violations and enforcement

DateWhat EPA recordedAgency
October 6, 2026PR: Failure to submit noncompliance report - CSO, SSO, or Bypass [40 CFR 122.41(l)(6) & (m)(3)(ii)]ST6

Inspections

DateWhat EPA recordedAgency
October 6, 2026Reconnaissance without SamplingS

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

DateWhat EPA recordedAgency
October 6, 2026Notice of Noncompliance IssuedState

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This public-records page covers NPDES permit IN0020052 for ROACHDALE MUNICIPAL WWTP in Roachdale, IN, a minor discharger classed as a publicly owned treatment works, with a status of administratively continued. The page lists 6 pollutants under a numeric limit and 6 pollutants with an effluent exceedance, and records a subwatershed of Haw Creek (HUC 051201081203).