Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES IN0020184
EDINBURGH WWTP, Edinburgh, IN: NPDES IN0020184 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 26Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 7Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
EDINBURGH WWTP holds NPDES permit IN0020184, which discharges to Big Blue R To Driftwood River. EPA’s file records it issued January 6, 2020 and expiring February 28, 2025. 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 | EDINBURGH WWTP |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | EDINBURGH WWTP |
| NPDES ID | IN0020184 |
| 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 | January 6, 2020 |
| Expiration date | February 28, 2025 |
| Issuing agency | IDEM |
| Address | Edinburgh, IN 46124 |
| Receiving water | BIG BLUE R TO DRIFTWOOD RIVER |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Shaw Ditch-Big Blue River (HUC 051202040807) |
| Program components on file | Biosolids, CSO, POTW, Pretreatment |
| NAICS | 221320 – Sewage Treatment Facilities |
| SIC | 4952 – Sewerage Systems |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download) and EPA’s NAICS/SIC and component files, the same download.
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 34Pollutants on file
- 26Under a numeric limit
- 30With a violation of any kind
- 7With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Solids, suspended percent removal | 0 | 12 | 9 | February 28, 2005 | 158% over the limit |
| E. coli, MTEC-MF | 0 | 8 | 8 | September 30, 2000 | 28% over the limit |
| E. coli, colony forming units [CFU] | 3 | 8 | 6 | July 31, 2025 | 4,072% over the limit |
| BOD, carb-5 day, 20 deg C, percent removal | 0 | 7 | 4 | February 28, 2005 | 173% over the limit |
| Chlorine, total residual | 0 | 4 | 4 | April 30, 2000 | 33% over the limit |
| pH | 2 | 8 | 2 | January 31, 2005 | |
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 1 | 7 | 2 | February 29, 2000 | 33% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 4 | 11 | 0 | ||
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 4 | 10 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 1 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 4 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 4 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Pollutant table from 503.13 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Level of pathogen requirements achieved | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Description of pathogen option used | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Vector attraction reduction alternative used | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Copper, dry weight | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Cadmium, dry weight | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Number of Events | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Toxicity [acute], Ceriodaphnia dubia | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Toxicity [chronic], Ceriodaphnia dubia | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Toxicity [acute], Pimephales promelas [Fathead Minnow] | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Toxicity [chronic], Pimephales promelas [Fathead Minnow] | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Molybdenum, sludge, total, dry weight [as Mo] | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, sludge, total, dry weight [as Zn] | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Lead, sludge, total, dry weight [as Pb] | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Nickel, sludge, total, dry weight [as Ni] | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Mercury, sludge, total, dry weight [as Hg] | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, total [as N] | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Flow, total | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Duration | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Overflow volume [SS0 volume, CSO volume] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Precipitation, monthly accumulation | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Discharge event observation [Visual Monitoring] | 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 IN0020184.
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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