Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES IN0020443
COLFAX WWTP, TOWN OF, Colfax, IN: NPDES IN0020443 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 10Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 5Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
- 0Inspections on file
- 0Formal enforcement actions
COLFAX WWTP, TOWN OF holds NPDES permit IN0020443, which discharges to Sugar Cr (Wabash R) Via Withe Creek. EPA’s file records it issued September 29, 2017 and expiring December 31, 2022. The status and dates are as EPA’s permit file stood when Velarion loaded it (September 15, 2026); EPA’s free Detailed Facility Report on ECHO carries the permit’s current standing.
Identity
| Facility as filed | COLFAX WWTP, TOWN OF |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | COLFAX WWTP, TOWN OF |
| NPDES ID | IN0020443 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Minor discharger |
| Facility type | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Program | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | September 29, 2017 |
| Expiration date | December 31, 2022 |
| Issuing agency | IDEM |
| Address | Colfax, IN 46035 |
| Receiving water | SUGAR CR (WABASH R) VIA WITHE CREEK |
| Subwatershed | Withe Creek-Sugar Creek (HUC 051201100405) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 11Pollutants on file
- 10Under a numeric limit
- 10With a violation of any kind
- 5With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 8 | 161 | 152 | July 31, 2026 | 739% over the limit |
| Chlorine, total residual | 4 | 31 | 31 | July 31, 2026 | 300% over the limit |
| E. coli, colony forming units [CFU] | 3 | 20 | 20 | June 30, 2026 | 99,999% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 8 | 23 | 14 | May 31, 2020 | 112% over the limit |
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 8 | 20 | 12 | June 30, 2026 | 91% over the limit |
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 1 | 6 | 0 | ||
| pH | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Flow, wastewater by-passing trtmnt plant | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Flow, total | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Number of Events | 2 | 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 IN0020443.
Inspections
EPA’s inspection file holds no inspection for NPDES IN0020443.
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 IN0020443.
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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Figures from EPA’s ICIS-NPDES download, loaded September 15, 2026.