Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES IN0020729

PARKER CITY WWTP, Parker, IN: NPDES IN0020729 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

Administratively continuedPermit status
MinorDischarger class
9Pollutants under a numeric limit
7Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
1Inspections on file
0Formal enforcement actions

PARKER CITY WWTP holds NPDES permit IN0020729, which discharges to W Fk White R Via Abogast Ditch. EPA’s file records it issued November 7, 2019 and expiring December 31, 2024. 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	PARKER CITY WWTP
Permittee as filed	PARKER CITY WWTP
NPDES ID	IN0020729
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	November 7, 2019
Expiration date	December 31, 2024
Issuing agency	IDEM
Address	Parker, IN 47368
Receiving water	W FK WHITE R VIA ABOGAST DITCH
Receiving water impaired	303(D) Listed
Subwatershed	Mud Creek-White River (HUC 051202010109)
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

12Pollutants on file
9Under a numeric limit
12With 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
BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C]	4	79	65	February 28, 2025	201% over the limit
E. coli, colony forming units [CFU]	3	60	55	October 31, 2024	28,411% over the limit
BOD, carb-5 day, 20 deg C, percent removal	0	59	55	June 30, 2019	113% over the limit
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]	4	48	38	April 30, 2026	56% over the limit
Solids, suspended percent removal	0	39	35	June 30, 2019	227% over the limit
Solids, total suspended	4	55	34	May 31, 2017	105% over the limit
Chlorine, total residual	4	33	25	April 30, 2024	3,567% over the limit
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant	2	10	0
pH	2	8	0
Flow, total	1	4	0
Number of Events	2	3	0
Flow, wastewater by-passing trtmnt plant	0	2	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

1Single-event violations

Date	What EPA recorded	Agency
July 31, 2026	Effluent Violations - Numeric effluent violation	ST6

Inspections

Date	What EPA recorded	Agency
July 31, 2026	Evaluation	S

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

Date	What EPA recorded	Agency
July 31, 2026	Notice of Noncompliance Issued	State

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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PARKER CITY WWTP, Parker, Indiana: Individual permit IN0020729; Publicly owned treatment works; Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued); issued November 7, 2019, term to December 31, 2024, by IDEM; discharges to W FK WHITE R VIA ABOGAST DITCH.

BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C]: 4 limits, 79 violations of any kind, 65 effluent exceedances, latest February 28, 2025, largest 201% over the limit.
E. coli, colony forming units [CFU]: 3 limits, 60 violations of any kind, 55 effluent exceedances, latest October 31, 2024, largest 28,411% over the limit.
BOD, carb-5 day, 20 deg C, percent removal: 0 limits, 59 violations of any kind, 55 effluent exceedances, latest June 30, 2019, largest 113% over the limit.
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]: 4 limits, 48 violations of any kind, 38 effluent exceedances, latest April 30, 2026, largest 56% over the limit.
Solids, suspended percent removal: 0 limits, 39 violations of any kind, 35 effluent exceedances, latest June 30, 2019, largest 227% over the limit.
Solids, total suspended: 4 limits, 55 violations of any kind, 34 effluent exceedances, latest May 31, 2017, largest 105% over the limit.
Chlorine, total residual: 4 limits, 33 violations of any kind, 25 effluent exceedances, latest April 30, 2024, largest 3,567% over the limit.
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant: 2 limits, 10 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
pH: 2 limits, 8 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Flow, total: 1 limit, 4 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Number of Events: 2 limits, 3 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Flow, wastewater by-passing trtmnt plant: 0 limits, 2 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.

July 31, 2026: Effluent Violations - Numeric effluent violation (ST6).
July 31, 2026: Evaluation (S).
July 31, 2026: Notice of Noncompliance Issued (State).

Indiana holds 541 Publicly owned treatment works coverages of this permit type in EPA’s file; 350 were issued before IN0020729.

Coverages issued nearest IN0020729

October 15, 2019: MILLTOWN WWTP, Depauw, IN0020460, held by MILLTOWN WWTP, TOWN OF
October 15, 2019: PINE VILLAGE WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT, Pine Village, IN0064351, held by PINE VILLAGE WWTP
October 28, 2019: ROYAL CENTER WWTP, Royal Center, IN0020125
October 28, 2019: NORTH MANCHESTER WWTP, North Manchester, IN0020362
October 28, 2019: NEW RICHMOND MUNICIPAL WWTP, New Richmond, IN0060241
November 7, 2019: HAUBSTADT WWTP, Haubstadt, IN0021482
November 7, 2019: HAMILTON LAKE CONSERVANCY DISTRICT, Hamilton, IN0050822
December 4, 2019: KENTLAND WWTP, Kentland, IN0023329, held by KENTLAND WWTP, TOWN OF
December 4, 2019: CENTER POINT WWTP, Center Point, IN0039292, held by CENTER POINT WWTP, TOWN OF
December 26, 2019: NORTH VERNON WWTP, North Vernon, IN0020451

PARKER CITY WWTP among its neighbors

EPA’s permit file holds 3 discharge permits in the Mud Creek-White River subwatershed (HUC 051202010109), IN0020729 among them. Its county holds 27, 2 of them major permits; IN0020729 is a minor permit.

Other permits in the Mud Creek-White River subwatershed (HUC 051202010109)

SELMA DOLLAR GENERAL, Selma: INRA14919, minor permit, permit term to December 5, 2029
TOWN OF SELMA STORMWATER IMPROVEMENTS PROJECT, Selma: INRA14714, minor permit, permit term to September 24, 2029

Nearby on the register

Figures from EPA’s ICIS-NPDES download, loaded October 14, 2026.

This public-records page covers the Clean Water Act discharge permit NPDES IN0020729 for PARKER CITY WWTP in Parker, IN, which discharges to W FK WHITE R VIA ABOGAST DITCH, a receiving water listed as impaired under 303(D). The permit is an individual, administratively continued minor discharger permit with 7 pollutants showing an effluent exceedance and 9 pollutants under a numeric limit, issued November 7, 2019 and expiring December 31, 2024.