Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES IN0021571
TOPEKA WWTP, Topeka, IN: NPDES IN0021571 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 23Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 9Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
TOPEKA WWTP, held by TOPEKA WWTP, TOWN OF, holds NPDES permit IN0021571, which discharges to Elkhart R Via Barr/Schrock Ditch. EPA’s file records it issued June 15, 2018 and expiring August 31, 2023. 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 | TOPEKA WWTP |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | TOPEKA WWTP, TOWN OF |
| NPDES ID | IN0021571 |
| 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 | June 15, 2018 |
| Expiration date | August 31, 2023 |
| Issuing agency | IDEM |
| Address | Topeka, IN 46571 |
| Receiving water | ELKHART R VIA BARR/SCHROCK DITCH |
| Subwatershed | Little Elkhart River Ditch (HUC 040500011202) |
| Program components on file | 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
- 25Pollutants on file
- 23Under a numeric limit
- 15With a violation of any kind
- 9With 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 | 101 | 71 | December 31, 2024 | 1,792% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 8 | 35 | 21 | December 31, 2017 | 286% over the limit |
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 1 | 20 | 19 | June 30, 2024 | 720% over the limit |
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 8 | 27 | 16 | October 31, 2000 | 77% over the limit |
| Phosphorus, total percent removal | 1 | 17 | 15 | August 31, 2002 | 385% over the limit |
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 2 | 15 | 10 | July 31, 2000 | 77% over the limit |
| E. coli, colony forming units [CFU] | 3 | 11 | 9 | July 31, 2023 | 99,999% over the limit |
| E. coli, MTEC-MF | 0 | 3 | 3 | July 31, 2000 | 82% over the limit |
| Toxicity [chronic], Ceriodaphnia dubia | 2 | 1 | 1 | August 31, 2022 | 300% over the limit |
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 1 | 7 | 0 | ||
| pH | 2 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Oil and grease, hexane extr method | 2 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Number of Events | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Flow, total | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Flow, wastewater by-passing trtmnt plant | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Copper, dry weight | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Cadmium, dry weight | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Toxicity [acute], Ceriodaphnia dubia | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Toxicity [acute], Pimephales promelas [Fathead Minnow] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Toxicity [chronic], Pimephales promelas [Fathead Minnow] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Molybdenum, sludge, total, dry weight [as Mo] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, sludge, total, dry weight [as Zn] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Lead, sludge, total, dry weight [as Pb] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nickel, sludge, total, dry weight [as Ni] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mercury, sludge, total, dry weight [as Hg] | 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 IN0021571.
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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Figures from EPA’s ICIS-NPDES download, loaded October 14, 2026.