Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES IN0022446

BROOKVILLE WWTP, Brookville, IN: NPDES IN0022446 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

Administratively continuedPermit status
MinorDischarger class
15Pollutants under a numeric limit
1Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
1Inspections on file
0Formal enforcement actions

BROOKVILLE WWTP holds NPDES permit IN0022446, which discharges to Whitewater R (E Fk). EPA’s file records it issued November 13, 2017 and expiring February 28, 2023.

BROOKVILLE WWTP, Brookville, Indiana: Individual permit IN0022446; Publicly owned treatment works; Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued); issued November 13, 2017, term to February 28, 2023, by IDEM; discharges to WHITEWATER R (E FK); Sewage Treatment Facilities.

E. coli, colony forming units [CFU]: 3 limits, 3 violations of any kind, 1 effluent exceedance, latest April 30, 2025, largest 16% over the limit.
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]: 8 limits, 22 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Solids, total suspended: 4 limits, 20 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C]: 4 limits, 20 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant: 1 limit, 11 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
pH: 2 limits, 10 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Flow, wastewater by-passing trtmnt plant: 0 limits, 3 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Copper, dry weight: 2 limits, 2 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Cadmium, dry weight: 2 limits, 2 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Number of Events: 2 limits, 2 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Molybdenum, sludge, total, dry weight [as Mo]: 2 limits, 2 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Zinc, sludge, total, dry weight [as Zn]: 2 limits, 2 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Lead, sludge, total, dry weight [as Pb]: 2 limits, 2 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Nickel, sludge, total, dry weight [as Ni]: 2 limits, 2 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Mercury, sludge, total, dry weight [as Hg]: 2 limits, 2 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Flow, total: 1 limit, 2 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.

August 31, 2026: Evaluation (S).

Indiana holds 541 Publicly owned treatment works coverages of this permit type in EPA’s file; 137 were issued before IN0022446.

Coverages issued nearest IN0022446

October 27, 2017: ROACHDALE MUNICIPAL WWTP, Roachdale, IN0020052
October 27, 2017: BOONVILLE MUNICIPAL WWTP, Boonville, IN0022420
October 27, 2017: MAPLETURN UTILITIES INC., Martinsville, IN0049361, held by MAPLETURN UTILITIES, INC. WWTP
October 27, 2017: STEUBEN LAKES RWD, Angola, IN0061557
November 13, 2017: NEW WHITELAND WWTP, New Whiteland, IN0020966
November 13, 2017: RISING SUN, CITY OF, Rising Sun, IN0024431, held by RISING SUN WWTP, CITY OF
November 13, 2017: TURKEY CREEK REGIONAL SEWER DISTRICT, Cromwell, IN0045802
November 13, 2017: JEFFERSON TOWNSHIP RSD, Otwell, IN0046361, held by JEFFERSON TOWNSHIP RSD WWTP
December 13, 2017: MOORELAND ENV. CONTROL CENTER WWTP, Mooreland, IN0040398, held by MOORELAND ENV. CONTROL CENTER WWTP
December 13, 2017: WINGATE MUNICIPAL WWTP, Wingate, IN0040771

BROOKVILLE WWTP among its neighbors

EPA’s permit file holds 7 discharge permits in the Brookville Lake-East Fork Whitewater River subwatershed (HUC 050800030717), IN0022446 among them. Its county holds 17, 1 of them major permits; IN0022446 is a minor permit.

Other permits in the Brookville Lake-East Fork Whitewater River subwatershed (HUC 050800030717)

BROOKVILLE LAKE RETREAT CHANNEL RIP RAP OVERLAY, Brookville: INRA12786, minor permit, permit term to October 30, 2028
FRANKLIN COUNTY WATER ASSOC WTP, Brookville: IN0051586, minor permit, discharging to WHITEWATER R (E FK) - BROOKVILLE LK, permit term to January 31, 2007
IN DOT SLIDE CORRECTION DES. 2100242, Brookville: INRA15061, minor permit, permit term to November 24, 2029
INDOT DES 2000087 STATE ROAD (SR) 252 SLIDE CORRECTION, Brookville: INRA13693, minor permit, permit term to April 17, 2029
RESERVOIR ROAD PROJECT, Brookville: INRA11081, minor permit, permit term to January 11, 2028
THE CAUSEWAY SWPPP, Brookville: INRA16050, minor permit, permit term to May 15, 2030

Identity

Facility as filed	BROOKVILLE WWTP
Permittee as filed	BROOKVILLE WWTP
NPDES ID	IN0022446
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 13, 2017
Expiration date	February 28, 2023
Issuing agency	IDEM
Address	Brookville, IN 47012
Receiving water	WHITEWATER R (E FK)
Subwatershed	Brookville Lake-East Fork Whitewater River (HUC 050800030717)
Program components on file	POTW, Pretreatment
NAICS	221320 – Sewage Treatment Facilities
SIC	4952 – Sewerage Systems

Effluent limits and exceedances

16Pollutants on file
15Under a numeric limit
16With a violation of any kind
1With 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
E. coli, colony forming units [CFU]	3	3	1	April 30, 2025	16% over the limit
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]	8	22	0
Solids, total suspended	4	20	0
BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C]	4	20	0
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant	1	11	0
pH	2	10	0
Flow, wastewater by-passing trtmnt plant	0	3	0
Copper, dry weight	2	2	0
Cadmium, dry weight	2	2	0
Number of Events	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
Flow, total	1	2	0

Inspections, violations and enforcement

0Single-event violations

EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES IN0022446.

Inspections

Date	What EPA recorded	Agency
August 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

EPA’s informal enforcement file holds no action for NPDES IN0022446.

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This public-records page covers Clean Water Act discharge permit NPDES IN0022446 for BROOKVILLE WWTP in Brookville, IN, which discharges to WHITEWATER R (E FK) in the Brookville Lake-East Fork Whitewater River watershed (HUC 050800030717). The permit is administratively continued and classed as a Minor discharger, with 15 pollutants under a numeric limit and 1 pollutant with an effluent exceedance recorded.