Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES IN0022951
FRENCH LICK MUNICIPAL WWTP, West Baden, IN: NPDES IN0022951 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 22Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 8Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
FRENCH LICK MUNICIPAL WWTP holds NPDES permit IN0022951, which discharges to Lost R To E Fk White River. EPA’s file records it issued March 23, 2021 and expiring June 30, 2026. 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 | FRENCH LICK MUNICIPAL WWTP |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | FRENCH LICK MUNICIPAL WWTP |
| NPDES ID | IN0022951 |
| 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 | March 23, 2021 |
| Expiration date | June 30, 2026 |
| Issuing agency | IDEM |
| Address | West Baden, IN 47469 |
| Receiving water | LOST R TO E FK WHITE RIVER |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Sulphur Creek-Lost River (HUC 051202081305) |
| Program components on file | POTW, Pretreatment |
| 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
- 27Pollutants on file
- 22Under a numeric limit
- 20With a violation of any kind
- 8With 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, total suspended | 8 | 154 | 150 | July 31, 2026 | 2,657% over the limit |
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 8 | 16 | 12 | March 31, 2006 | 1,283% over the limit |
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 2 | 9 | 9 | January 31, 2026 | 50% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 8 | 15 | 6 | May 31, 2025 | 135% over the limit |
| E. coli, colony forming units [CFU] | 3 | 8 | 6 | May 31, 2026 | 35,168% over the limit |
| Solids, suspended percent removal | 0 | 6 | 6 | March 31, 2021 | 39% over the limit |
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 2 | 4 | 1 | August 31, 2023 | 5% over the limit |
| E. coli, MTEC-MF | 0 | 1 | 1 | April 30, 2000 | 2% over the limit |
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 1 | 5 | 0 | ||
| pH | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Copper, dry weight | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Cadmium, dry weight | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Molybdenum, sludge, total, dry weight [as Mo] | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, sludge, total, dry weight [as Zn] | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Lead, sludge, total, dry weight [as Pb] | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Nickel, sludge, total, dry weight [as Ni] | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Mercury, sludge, total, dry weight [as Hg] | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Flow, wastewater by-passing trtmnt plant | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Annual sludge production, total | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Annual amt sludge disposed in landfill | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, total [as N] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Number of Events | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Toxicity [acute], Ceriodaphnia dubia | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Toxicity [chronic], Ceriodaphnia dubia | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Toxicity [acute], Pimephales promelas [Fathead Minnow] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Toxicity [chronic], Pimephales promelas [Fathead Minnow] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Flow, total | 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 IN0022951.
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.