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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES IN0023795

MONROE CITY WWTP, Monroe City, IN: NPDES IN0023795 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

MONROE CITY WWTP, held by MONROE CITY MUNICIPAL WWTP, holds NPDES permit IN0023795, which discharges to White R (Main) Via Wilson Creek. EPA’s file records it issued June 20, 2019 and expiring August 31, 2024.

MONROE CITY WWTP, Monroe City, Indiana: Individual permit IN0023795, held by MONROE CITY MUNICIPAL WWTP; Publicly owned treatment works; Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued); issued June 20, 2019, term to August 31, 2024, by IDEM; discharges to WHITE R (MAIN) VIA WILSON CREEK.

  • Solids, total suspended: 4 limits, 212 violations of any kind, 131 effluent exceedances, latest September 30, 2019, largest 373% over the limit.
  • Chlorine, total residual: 4 limits, 12 violations of any kind, 12 effluent exceedances, latest May 31, 2015, largest 2,150% over the limit.
  • Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]: 8 limits, 13 violations of any kind, 8 effluent exceedances, latest April 30, 2025, largest 77% over the limit.
  • pH: 2 limits, 10 violations of any kind, 7 effluent exceedances, latest July 31, 2007.
  • E. coli, colony forming units [CFU]: 3 limits, 5 violations of any kind, 5 effluent exceedances, latest April 30, 2022, largest 26,794% over the limit.
  • Oxygen, dissolved [DO]: 2 limits, 4 violations of any kind, 3 effluent exceedances, latest May 31, 2009, largest 20% over the limit.
  • BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C]: 4 limits, 7 violations of any kind, 2 effluent exceedances, latest October 31, 2009, largest 51% over the limit.
  • Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant: 1 limit, 2 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • Flow, wastewater by-passing trtmnt plant: 0 limits, 1 violation of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • Number of Events: 2 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • Flow, total: 1 limit, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • January 20, 2026: Evaluation (S).

Indiana holds 541 Publicly owned treatment works coverages of this permit type in EPA’s file; 305 were issued before IN0023795.

Coverages issued nearest IN0023795

MONROE CITY WWTP among its neighbors

EPA’s permit file holds 2 discharge permits in the McCoy Creek-Wilson Creek subwatershed (HUC 051202021002), IN0023795 among them. Its county holds 46, 2 of them major permits; IN0023795 is a minor permit.

Other permits in the McCoy Creek-Wilson Creek subwatershed (HUC 051202021002)

Identity

Facility as filedMONROE CITY WWTP
Permittee as filedMONROE CITY MUNICIPAL WWTP
NPDES IDIN0023795
Permit statusAdministratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit typeIndividual permit
Discharger classMinor discharger
Facility typePublicly owned treatment works
ProgramPublicly owned treatment works
IssuedJune 20, 2019
Expiration dateAugust 31, 2024
Issuing agencyIDEM
AddressMonroe City, IN 47557
Receiving waterWHITE R (MAIN) VIA WILSON CREEK
SubwatershedMcCoy Creek-Wilson Creek (HUC 051202021002)
SIC4952 – Sewerage Systems

Effluent limits and exceedances

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 measureLimitsViolations, any kindEffluent exceedancesLatest exceedanceLargest exceedance, as filed
Solids, total suspended4212131September 30, 2019373% over the limit
Chlorine, total residual41212May 31, 20152,150% over the limit
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]8138April 30, 202577% over the limit
pH2107July 31, 2007
E. coli, colony forming units [CFU]355April 30, 202226,794% over the limit
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]243May 31, 200920% over the limit
BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C]472October 31, 200951% over the limit
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant120
Flow, wastewater by-passing trtmnt plant010
Number of Events200
Flow, total100

Inspections, violations and enforcement

EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES IN0023795.

Inspections

DateWhat EPA recordedAgency
January 20, 2026EvaluationS

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 IN0023795.

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What this page shows

This public-records page covers Clean Water Act discharge permit NPDES IN0023795 for MONROE CITY WWTP in Monroe City, IN, which discharges to WHITE R (MAIN) VIA WILSON CREEK within the McCoy Creek-Wilson Creek subwatershed (HUC 051202021002). The permit is listed as a Minor discharger with administratively continued status, and the facility shows 7 pollutants under a numeric limit and 7 pollutants with an effluent exceedance.