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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES IN0025828

COVINGTON WWTP, Covington, IN: NPDES IN0025828 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

COVINGTON WWTP, held by COVINGTON WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT, holds NPDES permit IN0025828, which discharges to Wabash River. EPA’s file records it issued April 2, 2018 and expiring August 31, 2023.

COVINGTON WWTP, Covington, Indiana: Individual permit IN0025828, held by COVINGTON WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT; Publicly owned treatment works; Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued); issued April 2, 2018, term to August 31, 2023, by IDEM; discharges to WABASH RIVER; Sewage Treatment Facilities.

  • Chlorine, total residual: 4 limits, 5 violations of any kind, 5 effluent exceedances, latest June 30, 2016, largest 400% over the limit.
  • Solids, total suspended: 4 limits, 12 violations of any kind, 4 effluent exceedances, latest May 31, 2009, largest 647% over the limit.
  • E. coli, colony forming units [CFU]: 3 limits, 1 violation of any kind, 1 effluent exceedance, latest May 31, 2009, largest 66% over the limit.
  • BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C]: 4 limits, 4 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • pH: 2 limits, 4 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant: 1 limit, 4 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • Flow, wastewater by-passing trtmnt plant: 0 limits, 2 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • BOD, carb-5 day, 20 deg C, percent removal: 0 limits, 2 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • Solids, suspended percent removal: 0 limits, 2 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]: 4 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • Number of Events: 2 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • Phosphorus, total [as P]: 1 limit, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • Flow, total: 1 limit, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • July 7, 2026: Evaluation (S).

Indiana holds 541 Publicly owned treatment works coverages of this permit type in EPA’s file; 165 were issued before IN0025828.

Coverages issued nearest IN0025828

COVINGTON WWTP among its neighbors

EPA’s permit file holds 5 discharge permits in the Collette Pond-Wabash River subwatershed (HUC 051201080803), IN0025828 among them. Its county holds 20, 0 of them major permits; IN0025828 is a minor permit.

Other permits in the Collette Pond-Wabash River subwatershed (HUC 051201080803)

Identity

Facility as filedCOVINGTON WWTP
Permittee as filedCOVINGTON WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT
NPDES IDIN0025828
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
IssuedApril 2, 2018
Expiration dateAugust 31, 2023
Issuing agencyIDEM
AddressCovington, IN 47932
Receiving waterWABASH RIVER
Receiving water impaired303(D) Listed
SubwatershedCollette Pond-Wabash River (HUC 051201080803)
NAICS221320 – Sewage Treatment Facilities
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
Chlorine, total residual455June 30, 2016400% over the limit
Solids, total suspended4124May 31, 2009647% over the limit
E. coli, colony forming units [CFU]311May 31, 200966% over the limit
BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C]440
pH240
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant140
Flow, wastewater by-passing trtmnt plant020
BOD, carb-5 day, 20 deg C, percent removal020
Solids, suspended percent removal020
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]400
Number of Events200
Phosphorus, total [as P]100
Flow, total100

Inspections, violations and enforcement

EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES IN0025828.

Inspections

DateWhat EPA recordedAgency
July 7, 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 IN0025828.

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This public-records page covers Clean Water Act discharge permit NPDES IN0025828 for the COVINGTON WWTP in Covington, IN, held by COVINGTON WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT and discharging to the Wabash River. The permit is listed as administratively continued, with 3 pollutants under a numeric limit and 3 pollutants with an effluent exceedance, and the Collette Pond-Wabash River subwatershed is HUC 051201080803.