Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES IN0032476

ANDERSON WWTP, Anderson, IN: NPDES IN0032476 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

Administratively continuedPermit status
MajorDischarger class
28Pollutants under a numeric limit
23Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
2Inspections on file
0Formal enforcement actions

ANDERSON WWTP holds NPDES permit IN0032476, which discharges to Or/West Fork White River. EPA’s file records it issued August 27, 2020 and expiring September 30, 2025. 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	ANDERSON WWTP
Permittee as filed	ANDERSON WWTP
NPDES ID	IN0032476
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	August 27, 2020
Expiration date	September 30, 2025
Issuing agency	IDEM
Address	Anderson, IN 46011
Receiving water	OR/WEST FORK WHITE RIVER
Receiving water impaired	303(D) Listed
Subwatershed	Kunkel Lake-Sixmile Creek (HUC 051201010603)
Program components on file	Biosolids, CSO, 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

41Pollutants on file
28Under a numeric limit
35With a violation of any kind
23With 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
Chlorine, total residual	2	58	58	July 31, 2026	3,580% over the limit
Solids, total suspended	4	42	22	December 31, 2021	308% over the limit
Cyanide, total [as CN]	0	40	20	October 31, 2000	99,999% over the limit
Phosphorus, total [as P]	2	18	18	December 31, 2023	186% over the limit
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]	8	32	16	November 30, 2022	187% over the limit
E. coli, colony forming units [CFU]	3	11	11	September 30, 2022	99,999% over the limit
Coliform, fecal general	0	11	11	June 30, 1990	399% over the limit
BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C]	4	25	5	January 31, 2021	122% over the limit
Cadmium, total recoverable	2	15	5	March 31, 2002	250% over the limit
Lead, total recoverable	2	14	4	February 28, 1993	94% over the limit
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]	2	9	4	July 31, 2019	26% over the limit
NOEL Static Renewal 7Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia	0	4	4	November 30, 2016	90% over the limit
Copper, total recoverable	2	13	3	June 30, 1996	223% over the limit
Lead, total [as Pb]	0	13	3	August 31, 1990	186% over the limit
Toxicity [chronic], Ceriodaphnia dubia	3	5	3	November 30, 2016	99,999% over the limit
Copper, total [as Cu]	0	12	2	December 31, 1989	19% over the limit
Nickel, total recoverable	2	11	1	June 30, 1996	33% over the limit
Zinc, total recoverable	2	11	1	January 31, 1990	25% over the limit
Cadmium, total [as Cd]	0	11	1	July 31, 1990	50% over the limit
Mercury, total [as Hg]	0	11	1	November 30, 1990	25% over the limit
Toxicity [acute], Ceriodaphnia dubia	3	3	1	December 31, 2014	99,999% over the limit
Toxicity [chronic], Pimephales promelas [Fathead Minnow]	3	3	1	March 31, 2020	43% over the limit
Mercury, total recoverable	0	1	1	April 30, 2011	85% over the limit
Flow, wastewater by-passing trtmnt plant	0	13	0
pH	2	10	0
Chromium, total recoverable	2	10	0
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant	1	10	0
Chromium, total [as Cr]	0	10	0
Nickel, total [as Ni]	0	10	0
Zinc, total [as Zn]	0	10	0
Bypass valve	0	8	0
Overflow volume [SS0 volume, CSO volume]	11	3	0
Duration	11	2	0
Precipitation, monthly accumulation	11	2	0
Toxicity [acute], Pimephales promelas [Fathead Minnow]	3	2	0
Discharge event observation [Visual Monitoring]	11	0	0
Nitrogen, total [as N]	2	0	0
Cyanide, free [as free]	2	0	0
Cyanide, free [amenable to chlorination]	2	0	0
Number of Events	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

3Single-event violations

Date	What EPA recorded	Agency
March 5, 2026	Management Practice Violations - Failure to Maintain Records	ST6
March 5, 2026	Monitoring Violations - Invalid/Unrepresentative Sample	ST6
March 5, 2026	Management Practice Violations - Best Management Practice Deficiencies	ST6

Inspections

Date	What EPA recorded	Agency
October 30, 2026	Evaluation	E
March 5, 2026	Audit	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

Date	What EPA recorded	Agency
March 30, 2026	Other Response - No Further Action	EPA
March 5, 2026	Notice of Noncompliance Issued	State

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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ANDERSON WWTP, Anderson, Indiana: Individual permit IN0032476; Publicly owned treatment works; Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued); issued August 27, 2020, term to September 30, 2025, by IDEM; discharges to OR/WEST FORK WHITE RIVER.

Chlorine, total residual: 2 limits, 58 violations of any kind, 58 effluent exceedances, latest July 31, 2026, largest 3,580% over the limit.
Solids, total suspended: 4 limits, 42 violations of any kind, 22 effluent exceedances, latest December 31, 2021, largest 308% over the limit.
Cyanide, total [as CN]: 0 limits, 40 violations of any kind, 20 effluent exceedances, latest October 31, 2000, largest 99,999% over the limit.
Phosphorus, total [as P]: 2 limits, 18 violations of any kind, 18 effluent exceedances, latest December 31, 2023, largest 186% over the limit.
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]: 8 limits, 32 violations of any kind, 16 effluent exceedances, latest November 30, 2022, largest 187% over the limit.
E. coli, colony forming units [CFU]: 3 limits, 11 violations of any kind, 11 effluent exceedances, latest September 30, 2022, largest 99,999% over the limit.
Coliform, fecal general: 0 limits, 11 violations of any kind, 11 effluent exceedances, latest June 30, 1990, largest 399% over the limit.
BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C]: 4 limits, 25 violations of any kind, 5 effluent exceedances, latest January 31, 2021, largest 122% over the limit.
Cadmium, total recoverable: 2 limits, 15 violations of any kind, 5 effluent exceedances, latest March 31, 2002, largest 250% over the limit.
Lead, total recoverable: 2 limits, 14 violations of any kind, 4 effluent exceedances, latest February 28, 1993, largest 94% over the limit.
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]: 2 limits, 9 violations of any kind, 4 effluent exceedances, latest July 31, 2019, largest 26% over the limit.
NOEL Static Renewal 7Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia: 0 limits, 4 violations of any kind, 4 effluent exceedances, latest November 30, 2016, largest 90% over the limit.
Copper, total recoverable: 2 limits, 13 violations of any kind, 3 effluent exceedances, latest June 30, 1996, largest 223% over the limit.
Lead, total [as Pb]: 0 limits, 13 violations of any kind, 3 effluent exceedances, latest August 31, 1990, largest 186% over the limit.
Toxicity [chronic], Ceriodaphnia dubia: 3 limits, 5 violations of any kind, 3 effluent exceedances, latest November 30, 2016, largest 99,999% over the limit.
Copper, total [as Cu]: 0 limits, 12 violations of any kind, 2 effluent exceedances, latest December 31, 1989, largest 19% over the limit.
Nickel, total recoverable: 2 limits, 11 violations of any kind, 1 effluent exceedance, latest June 30, 1996, largest 33% over the limit.
Zinc, total recoverable: 2 limits, 11 violations of any kind, 1 effluent exceedance, latest January 31, 1990, largest 25% over the limit.
Cadmium, total [as Cd]: 0 limits, 11 violations of any kind, 1 effluent exceedance, latest July 31, 1990, largest 50% over the limit.
Mercury, total [as Hg]: 0 limits, 11 violations of any kind, 1 effluent exceedance, latest November 30, 1990, largest 25% over the limit.
Toxicity [acute], Ceriodaphnia dubia: 3 limits, 3 violations of any kind, 1 effluent exceedance, latest December 31, 2014, largest 99,999% over the limit.
Toxicity [chronic], Pimephales promelas [Fathead Minnow]: 3 limits, 3 violations of any kind, 1 effluent exceedance, latest March 31, 2020, largest 43% over the limit.
Mercury, total recoverable: 0 limits, 1 violation of any kind, 1 effluent exceedance, latest April 30, 2011, largest 85% over the limit.
Flow, wastewater by-passing trtmnt plant: 0 limits, 13 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
pH: 2 limits, 10 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Chromium, total recoverable: 2 limits, 10 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant: 1 limit, 10 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Chromium, total [as Cr]: 0 limits, 10 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Nickel, total [as Ni]: 0 limits, 10 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Zinc, total [as Zn]: 0 limits, 10 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Bypass valve: 0 limits, 8 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Overflow volume [SS0 volume, CSO volume]: 11 limits, 3 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Duration: 11 limits, 2 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Precipitation, monthly accumulation: 11 limits, 2 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Toxicity [acute], Pimephales promelas [Fathead Minnow]: 3 limits, 2 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Discharge event observation [Visual Monitoring]: 11 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Nitrogen, total [as N]: 2 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Cyanide, free [as free]: 2 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Cyanide, free [amenable to chlorination]: 2 limits, 0 violations 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.

October 30, 2026: Evaluation (E).
March 30, 2026: Other Response - No Further Action (EPA).
March 5, 2026: Management Practice Violations - Failure to Maintain Records (ST6).
March 5, 2026: Monitoring Violations - Invalid/Unrepresentative Sample (ST6).
March 5, 2026: Management Practice Violations - Best Management Practice Deficiencies (ST6).
March 5, 2026: Audit (S).
March 5, 2026: Notice of Noncompliance Issued (State).

Indiana holds 541 Publicly owned treatment works coverages of this permit type in EPA’s file; 447 were issued before IN0032476. ANDERSON WWTP holds 2 permits in Indiana.

Other permits held by ANDERSON WWTP

ANDERSON WWTP, Anderson: INL032476, issued January 1, 2021

Coverages issued nearest IN0032476

August 13, 2020: SALAMONIE RESERVOIR LOST BRIDGE WEST SRA, Andrews, IN0030449, held by SALAMONIE RESERVOIR LOST BRIDGE WEST ST. REC. AREA
August 13, 2020: PATRIOT WWTP, Patriot, IN0056391
August 13, 2020: ST JOSEPH COUNTY RWSD - WYATT WWTP, Wyatt, IN0063258
August 27, 2020: RUSSIAVILLE WWTP, Russiaville, IN0020532, held by RUSSIAVILLE WWTP, TOWN OF
August 27, 2020: ROSSVILLE WWTP, Rossville, IN0020907, held by ROSSVILLE WWTP, TOWN OF
August 27, 2020: ELWOOD WWTP, CITY OF, Elwood, IN0032719
August 27, 2020: MOUNT VERNON WWTP, Mount Vernon, IN0035696, held by MOUNT VERNON MUNICIPAL WWTP
September 3, 2020: ELLETTSVILLE MUNICIPAL WWTP, Ellettsville, IN0021083
September 3, 2020: AKRON WWTP, Akron, IN0025232, held by AKRON MUNICIPAL WWTP
September 3, 2020: NEW PARIS CONSERVANCY DISTRICT, New Paris, IN0058025

ANDERSON WWTP among its neighbors

EPA’s permit file holds 1 discharge permits in the Kunkel Lake-Sixmile Creek subwatershed (HUC 051201010603), IN0032476 among them. Its county holds 52, 5 of them major permits; IN0032476 is a major permit.

Nearby on the register

Figures from EPA’s ICIS-NPDES download, loaded October 14, 2026.

This public-records page covers Clean Water Act discharge permit NPDES IN0032476 for ANDERSON WWTP in Anderson, IN, which discharges to OR/WEST FORK WHITE RIVER and is administratively continued as a Major discharger. The page lists 28 pollutants under a numeric limit, 23 of which show an effluent exceedance, within the Kunkel Lake-Sixmile Creek (HUC 051201010603) subwatershed.