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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES IN0035378

AQUA INDIANA MAIN ABOITE WWTP, Fort Wayne, IN: NPDES IN0035378 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

AQUA INDIANA MAIN ABOITE WWTP, held by AQUA INDIANA MAIN ABOITE, holds NPDES permit IN0035378, which discharges to Or/Wabash/Huntington/Graham Mccollc. EPA’s file records it issued August 12, 2016 and expiring October 31, 2021. 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 filedAQUA INDIANA MAIN ABOITE WWTP
Permittee as filedAQUA INDIANA MAIN ABOITE
NPDES IDIN0035378
Permit statusAdministratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit typeIndividual permit
Discharger classMajor discharger
Facility typeNot a publicly owned treatment works
ProgramPublicly owned treatment works
IssuedAugust 12, 2016
Expiration dateOctober 31, 2021
Issuing agencyIDEM
AddressFort Wayne, IN 46814
Receiving waterOR/WABASH/HUNTINGTON/GRAHAM MCCOLLC
SubwatershedBeal Taylor Ditch-Aboite Creek (HUC 051201011002)
NAICS221320 – Sewage Treatment Facilities
SIC4952 – 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

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 suspended85139August 31, 2018378% over the limit
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]83224December 31, 2023290% over the limit
E. coli, colony forming units [CFU]32522April 30, 20264,155% over the limit
BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C]83018May 31, 2019186% over the limit
E. coli, MTEC-MF01414September 30, 199953,091% over the limit
Chlorine, total residual21311October 31, 20231,900% over the limit
pH281October 31, 2024
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]251July 31, 19968% over the limit
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant160
Flow, wastewater by-passing trtmnt plant030
Toxicity [acute], Ceriodaphnia dubia220
Toxicity [chronic], Ceriodaphnia dubia220
Toxicity [acute], Pimephales promelas [Fathead Minnow]220
Toxicity [chronic], Pimephales promelas [Fathead Minnow]220
Flow, total120
Nitrogen, total [as N]020
Number of Events210
BOD, carb-5 day, 20 deg C, percent removal110
Solids, suspended percent removal110
Bypass valve010
Mercury, total recoverable400
Phosphorus, total [as P]200

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

DateWhat EPA recordedAgency
July 30, 2026Management Practice Violations - Improper Operation and MaintenanceST6
July 30, 2026Permit Violations - Violation Specified in CommentST6

Inspections

DateWhat EPA recordedAgency
July 30, 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

DateWhat EPA recordedAgency
July 30, 2026Notice of Noncompliance IssuedState

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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AQUA INDIANA MAIN ABOITE WWTP, Fort Wayne, Indiana: Individual permit IN0035378, held by AQUA INDIANA MAIN ABOITE; Publicly owned treatment works; Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued); issued August 12, 2016, term to October 31, 2021, by IDEM; discharges to OR/WABASH/HUNTINGTON/GRAHAM MCCOLLC; Sewage Treatment Facilities.

  • Solids, total suspended: 8 limits, 51 violations of any kind, 39 effluent exceedances, latest August 31, 2018, largest 378% over the limit.
  • Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]: 8 limits, 32 violations of any kind, 24 effluent exceedances, latest December 31, 2023, largest 290% over the limit.
  • E. coli, colony forming units [CFU]: 3 limits, 25 violations of any kind, 22 effluent exceedances, latest April 30, 2026, largest 4,155% over the limit.
  • BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C]: 8 limits, 30 violations of any kind, 18 effluent exceedances, latest May 31, 2019, largest 186% over the limit.
  • E. coli, MTEC-MF: 0 limits, 14 violations of any kind, 14 effluent exceedances, latest September 30, 1999, largest 53,091% over the limit.
  • Chlorine, total residual: 2 limits, 13 violations of any kind, 11 effluent exceedances, latest October 31, 2023, largest 1,900% over the limit.
  • pH: 2 limits, 8 violations of any kind, 1 effluent exceedance, latest October 31, 2024.
  • Oxygen, dissolved [DO]: 2 limits, 5 violations of any kind, 1 effluent exceedance, latest July 31, 1996, largest 8% over the limit.
  • Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant: 1 limit, 6 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • Flow, wastewater by-passing trtmnt plant: 0 limits, 3 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • Toxicity [acute], Ceriodaphnia dubia: 2 limits, 2 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • Toxicity [chronic], Ceriodaphnia dubia: 2 limits, 2 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • Toxicity [acute], Pimephales promelas [Fathead Minnow]: 2 limits, 2 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • Toxicity [chronic], Pimephales promelas [Fathead Minnow]: 2 limits, 2 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • Flow, total: 1 limit, 2 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • Nitrogen, total [as N]: 0 limits, 2 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • Number of Events: 2 limits, 1 violation of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • BOD, carb-5 day, 20 deg C, percent removal: 1 limit, 1 violation of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • Solids, suspended percent removal: 1 limit, 1 violation of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • Bypass valve: 0 limits, 1 violation of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • Mercury, total recoverable: 4 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • Phosphorus, total [as P]: 2 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • July 30, 2026: Management Practice Violations - Improper Operation and Maintenance (ST6).
  • July 30, 2026: Permit Violations - Violation Specified in Comment (ST6).
  • July 30, 2026: Evaluation (S).
  • July 30, 2026: Notice of Noncompliance Issued (State).

Indiana holds 541 Publicly owned treatment works coverages of this permit type in EPA’s file; 26 were issued before IN0035378.

Coverages issued nearest IN0035378

AQUA INDIANA MAIN ABOITE WWTP among its neighbors

EPA’s permit file holds 24 discharge permits in the Beal Taylor Ditch-Aboite Creek subwatershed (HUC 051201011002), IN0035378 among them. Its county holds 173, 4 of them major permits; IN0035378 is a major permit.

Other permits in the Beal Taylor Ditch-Aboite Creek subwatershed (HUC 051201011002)

Nearby on the register

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

What this page shows

This public-records page covers NPDES discharge permit IN0035378 for AQUA INDIANA MAIN ABOITE WWTP in Fort Wayne, IN, which is administratively continued and classed as a Major Discharger. The page lists 18 pollutants under a numeric limit and 8 pollutants with an effluent exceedance, with the permit recorded as issued August 12, 2016 and expiring October 31, 2021.