Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES IN0037583

SOUTHERN WELLS COMMUNITY SCHOOLS WWTP, Poneto, IN: NPDES IN0037583 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

EffectivePermit status
MinorDischarger class
9Pollutants under a numeric limit
6Pollutants with an effluent exceedance

SOUTHERN WELLS COMMUNITY SCHOOLS WWTP holds NPDES permit IN0037583, which discharges to Salamonie R Via Scuffle Cr Via Unnamed Trib. EPA’s file records it issued September 5, 2019 and expiring December 31, 2024. 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	SOUTHERN WELLS COMMUNITY SCHOOLS WWTP
Permittee as filed	SOUTHERN WELLS COMMUNITY SCHOOLS WWTP
NPDES ID	IN0037583
Permit status	Effective
Permit type	Individual permit
Discharger class	Minor discharger
Facility type	Not a publicly owned treatment works
Issued	September 5, 2019
Expiration date	December 31, 2024
Issuing agency	IDEM
Address	Poneto, IN 46781
Receiving water	SALAMONIE R VIA SCUFFLE CR VIA UNNAMED TRIB
Subwatershed	Scuffle Creek-Salamonie River (HUC 051201020301)
SIC	4952 – Sewerage Systems
Other EPA IDs (FRS)	RCRA handler IND982213357

Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download) and EPA’s NAICS/SIC and component files, the same download; cross-program IDs from EPA’s FRS facility-registry crosswalk.

Effluent limits and exceedances

11Pollutants on file
9Under a numeric limit
9With a violation of any kind
6With 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
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]	8	53	49	February 28, 2026	1,650% over the limit
E. coli, colony forming units [CFU]	3	23	21	September 30, 2020	99,999% over the limit
Solids, total suspended	12	38	14	July 31, 2024	144% over the limit
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]	1	13	7	July 31, 2018	72% over the limit
E. coli, MTEC-MF	0	5	5	May 31, 2001	198% over the limit
BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C]	12	25	1	August 31, 2004	78% over the limit
pH	2	12	0
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant	1	12	0
Flow, wastewater by-passing trtmnt plant	0	6	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

0Single-event violations

EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES IN0037583.

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.

This public-records page covers Clean Water Act discharge permit NPDES IN0037583 for the Southern Wells Community Schools WWTP in Poneto, IN, which discharges to the Salamonie R via Scuffle Cr via Unnamed Trib, within watershed HUC 051201020301. The facts list 6 pollutants under a numeric limit and 6 pollutants with an effluent exceedance, with the permit status shown as Effective and the discharger class as Minor.