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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES IN0039993

ENGLISH WWTP, English, IN: NPDES IN0039993 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

ENGLISH WWTP, held by ENGLISH WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT, holds NPDES permit IN0039993, which discharges to Little Blue River To The Ohio River. EPA’s file records it issued October 2, 2018 and expiring November 30, 2023. The status and dates are as EPA’s permit file stood when Velarion loaded it (September 15, 2026); EPA’s free Detailed Facility Report on ECHO carries the permit’s current standing.

Identity

Facility as filedENGLISH WWTP
Permittee as filedENGLISH WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT
NPDES IDIN0039993
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
IssuedOctober 2, 2018
Expiration dateNovember 30, 2023
Issuing agencyIDEM
AddressEnglish, IN 47118
Receiving waterLITTLE BLUE RIVER TO THE OHIO RIVER
Receiving water impaired303(D) Listed
SubwatershedCity of Grantsburg-Little Blue River (HUC 051401041105)

Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO 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
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]814359August 31, 20251,926% over the limit
Solids, total suspended410719June 30, 2025175% over the limit
BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C]4924July 31, 201080% over the limit
E. coli, colony forming units [CFU]2122June 30, 2025170% over the limit
Chlorine, total residual0411August 31, 199996% over the limit
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]2231July 31, 200217% over the limit
pH2440
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant2440
Flow, wastewater by-passing trtmnt plant0170
Flow, total180

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
August 18, 2026Effluent Violations - Narrative Effluent ViolationST6
August 18, 2026Monitoring Violations - Frequency of Sampling ViolationST6
August 18, 2026Monitoring Violations - Invalid/Unrepresentative SampleST6
August 18, 2026Reporting Violations - Improper/ Incorrect ReportingST6
August 18, 2026Management Practice Violations - No Licensed/Certified OperatorST6
August 18, 2026Management Practice Violations - Failure to Develop/Enforce StandardsST6
August 18, 2026Management Practice Violations - Improper Operation and MaintenanceST6
August 18, 2026Management Practice Violations - Failure to Maintain RecordsST6
April 14, 2026Effluent Violations - Narrative Effluent ViolationST6
April 14, 2026Monitoring Violations - Frequency of Sampling ViolationST6
April 14, 2026Management Practice Violations - No Licensed/Certified OperatorST6
April 14, 2026Management Practice Violations - Failure to Develop/Enforce StandardsST6
April 14, 2026Management Practice Violations - Improper Operation and MaintenanceST6
April 14, 2026Management Practice Violations - Failure to Maintain RecordsST6
April 14, 2026Reporting Violations - Late Submittal of DMRsST6
April 14, 2026Reporting Violations - Improper/ Incorrect ReportingST6
April 14, 2026Effluent Violations - Numeric effluent violationST6

Inspections

DateWhat EPA recordedAgency
August 18, 2026Reconnaissance without SamplingS
April 14, 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
August 18, 2026Notice of Noncompliance IssuedState
April 14, 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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Figures from EPA’s ICIS-NPDES download, loaded September 15, 2026.

What this page shows

This public-records page covers NPDES permit IN0039993 held by ENGLISH WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT for ENGLISH WWTP in English, IN, a publicly owned treatment works discharging to the Little Blue River To The Ohio River, within the City of Grantsburg-Little Blue River (HUC 051401041105) subwatershed. The page lists the permit as administratively continued, with a minor discharger class, 8 pollutants under a numeric limit, and 6 pollutants with an effluent exceedance.