Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES IN0040541

ROME CITY WWTP, Rome City, IN: NPDES IN0040541 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

Administratively continuedPermit status
MinorDischarger class
10Pollutants under a numeric limit
9Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
1Inspections on file
0Formal enforcement actions

ROME CITY WWTP holds NPDES permit IN0040541, which discharges to Elkhart R M Br. EPA’s file records it issued December 29, 2016 and expiring March 31, 2022.

ROME CITY WWTP, Rome City, Indiana: Individual permit IN0040541; Publicly owned treatment works; Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued); issued December 29, 2016, term to March 31, 2022, by IDEM; discharges to ELKHART R M BR.

Solids, total suspended: 8 limits, 105 violations of any kind, 85 effluent exceedances, latest November 30, 2022, largest 116% over the limit.
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]: 8 limits, 71 violations of any kind, 51 effluent exceedances, latest May 31, 2022, largest 322% over the limit.
Phosphorus, total [as P]: 1 limit, 27 violations of any kind, 22 effluent exceedances, latest June 30, 2026, largest 120% over the limit.
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]: 2 limits, 19 violations of any kind, 14 effluent exceedances, latest June 30, 2020, largest 50% over the limit.
E. coli, colony forming units [CFU]: 3 limits, 13 violations of any kind, 11 effluent exceedances, latest July 31, 2021, largest 3,304% over the limit.
pH: 2 limits, 19 violations of any kind, 9 effluent exceedances, latest July 31, 2022.
Phosphorus, total percent removal: 0 limits, 13 violations of any kind, 9 effluent exceedances, latest April 30, 2008, largest 70% over the limit.
Chlorine, total residual: 0 limits, 3 violations of any kind, 3 effluent exceedances, latest June 30, 2006, largest 23,733% over the limit.
BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C]: 8 limits, 21 violations of any kind, 1 effluent exceedance, latest March 31, 1999, largest 47% over the limit.
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant: 1 limit, 9 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Flow, total: 1 limit, 8 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
BOD, carb-5 day, 20 deg C, percent removal: 0 limits, 3 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Solids, suspended percent removal: 0 limits, 3 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Number of Events: 2 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.

July 23, 2026: Evaluation (S).

Indiana holds 541 Publicly owned treatment works coverages of this permit type in EPA’s file; 56 were issued before IN0040541.

Coverages issued nearest IN0040541

November 29, 2016: EVANSVILLE EASTSIDE WWTP, Evansville, IN0033073, held by EVANSVILLE EAST WWTP
December 16, 2016: BERNE WWTP, Berne, IN0021369
December 29, 2016: SHELBURN MUNICIPAL WWTP, Shelburn, IN0020389
December 29, 2016: LIBERTY WWTP, Liberty, IN0020681
December 29, 2016: MIDDLEBURY WWTP, Middlebury, IN0023761, held by MIDDLEBURY WWTP, TOWN OF
December 29, 2016: MEXICO REGIONAL SEWER DISTRICT, Mexico, IN0063959
December 29, 2016: NEW HAVEN COLLECTION SYSTEM, New Haven, INM020346, held by NEW HAVEN CSS
January 13, 2017: CUMBERLAND WWTP, Cumberland, IN0021300
January 27, 2017: BARGERSVILLE WWTP, TOWN OF, Bargersville, IN0022314, held by BARGERSVILLE WWTP
January 27, 2017: POTATO CREEK STATE PARK, North Liberty, IN0052272, held by POTATO CREEK STATE PARK WWTP

ROME CITY WWTP among its neighbors

EPA’s permit file holds 6 discharge permits in the Oviate Ditch-Middle Branch Elkhart River subwatershed (HUC 040500011505), IN0040541 among them. Its county holds 63, 2 of them major permits; IN0040541 is a minor permit.

Other permits in the Oviate Ditch-Middle Branch Elkhart River subwatershed (HUC 040500011505)

DOLLAR GENERAL #31577, Rome City: INRA16712, minor permit, permit term to February 8, 2031
MULTI-TENANT BUILDING, Rome City: INRA18023, minor permit, permit term to April 23, 2031
ROME CITY BIKE TRAIL, Rome City: INRA11905, minor permit, permit term to June 1, 2028
SCENIC MEADOWS SCHOOL, Rome City: INRA15707, minor permit, permit term to April 1, 2030
WAYNE CENTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PWS, Kendallville: IN0063231, minor permit, discharging to FREY DITCH, MICHIGAN GREAT LAKE BASIN, permit term to September 30, 2023

Identity

Facility as filed	ROME CITY WWTP
Permittee as filed	ROME CITY WWTP
NPDES ID	IN0040541
Permit status	Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit type	Individual permit
Discharger class	Minor discharger
Facility type	Publicly owned treatment works
Program	Publicly owned treatment works
Issued	December 29, 2016
Expiration date	March 31, 2022
Issuing agency	IDEM
Address	Rome City, IN 46784
Receiving water	ELKHART R M BR
Receiving water impaired	303(D) Listed
Subwatershed	Oviate Ditch-Middle Branch Elkhart River (HUC 040500011505)
SIC	4952 – Sewerage Systems

Effluent limits and exceedances

14Pollutants on file
10Under a numeric limit
13With a violation of any kind
9With 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
Solids, total suspended	8	105	85	November 30, 2022	116% over the limit
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]	8	71	51	May 31, 2022	322% over the limit
Phosphorus, total [as P]	1	27	22	June 30, 2026	120% over the limit
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]	2	19	14	June 30, 2020	50% over the limit
E. coli, colony forming units [CFU]	3	13	11	July 31, 2021	3,304% over the limit
pH	2	19	9	July 31, 2022
Phosphorus, total percent removal	0	13	9	April 30, 2008	70% over the limit
Chlorine, total residual	0	3	3	June 30, 2006	23,733% over the limit
BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C]	8	21	1	March 31, 1999	47% over the limit
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant	1	9	0
Flow, total	1	8	0
BOD, carb-5 day, 20 deg C, percent removal	0	3	0
Solids, suspended percent removal	0	3	0
Number of Events	2	0	0

Inspections, violations and enforcement

0Single-event violations

EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES IN0040541.

Inspections

Date	What EPA recorded	Agency
July 23, 2026	Evaluation	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

EPA’s informal enforcement file holds no action for NPDES IN0040541.

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This public-records page covers Clean Water Act discharge permit NPDES IN0040541 for ROME CITY WWTP in Rome City, IN, which discharges to the ELKHART R M BR within subwatershed Oviate Ditch-Middle Branch Elkhart River (HUC 040500011505). The page lists 10 pollutants under a numeric limit and 9 pollutants with an effluent exceedance, with the permit shown as administratively continued and a minor discharger class.