Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES IN0040797
WOLCOTT MUNICIPAL WWTP, Wolcott, IN: NPDES IN0040797 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 12Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 6Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
- 1Inspections on file
- 0Formal enforcement actions
WOLCOTT MUNICIPAL WWTP holds NPDES permit IN0040797, which discharges to Tippecanoe R Via Hoagland Ditch. EPA’s file records it issued June 29, 2020 and expiring August 31, 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 | WOLCOTT MUNICIPAL WWTP |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | WOLCOTT MUNICIPAL WWTP |
| NPDES ID | IN0040797 |
| 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 | June 29, 2020 |
| Expiration date | August 31, 2025 |
| Issuing agency | IDEM |
| Address | Wolcott, IN 47995 |
| Receiving water | TIPPECANOE R VIA HOAGLAND DITCH |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Winters Ditch-Hoagland Ditch (HUC 051201061204) |
| 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
- 14Pollutants on file
- 12Under a numeric limit
- 12With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chlorine, total residual | 4 | 11 | 7 | June 30, 2022 | 90% over the limit |
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 3 | 14 | 6 | July 31, 2026 | 64% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 8 | 25 | 5 | September 30, 2024 | 61% over the limit |
| Solids, suspended percent removal | 1 | 6 | 5 | March 31, 2022 | 451% over the limit |
| E. coli, colony forming units [CFU] | 5 | 3 | 2 | July 31, 2021 | 113% over the limit |
| BOD, carb-5 day, 20 deg C, percent removal | 1 | 1 | 1 | March 31, 2021 | 11% over the limit |
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 8 | 17 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 16 | 16 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 1 | 8 | 0 | ||
| pH | 2 | 7 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Flow, wastewater by-passing trtmnt plant | 0 | 4 | 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
- 1Single-event violations
| Date | What EPA recorded | Agency |
|---|---|---|
| October 22, 2026 | Effluent Violations - Narrative Effluent Violation | ST6 |
Inspections
| Date | What EPA recorded | Agency |
|---|---|---|
| October 22, 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
| Date | What EPA recorded | Agency |
|---|---|---|
| October 22, 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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Figures from EPA’s ICIS-NPDES download, loaded October 14, 2026.