Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES IN0042391
AQUA INDIANA, INC. - MIDWEST FACILITY, Fort Wayne, IN: NPDES IN0042391 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 24Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 7Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
AQUA INDIANA, INC. - MIDWEST FACILITY, held by AQUA INDIANA INC MIDWEST WWTP, holds NPDES permit IN0042391, which discharges to Little R Via Graham Mccullock Ditch. EPA’s file records it issued August 1, 2017 and expiring July 31, 2022. 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 | AQUA INDIANA, INC. - MIDWEST FACILITY |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | AQUA INDIANA INC MIDWEST WWTP |
| NPDES ID | IN0042391 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Major discharger |
| Facility type | Not a publicly owned treatment works |
| Program | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | August 1, 2017 |
| Expiration date | July 31, 2022 |
| Issuing agency | IDEM |
| Address | Fort Wayne, IN 46804 |
| Receiving water | LITTLE R VIA GRAHAM MCCULLOCK DITCH |
| Subwatershed | Graham McCulloch Ditch #1-Little River (HUC 051201011004) |
| Program components on file | Biosolids, POTW |
| NAICS | 221320 – Sewage Treatment Facilities |
| 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
- 28Pollutants on file
- 24Under a numeric limit
- 21With a violation of any kind
- 7With 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 | 94 | 82 | July 31, 2026 | 838% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 4 | 66 | 54 | April 30, 2025 | 1,304% over the limit |
| E. coli, colony forming units [CFU] | 3 | 31 | 29 | July 31, 2026 | 99,999% over the limit |
| E. coli, MTEC-MF | 0 | 13 | 13 | July 31, 2000 | 40,326% over the limit |
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 2 | 7 | 7 | October 31, 2025 | 170% over the limit |
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 4 | 18 | 6 | August 31, 2018 | 657% over the limit |
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 2 | 5 | 2 | August 31, 2018 | 32% over the limit |
| pH | 2 | 7 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 1 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Flow, wastewater by-passing trtmnt plant | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Cyanide, free [as free] | 4 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, total recoverable | 4 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Copper, total recoverable | 4 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Phenolics, total recoverable | 4 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Toxicity [acute], Ceriodaphnia dubia | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Toxicity [chronic], Ceriodaphnia dubia | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Phenol | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Chlorine, total residual | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, total recoverable | 4 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Toxicity [acute], Pimephales promelas [Fathead Minnow] | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Toxicity [chronic], Pimephales promelas [Fathead Minnow] | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Cyanide, free [amenable to chlorination] | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nickel, total recoverable | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Silver total recoverable | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Cadmium, total recoverable | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Lead, total recoverable | 4 | 0 | 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 IN0042391.
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.