Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES IN0044971
BROWN COUNTY WATER UTILITY, INC., Morgantown, IN: NPDES IN0044971 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 6Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 4Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
BROWN COUNTY WATER UTILITY, INC., held by BROWN COUNTY WATER UTILITY, holds NPDES permit IN0044971, which discharges to Or/W Fk White/Beanblossom/Indian Cr. EPA’s file records it issued November 8, 2018 and expiring November 30, 2023. 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 | BROWN COUNTY WATER UTILITY, INC. |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | BROWN COUNTY WATER UTILITY |
| NPDES ID | IN0044971 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Minor discharger |
| Facility type | Not a publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | November 8, 2018 |
| Expiration date | November 30, 2023 |
| Issuing agency | IDEM |
| Address | Morgantown, IN 47435 |
| Receiving water | OR/W FK WHITE/BEANBLOSSOM/INDIAN CR |
| Subwatershed | Oliver Creek-Indian Creek (HUC 051202011602) |
| SIC | 4941 – Water Supply |
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
- 6Pollutants on file
- 6Under a numeric limit
- 6With a violation of any kind
- 4With 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 | 2 | 50 | 7 | April 30, 2025 | 99,999% over the limit |
| pH | 2 | 49 | 4 | August 31, 2014 | |
| Iron, total recoverable | 2 | 45 | 2 | May 31, 2020 | 135% over the limit |
| Chlorine, total residual | 2 | 9 | 1 | June 30, 2019 | 233% over the limit |
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 44 | 0 | ||
| Flow, total | 1 | 15 | 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 IN0044971.
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.