Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES IN0049573

TOPEKA WATER COMPANY, Topeka, IN: NPDES IN0049573 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

Administratively continuedPermit status
MinorDischarger class
5Pollutants under a numeric limit
1Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
0Inspections on file
0Formal enforcement actions

TOPEKA WATER COMPANY holds NPDES permit IN0049573, which discharges to Elkhart R Via Barr Ditch To Schrock. EPA’s file records it issued March 4, 2015 and expiring October 31, 2020.

TOPEKA WATER COMPANY, Topeka, Indiana: Individual permit IN0049573; Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued); issued March 4, 2015, term to October 31, 2020, by IDEM; discharges to ELKHART R VIA BARR DITCH TO SCHROCK.

pH: 2 limits, 22 violations of any kind, 1 effluent exceedance, latest April 30, 2015.
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant: 2 limits, 20 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Solids, total suspended: 2 limits, 18 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Iron, total recoverable: 2 limits, 18 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Flow, total: 1 limit, 7 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.

TOPEKA WATER COMPANY among its neighbors

EPA’s permit file holds 26 discharge permits in the Little Elkhart River Ditch subwatershed (HUC 040500011202), IN0049573 among them. Its county holds 25, 1 of them major permits; IN0049573 is a minor permit.

Other permits in the Little Elkhart River Ditch subwatershed (HUC 040500011202)

2024 TOPEKA STREET IMPROVEMENTS - EAST LAKE STREET, Topeka: INRA15131, minor permit, permit term to December 9, 2029
BASIC AG LLC, Topeka: INRA14821, minor permit, permit term to October 13, 2029
BEECHY MILLER POULTRY BROILER BARN ANIMAL FEEDING OPERATION, Topeka: INRA07839, minor permit, permit term to June 7, 2026
CURBO CURBS MIDWEST, Topeka: INRA18573, minor permit, permit term to July 22, 2031
DANNY MILLER CHICKEN BARN, Topeka: INRA08537, minor permit, permit term to September 29, 2026
DARYL BEECHY - LAYER BARN, Topeka: INRA13396, minor permit, permit term to February 28, 2029
DAVID YODER AFO, Topeka: INRA13184, minor permit, permit term to January 23, 2029
DELBERT RABER NFF LAYER BARN, Topeka: INRA14842, minor permit, permit term to October 17, 2029
DENNIS YODER AFO, Topeka: INRA14252, minor permit, permit term to July 14, 2029
DWAYNE BONTRAGER CALF BARN, Topeka: INRA17830, minor permit, permit term to March 29, 2031

Identity

Facility as filed	TOPEKA WATER COMPANY
Permittee as filed	TOPEKA WATER COMPANY
NPDES ID	IN0049573
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	March 4, 2015
Expiration date	October 31, 2020
Issuing agency	IDEM
Address	Topeka, IN 46571
Receiving water	ELKHART R VIA BARR DITCH TO SCHROCK
Subwatershed	Little Elkhart River Ditch (HUC 040500011202)
SIC	4941 – Water Supply

Effluent limits and exceedances

5Pollutants on file
5Under a numeric limit
5With a violation of any kind
1With 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
pH	2	22	1	April 30, 2015
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant	2	20	0
Solids, total suspended	2	18	0
Iron, total recoverable	2	18	0
Flow, total	1	7	0

Inspections, violations and enforcement

0Single-event violations

EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES IN0049573.

Inspections

EPA’s inspection file holds no inspection for NPDES IN0049573.

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 IN0049573.

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Figures from EPA’s ICIS-NPDES download, loaded October 14, 2026.

This EPA public-records page covers NPDES permit IN0049573 held by TOPEKA WATER COMPANY in Topeka, IN, which discharges to ELKHART R VIA BARR DITCH TO SCHROCK, with a permit status of Administratively continued and a discharger class of Minor. The page lists 5 pollutants on file, 1 under a numeric limit, and 1 with an effluent exceedance.