Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES IN0059307

IN-AMERICAN WATER CO - FRANKLIN, Franklin, IN: NPDES IN0059307 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

Administratively continuedPermit status
MinorDischarger class
6Pollutants under a numeric limit
3Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
1Inspections on file
0Formal enforcement actions

IN-AMERICAN WATER CO - FRANKLIN holds NPDES permit IN0059307, which discharges to Sugar Cr To Driftwood River. EPA’s file records it issued May 12, 2017 and expiring July 31, 2022.

IN-AMERICAN WATER CO - FRANKLIN, Franklin, Indiana: Individual permit IN0059307; Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued); issued May 12, 2017, term to July 31, 2022, by IDEM; discharges to SUGAR CR TO DRIFTWOOD RIVER.

pH: 2 limits, 10 violations of any kind, 10 effluent exceedances, latest May 31, 2026.
Solids, total suspended: 2 limits, 5 violations of any kind, 5 effluent exceedances, latest May 31, 2009, largest 10,339% over the limit.
Chlorine, total residual: 2 limits, 2 violations of any kind, 2 effluent exceedances, latest September 30, 2020, largest 0% over the limit.
Iron, total recoverable: 2 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant: 2 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Flow, total: 1 limit, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.

March 26, 2026: Evaluation (S).

IN-AMERICAN WATER CO - FRANKLIN among its neighbors

EPA’s permit file holds 4 discharge permits in the Gibson Ditch-Sugar Creek subwatershed (HUC 051202040704), IN0059307 among them. Its county holds 72, 3 of them major permits; IN0059307 is a minor permit.

Other permits in the Gibson Ditch-Sugar Creek subwatershed (HUC 051202040704)

FALL CREEK COMBINED CONSOLIDATED SEWER PHASE III FC03, Indianapolis: INRA05656, minor permit, permit term to June 2, 2025
INDOT AMITY UNIT, Franklin: IN0062502, minor permit, discharging to E FK WHITE R/YOUNGS CR/SUGAR CR/UNNMD TRIB, permit term to October 31, 2011
TORRENCE AVENUE RECONSTRUCTION, Hammond: INRA05742, minor permit, permit term to June 16, 2025

Identity

Facility as filed	IN-AMERICAN WATER CO - FRANKLIN
Permittee as filed	IN-AMERICAN WATER CO - FRANKLIN
NPDES ID	IN0059307
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	May 12, 2017
Expiration date	July 31, 2022
Issuing agency	IDEM
Address	Franklin, IN 46131
Receiving water	SUGAR CR TO DRIFTWOOD RIVER
Subwatershed	Gibson Ditch-Sugar Creek (HUC 051202040704)
SIC	4941 – Water Supply

Effluent limits and exceedances

6Pollutants on file
6Under a numeric limit
3With a violation of any kind
3With 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
pH	2	10	10	May 31, 2026
Solids, total suspended	2	5	5	May 31, 2009	10,339% over the limit
Chlorine, total residual	2	2	2	September 30, 2020	0% over the limit
Iron, total recoverable	2	0	0
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant	2	0	0
Flow, total	1	0	0

Inspections, violations and enforcement

0Single-event violations

EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES IN0059307.

Inspections

Date	What EPA recorded	Agency
March 26, 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 IN0059307.

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

This public-records page covers Clean Water Act NPDES permit IN0059307, held by IN-AMERICAN WATER CO - FRANKLIN in Franklin, IN, which discharges to Sugar Cr To Driftwood River within the Gibson Ditch-Sugar Creek watershed (HUC 051202040704). The permit is listed as administratively continued, with a Minor Discharger class of 6 and 3 pollutants under a numeric limit, 3 of which have an effluent exceedance. The page also notes that the permit's listed issue and expiration dates are as EPA's permit file stood when Velarion loaded it on October 14, 2026.