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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES IN0059404

SALEM WATER WORKS - LAKE JOHN HAY WATER PLANT, Salem, IN: NPDES IN0059404 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

SALEM WATER WORKS - LAKE JOHN HAY WATER PLANT holds NPDES permit IN0059404, which discharges to Or/Blue River/Rinkers Creek. EPA’s file records it issued December 28, 2017 and expiring January 31, 2023.

SALEM WATER WORKS - LAKE JOHN HAY WATER PLANT, Salem, Indiana: Individual permit IN0059404; Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued); issued December 28, 2017, term to January 31, 2023, by IDEM; discharges to OR/BLUE RIVER/RINKERS CREEK.

  • Solids, total suspended: 2 limits, 121 violations of any kind, 4 effluent exceedances, latest July 31, 2025, largest 360% over the limit.
  • Chlorine, total residual: 2 limits, 113 violations of any kind, 2 effluent exceedances, latest July 31, 2025, largest 400% over the limit.
  • pH: 2 limits, 118 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant: 2 limits, 117 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • Flow, total: 1 limit, 55 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.

SALEM WATER WORKS - LAKE JOHN HAY WATER PLANT among its neighbors

EPA’s permit file holds 21 discharge permits in the Highland Creek-West Fork Blue River subwatershed (HUC 051401040703), IN0059404 among them. Its county holds 24, 1 of them major permits; IN0059404 is a minor permit.

Other permits in the Highland Creek-West Fork Blue River subwatershed (HUC 051401040703)

Identity

Facility as filedSALEM WATER WORKS - LAKE JOHN HAY WATER PLANT
Permittee as filedSALEM WATER WORKS - LAKE JOHN HAY WATER PLANT
NPDES IDIN0059404
Permit statusAdministratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit typeIndividual permit
Discharger classMinor discharger
Facility typeNot a publicly owned treatment works
IssuedDecember 28, 2017
Expiration dateJanuary 31, 2023
Issuing agencyIDEM
AddressSalem, IN 47167
Receiving waterOR/BLUE RIVER/RINKERS CREEK
SubwatershedHighland Creek-West Fork Blue River (HUC 051401040703)
SIC4941 – Water Supply
Other EPA IDs (FRS)RCRA handler INR000151381

Effluent limits and exceedances

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 measureLimitsViolations, any kindEffluent exceedancesLatest exceedanceLargest exceedance, as filed
Solids, total suspended21214July 31, 2025360% over the limit
Chlorine, total residual21132July 31, 2025400% over the limit
pH21180
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant21170
Flow, total1550

Inspections, violations and enforcement

EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES IN0059404.

Inspections

EPA’s inspection file holds no inspection for NPDES IN0059404.

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 IN0059404.

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What this page shows

This public-records page covers NPDES permit IN0059404 for Salem Water Works - Lake John Hay Water Plant in Salem, IN, which discharges to Or/Blue River/Rinkers Creek and is administratively continued. The page lists a permit status of Minor Discharger class 5, with 2 pollutants under a numeric limit and 2 pollutants with an effluent exceedance.