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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES IN0060411

FRIENDSHIP RSD WWTP, Friendship, IN: NPDES IN0060411 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

FRIENDSHIP RSD WWTP holds NPDES permit IN0060411, which discharges to Laughery Cr To Ohio River. EPA’s file records it issued December 26, 2019 and expiring April 30, 2025.

FRIENDSHIP RSD WWTP, Friendship, Indiana: Individual permit IN0060411; Publicly owned treatment works; Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued); issued December 26, 2019, term to April 30, 2025, by IDEM; discharges to LAUGHERY CR TO OHIO RIVER.

  • Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]: 2 limits, 15 violations of any kind, 11 effluent exceedances, latest November 30, 2025, largest 132% over the limit.
  • BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C]: 2 limits, 13 violations of any kind, 9 effluent exceedances, latest November 30, 2025, largest 92% over the limit.
  • E. coli, colony forming units [CFU]: 3 limits, 5 violations of any kind, 5 effluent exceedances, latest August 31, 2022, largest 1,836% over the limit.
  • BOD, carb-5 day, 20 deg C, percent removal: 0 limits, 3 violations of any kind, 3 effluent exceedances, latest March 31, 2015, largest 567% over the limit.
  • pH: 2 limits, 5 violations of any kind, 1 effluent exceedance, latest July 31, 2011.
  • Dilution factor: 1 limit, 4 violations of any kind, 1 effluent exceedance, latest September 30, 2014, largest 30% over the limit.
  • Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant: 2 limits, 7 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • Solids, total suspended: 2 limits, 4 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • Streamflow: 1 limit, 4 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • Chlorine, total residual: 2 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • Number of Events: 2 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • Flow, total: 1 limit, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • September 25, 2026: Evaluation (S).

Indiana holds 541 Publicly owned treatment works coverages of this permit type in EPA’s file; 355 were issued before IN0060411.

Coverages issued nearest IN0060411

FRIENDSHIP RSD WWTP among its neighbors

EPA’s permit file holds 2 discharge permits in the Caesar Creek-Laughery Creek subwatershed (HUC 050902030604), IN0060411 among them. Its county holds 34, 0 of them major permits; IN0060411 is a minor permit.

Other permits in the Caesar Creek-Laughery Creek subwatershed (HUC 050902030604)

Identity

Facility as filedFRIENDSHIP RSD WWTP
Permittee as filedFRIENDSHIP RSD WWTP
NPDES IDIN0060411
Permit statusAdministratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit typeIndividual permit
Discharger classMinor discharger
Facility typePublicly owned treatment works
ProgramPublicly owned treatment works
IssuedDecember 26, 2019
Expiration dateApril 30, 2025
Issuing agencyIDEM
AddressFriendship, IN 47021
Receiving waterLAUGHERY CR TO OHIO RIVER
SubwatershedCaesar Creek-Laughery Creek (HUC 050902030604)
SIC4952 – Sewerage Systems

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
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]21511November 30, 2025132% over the limit
BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C]2139November 30, 202592% over the limit
E. coli, colony forming units [CFU]355August 31, 20221,836% over the limit
BOD, carb-5 day, 20 deg C, percent removal033March 31, 2015567% over the limit
pH251July 31, 2011
Dilution factor141September 30, 201430% over the limit
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant270
Solids, total suspended240
Streamflow140
Chlorine, total residual200
Number of Events200
Flow, total100

Inspections, violations and enforcement

EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES IN0060411.

Inspections

DateWhat EPA recordedAgency
September 25, 2026EvaluationS

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 IN0060411.

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

What this page shows

This public-records page covers Clean Water Act NPDES permit IN0060411 for FRIENDSHIP RSD WWTP in Friendship, IN, which discharges to Laughery Cr To Ohio River within watershed HUC 050902030604. The permit is listed as administratively continued, with 6 pollutants under a numeric limit and 6 pollutants with an effluent exceedance.