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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES KS0045985

FREDONIA, CITY OF (WWTP), Fredonia, KS: NPDES KS0045985 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

FREDONIA, CITY OF (WWTP), held by FREDONIA WASTEWATER PLANT, holds NPDES permit KS0045985, which discharges to Fall R (110701021). EPA’s file records it issued January 1, 2017 and expiring December 31, 2021. The status and dates are as EPA’s permit file stood when Velarion loaded it (September 15, 2026); EPA’s free Detailed Facility Report on ECHO carries the permit’s current standing.

Identity

Facility as filedFREDONIA, CITY OF (WWTP)
Permittee as filedFREDONIA WASTEWATER PLANT
NPDES IDKS0045985
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
IssuedJanuary 1, 2017
Expiration dateDecember 31, 2021
Issuing agencyKansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE)
AddressFredonia, KS 66736
Receiving waterFall R (110701021)
SubwatershedSalt Creek-Fall River (HUC 110701020306)
Other EPA IDs (FRS)RCRA handler KSD000202598

Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download); cross-program IDs from EPA’s FRS facility-registry crosswalk.

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 suspended65042October 31, 20241,163% over the limit
E. coli244038September 30, 20249,135% over the limit
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]484634July 31, 20242,138% over the limit
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C50146May 31, 2024453% over the limit
pH451September 30, 2022
Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N]460
Phosphorus, total [as P]450
Nitrogen, total [as N]240
Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N]220
Nitrogen, Total As N020
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant200

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

EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES KS0045985.

Inspections

EPA’s inspection file holds no inspection for NPDES KS0045985.

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 KS0045985.

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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What this page shows

This page covers NPDES permit KS0045985 for the FREDONIA, CITY OF (WWTP) in Fredonia, KS, a publicly owned treatment works that discharges to Fall R (110701021). The permit is administratively continued, with 10 pollutants under a numeric limit and 5 pollutants with an effluent exceedance listed for this permit.