Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES KS0053694

KTA - LAWRENCE SERVICE AREA (WWTP), Lawrence, KS: NPDES KS0053694 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

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

KTA - LAWRENCE SERVICE AREA (WWTP), held by KANSAS TURNPIKE AUTHORITY, holds NPDES permit KS0053694, which discharges to Ninemile Cr (1027010415). EPA’s file records it issued October 1, 2016 and expiring September 30, 2021.

KTA - LAWRENCE SERVICE AREA (WWTP), Lawrence, Kansas: Individual permit KS0053694, held by KANSAS TURNPIKE AUTHORITY; Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued); issued October 1, 2016, term to September 30, 2021, by Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE); discharges to Ninemile Cr (1027010415).

Solids, total suspended: 6 limits, 4 violations of any kind, 3 effluent exceedances, latest June 30, 2026, largest 63% over the limit.
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C: 6 limits, 1 violation of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
pH: 2 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]: 2 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Lead, total recoverable: 2 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
E. coli: 2 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.

September 4, 2026: Evaluation (S).

Other permits held by KANSAS TURNPIKE AUTHORITY

KTA - MATFIELD GREEN SER. (WWTP), Matfield Green: KS0053660, issued July 1, 2018
KTA - EMPORIA SERVICE AREA (WWTP), Emporia: KS0053678, issued July 1, 2018
KTA - TOPEKA SERVICE AREA (WWTP), Topeka: KS0095885, issued October 1, 2020

KTA - LAWRENCE SERVICE AREA (WWTP) among its neighbors

EPA’s permit file holds 43 discharge permits in the Baldwin Creek-Kansas River subwatershed (HUC 102701040503), KS0053694 among them. Its county holds 95, 2 of them major permits; KS0053694 is a minor permit.

Other permits in the Baldwin Creek-Kansas River subwatershed (HUC 102701040503)

10-23 KA-3634-02, Lawrence: KSR124154, minor permit, permit term to July 31, 2027
2025 SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOL, Lawrence: KSR124271, minor permit, permit term to July 31, 2027
250185-000 - KU GATEWAY PHASE 2, Lawrence: KSR123669, minor permit, permit term to July 31, 2027
AMCOR INDUSTRY TRACK, Lawrence: KSR123517, minor permit, permit term to July 31, 2027
DAMON REA, Lawrence: KSR112703, minor permit, permit term to December 31, 2017
DOUGLAS COUNTY BRIDGE (1800-1124) REPLACEMENT, Lawrence: KSR122940, minor permit, permit term to July 31, 2027
EVERGY - LAWRENCE ENERGY CENTER, Lawrence: KS0079821, minor permit, discharging to Kansas R (1027010421), permit term to August 31, 2019
FALL CREEK VILLAS, Lawrence: KSR123361, minor permit, permit term to July 31, 2027
HALLMARK CARDS INC., Lawrence: KS0091481, minor permit, discharging to Kansas R (1027010421), permit term to November 30, 2021
HUNTERS HILL, Lawrence: KSR124115, minor permit, permit term to July 31, 2027

Identity

Facility as filed	KTA - LAWRENCE SERVICE AREA (WWTP)
Permittee as filed	KANSAS TURNPIKE AUTHORITY
NPDES ID	KS0053694
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	October 1, 2016
Expiration date	September 30, 2021
Issuing agency	Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE)
Address	Lawrence, KS 66049
Receiving water	Ninemile Cr (1027010415)
Subwatershed	Baldwin Creek-Kansas River (HUC 102701040503)

Effluent limits and exceedances

6Pollutants on file
6Under a numeric limit
2With 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	Largest exceedance, as filed
Solids, total suspended	6	4	3	June 30, 2026	63% over the limit
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C	6	1	0
pH	2	0	0
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]	2	0	0
Lead, total recoverable	2	0	0
E. coli	2	0	0

Inspections, violations and enforcement

0Single-event violations

EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES KS0053694.

Inspections

Date	What EPA recorded	Agency
September 4, 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 KS0053694.

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Figures from EPA’s ICIS-NPDES download, loaded September 15, 2026.

This public-records page covers Clean Water Act NPDES permit KS0053694 for the KTA - LAWRENCE SERVICE AREA (WWTP) in Lawrence, KS, held by the KANSAS TURNPIKE AUTHORITY, which discharges to Ninemile Cr (1027010415). The permit is listed as administratively continued, with 1 pollutant under a numeric limit and 1 pollutant with an effluent exceedance.