Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES KS0079804
OTTAWA MUNICIPAL WATER & LIGHT (WASTEWATER), Ottawa, KS: NPDES KS0079804 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 9Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 1Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
- 0Inspections on file
- 0Formal enforcement actions
OTTAWA MUNICIPAL WATER & LIGHT (WASTEWATER), held by OTTAWA MUNI. POWER PLANT, holds NPDES permit KS0079804, which discharges to Marais Des Cygnes R (1029010112). EPA’s file records it issued October 1, 2020 and expiring December 31, 2024. The status and dates are as EPA’s permit file stood when Velarion loaded it (October 14, 2026); EPA’s free Detailed Facility Report on ECHO carries the permit’s current standing.
Identity
| Facility as filed | OTTAWA MUNICIPAL WATER & LIGHT (WASTEWATER) |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | OTTAWA MUNI. POWER PLANT |
| NPDES ID | KS0079804 |
| 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, 2020 |
| Expiration date | December 31, 2024 |
| Issuing agency | Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE) |
| Address | Ottawa, KS 66067 |
| Receiving water | Marais Des Cygnes R (1029010112) |
| Subwatershed | Mud Creek-Marais Des Cygnes River (HUC 102901010406) |
| NAICS | 221112 – Fossil Fuel Electric Power Generation |
| SIC | 4911 – Electric Services |
| Other EPA IDs (FRS) | ICIS-AIR source KS0000002005900006 |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download) and EPA’s NAICS/SIC and component files, the same download; cross-program IDs from EPA’s FRS facility-registry crosswalk.
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 10Pollutants on file
- 9Under a numeric limit
- 5With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oxidants, free available | 4 | 9 | 9 | March 31, 2016 | 34,900% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 4 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Oil & Grease | 4 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 4 | 1 | 0 | ||
| pH | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| LC50 Static 48Hr Acute Ceriodaphnia dubia | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| LC50 Static 48Hr Acute Pimephales promelas | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Temperature, water deg. fahrenheit | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Priority Pollutants | 2 | 0 | 0 |
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
- 0Single-event violations
EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES KS0079804.
Inspections
EPA’s inspection file holds no inspection for NPDES KS0079804.
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 KS0079804.
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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Figures from EPA’s ICIS-NPDES download, loaded October 14, 2026.