Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES KS0096989

LINCOLN, CITY OF (WWTP), Lincoln, KS: NPDES KS0096989 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

Administratively continuedPermit status
MinorDischarger class
8Pollutants under a numeric limit
4Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
0Inspections on file
0Formal enforcement actions

LINCOLN, CITY OF (WWTP), held by LINCOLN, CITY OF, holds NPDES permit KS0096989, which discharges to Saline R (102600105). EPA’s file records it issued January 1, 2020 and expiring December 31, 2024. 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 filed	LINCOLN, CITY OF (WWTP)
Permittee as filed	LINCOLN, CITY OF
NPDES ID	KS0096989
Permit status	Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit type	Individual permit
Discharger class	Minor discharger
Facility type	Publicly owned treatment works
Program	Publicly owned treatment works
Issued	January 1, 2020
Expiration date	December 31, 2024
Issuing agency	Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE)
Address	Lincoln, KS 67455
Receiving water	Saline R (102600105)
Receiving water impaired	303(D) Listed
Subwatershed	Lost Creek-Saline River (HUC 102600100303)

Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).

Effluent limits and exceedances

8Pollutants on file
8Under a numeric limit
8With a violation of any kind
4With 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	3	20	14	September 30, 2026 (as filed; later than the file's load date)	128% over the limit
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C	3	17	11	September 30, 2025	51% over the limit
pH	2	4	1	June 30, 2024
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]	4	3	1	September 30, 2025	177% over the limit
Chloride [as Cl]	2	4	0
E. coli	1	3	0
Sulfate, total [as SO4]	1	2	0
Selenium, total recoverable	1	2	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 KS0096989.

Inspections

EPA’s inspection file holds no inspection for NPDES KS0096989.

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 KS0096989.

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 September 15, 2026.

This public-records page covers Clean Water Act discharge permit NPDES KS0096989, held by LINCOLN, CITY OF (WWTP) in Lincoln, KS, which discharges to Saline R (102600105) and is administratively continued. The page lists 4 pollutants under a numeric limit and 4 pollutants with an effluent exceedance, with the permit's issue and expiration dates as recorded in EPA's file as of September 15, 2026.