Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES KS0097730

NORTON, CITY OF (WWTP), Norton, KS: NPDES KS0097730 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

Administratively continuedPermit status
MinorDischarger class
16Pollutants under a numeric limit
3Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
0Inspections on file
0Formal enforcement actions

NORTON, CITY OF (WWTP), held by NORTON, CITY OF, holds NPDES permit KS0097730, which discharges to Prairie Dog Cr (102500154). EPA’s file records it issued March 1, 2018 and expiring November 30, 2022. 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	NORTON, CITY OF (WWTP)
Permittee as filed	NORTON, CITY OF
NPDES ID	KS0097730
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	March 1, 2018
Expiration date	November 30, 2022
Issuing agency	Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE)
Address	Norton, KS 67654
Receiving water	Prairie Dog Cr (102500154)
Receiving water impaired	303(D) Listed
Subwatershed	Robinson Creek-Prairie Dog Creek (HUC 102500150208)
Program components on file	POTW, Pretreatment
NAICS	221320 – Sewage Treatment Facilities
SIC	4952 – Sewerage Systems

Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download) and EPA’s NAICS/SIC and component files, the same download.

Effluent limits and exceedances

16Pollutants on file
16Under a numeric limit
12With a violation of any kind
3With 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
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]	48	15	3	June 30, 2026	69% over the limit
E. coli	2	8	2	April 30, 2016	3% over the limit
pH	4	13	1	January 31, 2014
Solids, total suspended	6	20	0
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C	50	18	0
Phosphorus, total [as P]	6	18	0
Nitrogen, total [as N]	4	12	0
Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N]	4	12	0
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]	2	8	0
Arsenic, total recoverable	2	8	0
Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N]	2	6	0
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant	2	5	0
Nitrogen, Total As N	4	0	0
Phosphorus, Total As P	4	0	0
Zinc, total recoverable	2	0	0
Chromium, total recoverable	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 KS0097730.

Inspections

EPA’s inspection file holds no inspection for NPDES KS0097730.

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 KS0097730.

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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This public-records page covers Clean Water Act discharge permit NPDES KS0097730, held by NORTON, CITY OF (WWTP) in Norton, KS, which discharges to Prairie Dog Cr (102500154). The permit is administratively continued, with 16 as its discharger class and 3 pollutants under a numeric limit, of which 3 had an effluent exceedance.