Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES KY0081591
LH WWTF, Georgetown, KY: NPDES KY0081591 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 8Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 8Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
LH WWTF holds NPDES permit KY0081591, which discharges to North Elkhorn. EPA’s file records it issued May 16, 2019 and expiring June 30, 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 | LH WWTF |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | LH WWTF |
| NPDES ID | KY0081591 |
| 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 | May 16, 2019 |
| Expiration date | June 30, 2024 |
| Address | Georgetown, KY 40324 |
| Receiving water | NORTH ELKHORN |
| Subwatershed | Dry Run-North Elkhorn Creek (HUC 051002050805) |
| NAICS | 237210 – Land Subdivision |
| SIC | 6552 – Subdividers And Developers |
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
- 9Pollutants on file
- 8Under a numeric limit
- 9With a violation of any kind
- 8With 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 | 2 | 263 | 251 | November 30, 2023 | 17,473% over the limit |
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 2 | 113 | 93 | February 28, 2019 | 760% over the limit |
| E. coli | 2 | 87 | 85 | October 31, 2024 | 99,999% over the limit |
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 1 | 64 | 61 | March 31, 2020 | 99% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 4 | 74 | 54 | June 30, 2020 | 791% over the limit |
| Chlorine, total residual | 2 | 40 | 34 | July 31, 2024 | 41,268% over the limit |
| Coliform, fecal general | 0 | 38 | 32 | June 30, 2007 | 99,999% over the limit |
| pH | 2 | 27 | 21 | January 31, 2017 | |
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 12 | 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
- 3Single-event violations
| Date | What EPA recorded | Agency |
|---|---|---|
| November 20, 2020 | Effluent Violations - Narrative Effluent Violation | ST6 |
| November 20, 2020 | Permit Violations - Violation Specified in Comment | ST6 |
| June 27, 2019 | Permit Violations - Violation Specified in Comment | ST6 |
Velarion’s copy of EPA’s ICIS-NPDES files does not include the inspections, formal enforcement actions and informal enforcement actions files, so this page shows none of them. EPA’s free Detailed Facility Report on ECHO lists this permit’s inspections, enforcement actions and penalties.
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.