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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES KY0107239

WESTERN REGIONAL WATER RECLAMATION FACILITY, Petersburg, KY: NPDES KY0107239 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

WESTERN REGIONAL WATER RECLAMATION FACILITY, held by Western Regional Water Reclamation Facility, holds NPDES permit KY0107239, which discharges to Ohio River. EPA’s file records it issued July 22, 2009 and expiring August 31, 2014. 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 filedWESTERN REGIONAL WATER RECLAMATION FACILITY
Permittee as filedWestern Regional Water Reclamation Facility
NPDES IDKY0107239
Permit statusAdministratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit typeIndividual permit
Discharger classMajor discharger
Facility typePublicly owned treatment works
ProgramPublicly owned treatment works
IssuedJuly 22, 2009
Expiration dateAugust 31, 2014
AddressPetersburg, KY 41080
Receiving waterOHIO RIVER
Receiving water impaired303(D) Listed
SubwatershedMiddle Creek-Ohio River (HUC 050902030804)
Program components on filePOTW, Pretreatment
NAICS221320 – Sewage Treatment Facilities
SIC4952 – 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

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; the 60 with the most exceedances of 118 are shown.

Pollutant or measureLimitsViolations, any kindEffluent exceedancesLatest exceedanceLargest exceedance, as filed
E. coli22723June 30, 202038,275% over the limit
Solids, total suspended6239October 31, 2018338% over the limit
pH295April 30, 2024
Solids, suspended percent removal185October 31, 2018678% over the limit
BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C]6184October 31, 2018148% over the limit
BOD, carb-5 day, 20 deg C, percent removal141May 31, 201225% over the limit
Temperature, water deg. fahrenheit0120
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]4100
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant4100
Phosphorus, total [as P]260
Nitrogen, total [as N]240
Chlorine, total residual240
Cyanide, free [amenable to chlorination]040
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]120
Toxicity, final conc toxicity units120
Oil & Grease020
Hardness, total [as CaCO3]020
Arsenic, total recoverable020
Selenium, total recoverable020
Thallium, total recoverable020
Beryllium, total recoverable [as Be]020
Nickel, total recoverable020
Silver total recoverable020
Zinc, total recoverable020
Cadmium, total recoverable020
Lead, total recoverable020
Chromium, total recoverable020
Copper, total recoverable020
Antimony, total recoverable020
Dichlorobromomethane020
Carbon tetrachloride020
1,2-Dichloroethane020
Bromoform020
Chloroform020
Toluene020
Benzene020
Acenaphthylene020
Acenaphthene020
Acrolein020
Acrylonitrile020
Anthracene020
Benzo[k]fluoranthene020
Benzo[a]pyrene020
Bis[2-chloroethyl] ether020
Bis[2-chloroethoxy]methane020
Bis[2-chloroisopropyl] ether020
Butyl benzyl phthalate020
Chlorobenzene020
Chlorodibromomethane020
Chrysene020
Diethyl phthalate020
Dimethyl phthalate020
1,2-Diphenylhydrazine020
Ethylbenzene020
Fluoranthene020
Fluorene020
Hexachlorocyclopentadiene020
Hexachloroethane020
Indeno[1,2,3-cd]pyrene020
Isophorone020

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

DateWhat EPA recordedAgency
July 30, 2019Management Practice Violations - Improper Operation and MaintenanceST6
October 18, 2018Management Practice Violations - Improper Operation and MaintenanceST6

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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What this page shows

This public-records page covers NPDES permit KY0107239, held by Western Regional Water Reclamation Facility in Petersburg, KY, which discharges to the Ohio River and is listed as administratively continued. The page lists a discharger class of 13, 6 pollutants under a numeric limit, and 6 pollutants with an effluent exceedance.