Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES LA0020281
WINNSBORO, TOWN OF WINNSBORO, Winnsboro, LA: NPDES LA0020281 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 9Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 8Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
WINNSBORO, TOWN OF WINNSBORO, held by City of Winnsboro - Winnsboro Municipal Treatment Plant, holds NPDES permit LA0020281, which discharges to Turkey Creek-Turkey Creek Lake. EPA’s file records it issued July 20, 2017 and expiring July 31, 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 | WINNSBORO, TOWN OF WINNSBORO |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | City of Winnsboro - Winnsboro Municipal Treatment Plant |
| NPDES ID | LA0020281 |
| 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 | July 20, 2017 |
| Expiration date | July 31, 2022 |
| Address | Winnsboro, LA 71295 |
| Receiving water | TURKEY CREEK-TURKEY CREEK LAKE |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Ash Slough-Turkey Creek (HUC 080500011501) |
| 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
- 9Under a numeric limit
- 16With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 6 | 174 | 120 | October 31, 2024 | 308% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 6 | 173 | 119 | May 31, 2024 | 1,030% over the limit |
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 6 | 137 | 83 | May 31, 2024 | 342% over the limit |
| Coliform, fecal general | 4 | 112 | 76 | May 31, 2024 | 99,999% over the limit |
| Aldrin | 8 | 89 | 51 | March 31, 2026 | 97,702% over the limit |
| Chromium, hexavalent [as Cr] | 0 | 8 | 2 | October 31, 2003 | 385% over the limit |
| Chlorine, total residual | 0 | 2 | 2 | May 31, 2003 | 30,203% over the limit |
| pH | 4 | 37 | 1 | May 31, 2015 | |
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 4 | 37 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, total [as N] | 6 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 6 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Chloride [as Cl] | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total dissolved | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Low Flow Pass/Fail Survival Test Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pimephales promelas | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| NOEC Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pimephales promelas | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| NOEC Sub-Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pimephales promelas | 0 | 4 | 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
- 12Single-event violations
| Date | What EPA recorded | Agency |
|---|---|---|
| February 12, 2024 | Management Practice Violations - Failure to Maintain Records | ST6 |
| February 12, 2024 | Management Practice Violations - Improper Operation and Maintenance | ST6 |
| December 31, 2023 | Reporting Violations - Failure to Notify | ST6 |
| September 30, 2023 | Reporting Violations - Failure to submit required report (non-DMR non-pretreatment) | ST6 |
| March 31, 2023 | Reporting Violations - Failure to Notify | ST6 |
| November 2, 2021 | WW SSO - Improper Operation and Maintenance | ST6 |
| November 2, 2021 | Reporting Violations - Failure to submit required report (non-DMR non-pretreatment) | ST6 |
| July 20, 2021 | WW SSO - Discharge to Waters | ST6 |
| April 4, 2019 | WW SSO - Improper Operation and Maintenance | ST6 |
| April 4, 2019 | WW SSO - Discharge to Waters | ST6 |
| April 4, 2019 | Reporting Violations - Failure to submit required report (non-DMR non-pretreatment) | ST6 |
| March 31, 2019 | Reporting Violations - Failure to Notify | 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.