Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES LA0032794

VIDALIA, CITY OF- WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT, Vidalia, LA: NPDES LA0032794 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

Administratively continuedPermit status
MajorDischarger class
16Pollutants under a numeric limit
4Pollutants with an effluent exceedance

VIDALIA, CITY OF- WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT, held by Vidalia, City of- Wastewater Treatment Plant, holds NPDES permit LA0032794, which discharges to Vidalia Drainage Canal; Ms River. EPA’s file records it issued August 29, 2017 and expiring September 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	VIDALIA, CITY OF- WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT
Permittee as filed	Vidalia, City of- Wastewater Treatment Plant
NPDES ID	LA0032794
Permit status	Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit type	Individual permit
Discharger class	Major discharger
Facility type	Publicly owned treatment works
Program	Publicly owned treatment works
Issued	August 29, 2017
Expiration date	September 30, 2022
Address	Vidalia, LA 71373
Receiving water	VIDALIA DRAINAGE CANAL; MS RIVER
Subwatershed	Glasscock Cutoff-Mississippi River (HUC 080601000502)
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
11With 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
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C	3	50	28	July 31, 2004	158% over the limit
Coliform, fecal general	2	26	14	February 28, 2023	99,999% over the limit
pH	2	24	10	January 31, 2012
Solids, total suspended	3	28	3	April 30, 2005	454% over the limit
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant	2	12	0
Low Flow Pass/Fail Static Renewal 48Hr Acute Daphnia pulex	2	12	0
LF Pass/Fail Static Renewal 48Hr Acute Pimephales promelas	2	12	0
NOAEC Lethal Statis Renewal 48 Hr Acute Daphnia pulex	2	12	0
NOAEC Lethal Static Renewal 48Hr acute Pimephales promelas	2	12	0
Coef Of Var Static Renewal 48Hr Acute D. pulex	1	8	0
Coef Of Var Static Renewal 48Hr Acute Pimephales promelas	1	8	0
Whole effluent toxicity - retest #1	4	0	0
Whole effluent toxicity - retest #2	4	0	0
Whole Effluent Toxicity - Retest #3	4	0	0
Nitrogen, total [as N]	3	0	0
Phosphorus, total [as P]	3	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

3Single-event violations

Date	What EPA recorded	Agency
August 30, 2018	Management Practice Violations - Improper Operation and Maintenance	ST6
June 2, 2017	WW SSO - Discharge to Waters	ST6
May 31, 2017	Reporting Violations - Improper/ Incorrect Reporting	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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This public-records page covers NPDES permit LA0032794 held by Vidalia, City of- Wastewater Treatment Plant in Vidalia, LA, a major discharger classed as a publicly owned treatment works that discharges to Vidalia Drainage Canal and Ms River. The page lists the permit as administratively continued, with 16 as the discharger class figure, 4 pollutants under a numeric limit, and 4 pollutants with an effluent exceedance.