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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES LA0033031

VILLAGE OF WATERPROOF WWTP, Waterproof, LA: NPDES LA0033031 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

VILLAGE OF WATERPROOF WWTP, held by TOWN OF WATERPROOF, holds NPDES permit LA0033031, which discharges to Buffalo Bayou. EPA’s file records it issued July 31, 2015 and expiring August 31, 2020. The status and dates are as EPA’s permit file stood when Velarion loaded it (September 15, 2026); EPA’s free Detailed Facility Report on ECHO carries the permit’s current standing.

Identity

Facility as filedVILLAGE OF WATERPROOF WWTP
Permittee as filedTOWN OF WATERPROOF
NPDES IDLA0033031
Permit statusAdministratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit typeIndividual permit
Discharger classMinor discharger
Facility typePublicly owned treatment works
ProgramPublicly owned treatment works
IssuedJuly 31, 2015
Expiration dateAugust 31, 2020
AddressWaterproof, LA 71375
Receiving waterBUFFALO BAYOU
SubwatershedLittle Tensas Bayou-Little Tensas River (HUC 080500030505)

Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO 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.

Pollutant or measureLimitsViolations, any kindEffluent exceedancesLatest exceedanceLargest exceedance, as filed
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]6158113June 30, 2026768% over the limit
BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C]6156111June 30, 2026537% over the limit
Coliform, fecal general4137107June 30, 202699,999% over the limit
Solids, total suspended614196June 30, 20261,100% over the limit
Chlorine, total residual03519March 31, 20264,142% over the limit
pH4300
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant4300
Nitrogen, total [as N]0120
Phosphorus, total [as P]0120

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
December 31, 2024Reporting Violations - Failure to submit required report (non-DMR non-pretreatment)ST6
March 31, 2024Monitoring Violations - Analysis not ConductedST6
March 26, 2024Monitoring Violations - Failure to Monitor for Non-Toxicity RequirementsST6
March 26, 2024Management Practice Violations - Improper Operation and MaintenanceST6
March 26, 2024Failure to minimize or prevent SSO to waters of the U.S. - adverse impacts [40 CFR 122.41(d)]ST6
March 26, 2024Failure to properly operate and maintain the sanitary sewer system [40 CFR 122.41(e)]ST6
September 30, 2023Monitoring Violations - Analysis not ConductedST6
December 31, 2022Reporting Violations - Failure to submit required report (non-DMR non-pretreatment)ST6
February 24, 2022WW SSO - Discharge to WatersST6
February 24, 2022WW SSO - Improper Operation and MaintenanceST6
February 24, 2022Reporting Violations - Failure to submit required report (non-DMR non-pretreatment)ST6
December 31, 2021Reporting Violations - Failure to submit required report (non-DMR non-pretreatment)ST6
August 31, 2021Monitoring Violations - Frequency of Sampling ViolationST6
April 30, 2021Monitoring Violations - Frequency of Sampling ViolationST6
October 28, 2019WW SSO - Discharge to WatersST6
October 10, 2019WW SSO - Improper Operation and MaintenanceST6
April 24, 2019Management Practice Violations - Improper Operation and MaintenanceST6
April 24, 2019Management Practice Violations - Failure to Maintain RecordsST6
April 24, 2019Effluent Violations - Narrative Effluent ViolationST6
April 24, 2019Biosolids: Other Management Practice ViolationST6
December 31, 2018Reporting Violations - Improper/ Incorrect ReportingST6
April 8, 2018WW SSO - Improper Operation and MaintenanceST6
February 15, 2018WW SSO - Discharge to WatersST6
June 30, 2017Monitoring Violations - Failure to Monitor for Non-Toxicity RequirementsST6
June 30, 2017Reporting Violations - Late Submittal of DMRsST6
May 31, 2017Effluent Violations - Numeric effluent violationST6
February 16, 2017WW SSO - 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

The page covers NPDES permit LA0033031 for the Village of Waterproof WWTP in Waterproof, LA, a minor publicly owned treatment works permit held by the Town of Waterproof that discharges to Buffalo Bayou, with the permit shown as administratively continued. The facts list 6 for discharger class, 5 pollutants under a numeric limit and 9 pollutants on file.