Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES LA0038504

ARCADIA, TOWN OF-WWTP, Arcadia, LA: NPDES LA0038504 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

Administratively continuedPermit status
MinorDischarger class
7Pollutants under a numeric limit
8Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
0Inspections on file
0Formal enforcement actions

ARCADIA, TOWN OF-WWTP, held by Town of Arcadia- WWTP, holds NPDES permit LA0038504, which discharges to 10h. EPA’s file records it issued July 1, 2014 and expiring July 31, 2019.

ARCADIA, TOWN OF-WWTP, Arcadia, Louisiana: Individual permit LA0038504, held by Town of Arcadia- WWTP; Publicly owned treatment works; Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued); issued July 1, 2014, term to July 31, 2019; discharges to 10H.

Solids, total suspended: 10 limits, 241 violations of any kind, 113 effluent exceedances, latest March 31, 2026, largest 660% over the limit.
Coliform, fecal general: 8 limits, 177 violations of any kind, 95 effluent exceedances, latest July 31, 2025, largest 99,999% over the limit.
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C: 0 limits, 198 violations of any kind, 63 effluent exceedances, latest November 30, 2004, largest 960% over the limit.
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]: 10 limits, 51 violations of any kind, 41 effluent exceedances, latest May 31, 2026, largest 1,655% over the limit.
pH: 8 limits, 107 violations of any kind, 15 effluent exceedances, latest February 28, 1995.
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]: 4 limits, 10 violations of any kind, 6 effluent exceedances, latest November 30, 2025, largest 16% over the limit.
Solids, total dissolved: 0 limits, 12 violations of any kind, 5 effluent exceedances, latest March 31, 2025, largest 425% over the limit.
BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C]: 10 limits, 8 violations of any kind, 2 effluent exceedances, latest August 31, 2025, largest 286% over the limit.
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant: 8 limits, 153 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Sulfate [as S]: 0 limits, 9 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Nitrogen, total [as N]: 0 limits, 9 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Phosphorus, total [as P]: 0 limits, 9 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Solids, total dissolved [TDS]: 0 limits, 9 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.

December 31, 2020: Reporting Violations - Failure to submit required report (non-DMR non-pretreatment) (ST6).
December 31, 2018: Reporting Violations - Failure to submit required report (non-DMR non-pretreatment) (ST6).

Louisiana holds 357 Publicly owned treatment works coverages of this permit type in EPA’s file; 35 were issued before LA0038504.

Coverages issued nearest LA0038504

April 30, 2014: ELTON, TOWN OF-WASTEWATER TREA, Elton, LA0061719, held by ELTON, TOWN OF JEFFERSON DAVIS
June 19, 2014: TOWN OF CHURCH POINT, Church Point, LA0038598
June 19, 2014: TOWN OF WISNER STP, Wisner, LA0038644
June 19, 2014: WINNFIELD, CITY OF- WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT, Winnfield, LA0043915, held by City of Winnfield- Wastewater Treatment Plant
June 19, 2014: WINN CORRECTIONAL CENTER, Winnfield, LA0107000, held by CORRECTIONS CORP OF AMERICA
July 15, 2014: TIMBER BRANCH II STP, Mandeville, LA0122645, held by ST. TAMMANY PARISH GOVERNMENT
July 25, 2014: TOWN OF HENDERSON_WWTP, Henderson, LA0117609, held by TOWN OF HENDERSON WWTP
September 3, 2014: LAFAYETTE CONSOLIDATED GOVERNMENT - AMBASSADOR CAFFERY STP, Lafayette, LA0042561, held by Lafayette Consolidated Government - Ambassador Caffery STP
September 16, 2014: LAFAYETTE CONSOLIDATED GOVERNMENT - SOUTH WWTP, Lafayette, LA0036374, held by Lafayette Consolidated Government - South WWTP
September 16, 2014: LAFAYETTE CONSOLIDATED GOVERNMENT - EAST WWTP, Lafayette, LA0036382, held by Lafayette Consolidated Government - East WWTP

ARCADIA, TOWN OF-WWTP among its neighbors

EPA’s permit file holds 3 discharge permits in the Murry Branch-Saline Bayou subwatershed (HUC 111402080101), LA0038504 among them. Its county holds 19, 1 of them major permits; LA0038504 is a minor permit.

Other permits in the Murry Branch-Saline Bayou subwatershed (HUC 111402080101)

ENERGY TRANSFER MARKETING & TERMINALS LP - ARCADIA TERMINAL, Arcadia: LA0127157, minor permit, permit term to June 30, 2022
SR EPC, LLC - ARCADIA SOUTH, Arcadia: LAR10Q296, minor permit, permit term to February 26, 2026

Identity

Facility as filed	ARCADIA, TOWN OF-WWTP
Permittee as filed	Town of Arcadia- WWTP
NPDES ID	LA0038504
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 1, 2014
Expiration date	July 31, 2019
Address	Arcadia, LA 71001
Receiving water	10H
Subwatershed	Murry Branch-Saline Bayou (HUC 111402080101)
SIC	4952 – Sewerage Systems

Effluent limits and exceedances

13Pollutants on file
7Under a numeric limit
13With 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	10	241	113	March 31, 2026	660% over the limit
Coliform, fecal general	8	177	95	July 31, 2025	99,999% over the limit
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C	0	198	63	November 30, 2004	960% over the limit
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]	10	51	41	May 31, 2026	1,655% over the limit
pH	8	107	15	February 28, 1995
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]	4	10	6	November 30, 2025	16% over the limit
Solids, total dissolved	0	12	5	March 31, 2025	425% over the limit
BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C]	10	8	2	August 31, 2025	286% over the limit
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant	8	153	0
Sulfate [as S]	0	9	0
Nitrogen, total [as N]	0	9	0
Phosphorus, total [as P]	0	9	0
Solids, total dissolved [TDS]	0	9	0

Inspections, violations and enforcement

2Single-event violations

Date	What EPA recorded	Agency
December 31, 2020	Reporting Violations - Failure to submit required report (non-DMR non-pretreatment)	ST6
December 31, 2018	Reporting Violations - Failure to submit required report (non-DMR non-pretreatment)	ST6

Inspections

EPA’s inspection file holds no inspection for NPDES LA0038504.

Formal enforcement and penalties

0 formal actions, 0 of them with a penalty assessed. Federal and state penalties are separate figures from separate authorities and are shown as each was filed, never added together.

Informal enforcement

EPA’s informal enforcement file holds no action for NPDES LA0038504.

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This public-records page covers Clean Water Act discharge permit NPDES LA0038504 for ARCADIA, TOWN OF-WWTP in Arcadia, LA, held by Town of Arcadia- WWTP, with the permit listed as administratively continued and a minor discharger class. The page lists 7 pollutants under a numeric limit, 8 pollutants with an effluent exceedance, and 13 pollutants on file.