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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES MN0020494

AURORA WWTP, Aurora, MN: NPDES MN0020494 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

AURORA WWTP, held by Aurora WWTP, holds NPDES permit MN0020494, which discharges to Silver Cr. EPA’s file records it issued February 25, 2011 and expiring January 31, 2016. 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 filedAURORA WWTP
Permittee as filedAurora WWTP
NPDES IDMN0020494
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
IssuedFebruary 25, 2011
Expiration dateJanuary 31, 2016
AddressAurora, MN 55705
Receiving waterSILVER CR
SubwatershedTwin Lakes-Saint Louis River (HUC 040102010204)
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.

Pollutant or measureLimitsViolations, any kindEffluent exceedancesLatest exceedanceLargest exceedance, as filed
BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C]02218April 30, 1993208% over the limit
Phosphorus, total [as P]0127October 31, 199350% over the limit
Coliform, fecal MPN + membrane ftl 44.5 C0124September 30, 1993200% over the limit
pH062October 31, 1990
Chlorine, total residual011September 30, 202299,999% over the limit
Mercury, total [as Hg]011September 30, 202366% over the limit
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant0610
Solids, total suspended060
Mercury, dissolved [as Hg]020
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]010
Nitrogen, total [as N]010
Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N]010
Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N]010

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

EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES MN0020494.

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 Clean Water Act NPDES permit MN0020494, held by Aurora WWTP for AURORA WWTP in Aurora, MN, which discharges to SILVER CR in the Twin Lakes-Saint Louis River subwatershed (HUC 040102010204). The permit is listed as administratively continued, with a Minor Discharger class of 0, 6 pollutants under a numeric limit, and 6 pollutants with an effluent exceedance.