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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES MN0021261

ADAMS WWTP, Adams, MN: NPDES MN0021261 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

ADAMS WWTP, held by Adams city of, holds NPDES permit MN0021261. EPA’s file records it issued October 1, 2020 and expiring September 30, 2025. 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 filedADAMS WWTP
Permittee as filedAdams city of
NPDES IDMN0021261
Permit statusEffective
Permit typeIndividual permit
Discharger classMinor discharger
Facility typePublicly owned treatment works
ProgramPublicly owned treatment works
IssuedOctober 1, 2020
Expiration dateSeptember 30, 2025
Issuing agencySTA
AddressAdams, MN 55909
Receiving water impaired303(D) Listed
SubwatershedCity of Adams (HUC 070802010701)
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, carb-5 day, 20 deg C, percent removal144March 31, 202627% over the limit
Chlorine, total residual022September 30, 20255% over the limit
Solids, total suspended711February 29, 20244% over the limit
Solids, suspended percent removal111May 31, 20227% over the limit
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]700
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant600
BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C]600
pH400
Phosphorus, total [as P]300
Mercury, total [as Hg]300
Nitrogen, total [as N]200
Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N]200
Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N]200
Mercury, dissolved [as Hg]200
Precipitation, total defined period/in100
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]100
Coliform, fecal MPN + membrane ftl 44.5 C100
Solids, total dissolved100

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 MN0021261.

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 NPDES permit MN0021261 for the ADAMS WWTP in Adams, MN, held by Adams city of, a publicly owned treatment works with a Minor discharger class and an effective permit status. The page lists 18 pollutants on file, 17 of them under a numeric limit, and 4 with an effluent exceedance.