Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES MN0022501

BARNESVILLE WWTP, Barnesville, MN: NPDES MN0022501 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

Administratively continuedPermit status
MinorDischarger class
0Pollutants under a numeric limit
3Pollutants with an effluent exceedance

BARNESVILLE WWTP, held by BARNESVILLE, holds NPDES permit MN0022501, which discharges to Whiskey R Via Dt. EPA’s file records it issued January 25, 2012 and expiring December 31, 2016. 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 filed	BARNESVILLE WWTP
Permittee as filed	BARNESVILLE
NPDES ID	MN0022501
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	January 25, 2012
Expiration date	December 31, 2016
Address	Barnesville, MN 56514
Receiving water	WHISKEY R VIA DT
Subwatershed	Lower Whiskey Creek (HUC 090201060403)

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

Effluent limits and exceedances

15Pollutants on file
0Under a numeric limit
15With a violation of any kind
3With 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	Violations, any kind	Effluent exceedances	Latest exceedance	Largest exceedance, as filed
Solids, total suspended	27	10	April 30, 1992	120% over the limit
pH	11	5	June 30, 2026
BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C]	18	1	April 30, 1992	22% over the limit
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant	9	0
Phosphorus, total [as P]	6	0
Nitrogen, total [as N]	5	0
Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N]	5	0
Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N]	5	0
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]	3	0
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]	2	0
Coliform, fecal MPN + membrane ftl 44.5 C	2	0
Solids, total dissolved	2	0
Mercury, dissolved [as Hg]	2	0
Mercury, total [as Hg]	2	0
Precipitation, total defined period/in	1	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

0Single-event violations

EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES MN0022501.

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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Figures from EPA’s ICIS-NPDES download, loaded September 15, 2026.

This public-records page covers the NPDES discharge permit MN0022501 for the BARNESVILLE WWTP in Barnesville, MN, which discharges to the WHISKEY R VIA DT within the Lower Whiskey Creek subwatershed (HUC 090201060403). The permit is administratively continued, carries a Minor discharger class, and lists 15 pollutants on file, with 3 pollutants showing an effluent exceedance.