Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES MN0022870
BRAHAM WWTP, Braham, MN: NPDES MN0022870 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- EffectivePermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 17Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 5Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
BRAHAM WWTP, held by Braham city of, holds NPDES permit MN0022870. EPA’s file records it issued December 1, 2019 and expiring October 31, 2024. 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 filed | BRAHAM WWTP |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Braham city of |
| NPDES ID | MN0022870 |
| Permit status | Effective |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Minor discharger |
| Facility type | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Program | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | December 1, 2019 |
| Expiration date | October 31, 2024 |
| Issuing agency | STA |
| Address | Braham, MN 55006 |
| Subwatershed | Lower Stanchfield Brook (HUC 070102070505) |
| SIC | 4952 – 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
- 18Pollutants on file
- 17Under a numeric limit
- 8With a violation of any kind
- 5With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 6 | 92 | 7 | January 31, 2020 | 174% over the limit |
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 4 | 6 | 6 | December 31, 2021 | 50% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 8 | 94 | 4 | November 30, 2023 | 76% over the limit |
| Coliform, fecal MPN + membrane ftl 44.5 C | 1 | 7 | 3 | August 31, 1991 | 140% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 6 | 2 | 2 | October 31, 2025 | 57% over the limit |
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 3 | 60 | 0 | ||
| Chlorine, total residual | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
| pH | 4 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, total [as N] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total dissolved | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Precipitation, total defined period/in | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mercury, dissolved [as Hg] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mercury, total [as Hg] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| BOD, carb-5 day, 20 deg C, percent removal | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Solids, suspended percent removal | 1 | 0 | 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 MN0022870.
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 October 14, 2026.