Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES MN0023957
LESTER PRAIRIE WWTP, Lester Prairie, MN: NPDES MN0023957 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 0Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 1Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
LESTER PRAIRIE WWTP, held by LESTER PRAIRIE, holds NPDES permit MN0023957, which discharges to Crow R S Fk. EPA’s file records it issued February 5, 2010 and expiring January 31, 2015. 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 | LESTER PRAIRIE WWTP |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | LESTER PRAIRIE |
| NPDES ID | MN0023957 |
| 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 | February 5, 2010 |
| Expiration date | January 31, 2015 |
| Address | Lester Prairie, MN 55354 |
| Receiving water | CROW R S FK |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | City of Lester Prairie-South Fork Crow River (HUC 070102050307) |
| 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
- 8Pollutants on file
- 0Under a numeric limit
- 8With a violation of any kind
- 1With 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 | 0 | 53 | 1 | May 31, 1989 | 15% over the limit |
| pH | 0 | 52 | 0 | ||
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 0 | 52 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 0 | 27 | 0 | ||
| Chlorine, total residual | 0 | 25 | 0 | ||
| Coliform, fecal MPN + membrane ftl 44.5 C | 0 | 18 | 0 | ||
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 0 | 13 | 0 | ||
| Chlorine rate | 0 | 8 | 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 MN0023957.
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.