Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES MN0046868
WHITEWATER RIVER REGIONAL WWTP, Saint Charles, MN: NPDES MN0046868 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 17Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 8Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
WHITEWATER RIVER REGIONAL WWTP, held by Whitewater River Regional WWTP, holds NPDES permit MN0046868, which discharges to Whtwtr R S Fk. EPA’s file records it issued June 9, 2011 and expiring May 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 filed | WHITEWATER RIVER REGIONAL WWTP |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Whitewater River Regional WWTP |
| NPDES ID | MN0046868 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Major discharger |
| Facility type | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Program | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | June 9, 2011 |
| Expiration date | May 31, 2016 |
| Address | Saint Charles, MN 55972 |
| Receiving water | WHTWTR R S FK |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Upper South Fork Whitewater River (HUC 070400030306) |
| SIC | 4952 – Sewerage Systems |
| Other EPA IDs (FRS) | RCRA handler MND982634610 |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download) and EPA’s NAICS/SIC and component files, the same download; cross-program IDs from EPA’s FRS facility-registry crosswalk.
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 17Pollutants on file
- 17Under a numeric limit
- 11With a violation of any kind
- 8With 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 | 85 | 78 | May 31, 2024 | 2,111% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 6 | 32 | 23 | April 30, 2024 | 588% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 8 | 22 | 8 | September 30, 2024 | 472% over the limit |
| Coliform, fecal MPN + membrane ftl 44.5 C | 1 | 8 | 6 | January 31, 2024 | 2,988% over the limit |
| pH | 4 | 9 | 5 | July 31, 1997 | |
| Solids, suspended percent removal | 1 | 3 | 3 | May 31, 2019 | 141% over the limit |
| Chlorine, total residual | 1 | 6 | 1 | January 31, 2023 | 68% over the limit |
| BOD, carb-5 day, 20 deg C, percent removal | 1 | 1 | 1 | June 30, 2008 | 193% over the limit |
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 6 | 62 | 0 | ||
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Di[2-ethylhexyl] phthalate [DEHP] | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mercury, total [as Hg] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Precipitation, total defined period/in | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total dissolved | 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 MN0046868.
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.