Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES MN0050873

FOUNTAIN WWTP, Fountain, MN: NPDES MN0050873 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

EffectivePermit status
MinorDischarger class
24Pollutants under a numeric limit
7Pollutants with an effluent exceedance

FOUNTAIN WWTP, held by Fountain city of, holds NPDES permit MN0050873. EPA’s file records it issued November 1, 2018 and expiring May 31, 2023. 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	FOUNTAIN WWTP
Permittee as filed	Fountain city of
NPDES ID	MN0050873
Permit status	Effective
Permit type	Individual permit
Discharger class	Minor discharger
Facility type	Publicly owned treatment works
Program	Publicly owned treatment works
Issued	November 1, 2018
Expiration date	May 31, 2023
Issuing agency	STA
Address	Fountain, MN 55935
Subwatershed	Watson Creek (HUC 070400080408)

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

Effluent limits and exceedances

24Pollutants on file
24Under a numeric limit
19With a violation of any kind
7With 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	50	50	February 28, 2026	444% over the limit
Solids, suspended percent removal	1	17	17	February 28, 2026	373% over the limit
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]	4	10	10	March 31, 2026	420% over the limit
Nitrogen, total [as N]	3	8	8	December 31, 2025	34% over the limit
Solids, total suspended	6	4	4	June 30, 2024	1,238% over the limit
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]	1	3	3	May 31, 2026	77% over the limit
pH	4	2	2	February 28, 2025
Specific conductance	1	2	0
Bicarbonate ion- [as HCO3]	1	2	0
Calcium, total [as Ca]	1	2	0
Magnesium, total [as Mg]	1	2	0
Sodium, total [as Na]	1	2	0
Potassium, total [as K]	1	2	0
Chloride [as Cl]	1	2	0
Sulfate, dissolved [as SO4]	1	2	0
Hardness, Ca Mg Calculated [mg/L as CaCO3]	1	2	0
Solids, total dissolved	1	2	0
Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N]	2	1	0
Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N]	2	1	0
Phosphorus, total [as P]	3	0	0
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant	3	0	0
Precipitation, total defined period/in	1	0	0
Coliform, fecal MPN + membrane ftl 44.5 C	1	0	0
BOD, carb-5 day, 20 deg C, 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 MN0050873.

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.