BUFFALO LAKE WWTP, Buffalo Lake, MN: NPDES MNG585373 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

BUFFALO LAKE WWTP, Buffalo Lake, Minnesota: General permit coverage MNG585373, held by Buffalo Lake city of; Publicly owned treatment works; Administratively continued; issued February 1, 2020, term to November 30, 2023, by STA.

9 of the 13 pollutants listed for NPDES MNG585373 have no violation or effluent exceedance.

• Coliform, fecal MPN + membrane ftl 44.5 C: 1 limit, 1 violation of any kind, 1 effluent exceedance, latest October 31, 2025, largest 63% over the limit.
• Nitrogen, total [as N]: 2 limits, 1 violation of any kind.
• Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N]: 2 limits, 1 violation of any kind.
• Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N]: 2 limits, 1 violation of any kind.
• Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant: 9 limits.
• Phosphorus, total [as P]: 6 limits.
• Solids, total suspended: 5 limits.
• BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C]: 5 limits.
• pH: 3 limits.
• Precipitation, total defined period/in: 1 limit.
• Oxygen, dissolved [DO]: 1 limit.
• Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]: 1 limit.
• Solids, total dissolved: 1 limit.

Minnesota holds 240 Publicly owned treatment works coverages of this permit type in EPA’s file; 88 were issued before MNG585373.

Coverages issued nearest MNG585373

• 2020-02-01: LAKE LILLIAN WWTP, Lake Lillian: MNG585225, held by Lake Lillian city of
• 2020-02-01: WOLF LAKE WWTP, Wolf Lake: MNG585226, held by Wolf Lake city of
• 2020-02-01: DUNDEE WWTP, Fulda: MNG585349, held by Dundee city of
• 2020-02-01: BIGFORK WWTP, Bigfork: MNG585363, held by Bigfork city of
• 2020-02-01: VIKING WWTP, Viking: MNG585370, held by Viking city of
• 2020-09-01: BLOMKEST SVEA SEWER BOARD WWTP, Blomkest: MNG585372, held by Blomkest/Svea Sewer Board
• 2020-10-01: ODIN-ORMSBY WWTP, Odin: MNG585369, held by Odin-Ormsby cities of
• 2020-12-01: ALBERTA WWTP, Alberta: MNG585002, held by Alberta city of
• 2020-12-01: ELKTON WWTP, Elkton: MNG585013, held by Elkton city of
• 2020-12-01: FORESTON WWTP, Foreston: MNG585017, held by Foreston city of

BUFFALO LAKE WWTP among its neighbors

3 discharge permits are in the Lower Judicial Ditch No 15 subwatershed (HUC 070102050503); MNG585373 is one. Its county: 23, 1 major; MNG585373 is minor permit.

Other permits in the Lower Judicial Ditch No 15 subwatershed (HUC 070102050503)

• BUFFALO LAKE, Buffalo Lake: MN0050211, minor, term to 2007-10-31
• RYAN JOHNSON FARM, Hector: MNG441936, minor, term to 2026-01-31