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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES MO0021784

NEWBURG WWTP, Newburg, MO: NPDES MO0021784 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

NEWBURG WWTP, held by City of Newburg, holds NPDES permit MO0021784, which discharges to L. Piney Cr.. EPA’s file records it issued February 1, 2016 and expiring September 30, 2018. 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 filedNEWBURG WWTP
Permittee as filedCity of Newburg
NPDES IDMO0021784
Permit statusAdministratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit typeIndividual permit
Discharger classMinor discharger
Facility typePublicly owned treatment works
ProgramPublicly owned treatment works
IssuedFebruary 1, 2016
Expiration dateSeptember 30, 2018
Issuing agencyMODNR-Water Protection Program
AddressNewburg, MO 65550
Receiving waterL. Piney Cr.
SubwatershedLittle Beaver Creek-Little Piney Creek (HUC 102902030108)
Program components on fileBiosolids, POTW
SIC4952 – 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

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 measureLimitsViolations, any kindEffluent exceedancesLatest exceedanceLargest exceedance, as filed
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]47313June 30, 2026448% over the limit
BOD, 5-day, percent removal04111June 30, 2026153% over the limit
E. coli2468June 30, 20251,820% over the limit
Solids, suspended percent removal0366June 30, 2026551% over the limit
Solids, total suspended3633April 30, 2026130% over the limit
pH2622April 30, 2016
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C3611June 30, 20263% over the limit
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant2600
Oil and grease [soxhlet extr.] tot.2240
Nitrogen, total [as N]200
Phosphorus, total [as P]200
Toxicity [acute], Ceriodaphnia dubia100
Toxicity [acute], Pimephales promelas [Fathead Minnow]100

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

DateWhat EPA recordedAgency
March 31, 2026Effluent Violations - Narrative Effluent ViolationST6
March 31, 2026WW SSO - Failure to report violation that may endanger public health 122.41(l)(7)ST6
March 31, 2026Permit Violations - Failure to Submit Timely Permit Renewal ApplicationST6
March 31, 2026Permit Violations - Violation Specified in CommentST6
March 31, 2026Effluent Violations - Numeric effluent violationST6
March 31, 2026Reporting Violations - Failure to Submit DMRsST6
December 16, 2025Reporting Violations - Improper/ Incorrect ReportingST6
June 14, 2022WW SSO - Failure to report violation that may endanger public health 122.41(l)(7)ST6
June 14, 2022Permit Violations - Violation Specified in CommentST6
June 14, 2022Reporting Violations - Improper/ Incorrect ReportingST6
June 14, 2022Effluent Violations - Numeric effluent violationST6
April 14, 2021Permit Violations - Violation Specified in CommentST6
April 14, 2021Effluent Violations - Numeric effluent violationST6
April 14, 2021WW SSO - Failure to report violation that may endanger public health 122.41(l)(7)ST6
April 14, 2021Reporting Violations - Failure to Submit DMRsST6
April 14, 2021Reporting Violations - Improper/ Incorrect ReportingST6

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.

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What this page shows

This public-records page covers NPDES permit MO0021784, held by City of Newburg for the NEWBURG WWTP in Newburg, MO, which discharges to L. Piney Cr. in the Little Beaver Creek-Little Piney Creek subwatershed (HUC 102902030108). The permit is administratively continued with a Minor Discharger class, and the page lists 11 for the Pollutants under a numeric limit and 7 for the Pollutants with an effluent exceedance.