Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES MO0023663
DREXEL SOUTH WWTF, Drexel, MO: NPDES MO0023663 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 7Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 9Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
DREXEL SOUTH WWTF, held by City of Drexel, holds NPDES permit MO0023663, which discharges to North Sugar Creek. EPA’s file records it issued January 9, 2013 and expiring December 31, 2017. 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 | DREXEL SOUTH WWTF |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | City of Drexel |
| NPDES ID | MO0023663 |
| 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 | January 9, 2013 |
| Expiration date | December 31, 2017 |
| Address | Drexel, MO 64742 |
| Receiving water | North Sugar Creek |
| Subwatershed | Upper North Sugar Creek (HUC 102901020208) |
| 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
- 14Pollutants on file
- 7Under a numeric limit
- 14With a violation of any kind
- 9With 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 | 2 | 58 | 50 | June 30, 2020 | 1,313% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 6 | 53 | 47 | September 30, 2020 | 1,150% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 2 | 42 | 34 | June 30, 2020 | 91% over the limit |
| E. coli, colony forming units [CFU] | 4 | 32 | 32 | October 31, 2018 | 3,776% over the limit |
| pH | 1 | 56 | 14 | August 31, 2020 | |
| E. coli | 0 | 12 | 9 | June 30, 2020 | 612% over the limit |
| Solids, suspended percent removal | 0 | 9 | 6 | June 30, 2020 | 186% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, percent removal | 0 | 6 | 3 | June 30, 2020 | 186% over the limit |
| Oil and grease [soxhlet extr.] tot. | 2 | 10 | 2 | October 31, 2010 | 130% over the limit |
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 0 | 10 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, total [as N] | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Pass/Fail Static 48Hr Acute Ceriodaphnia dubia | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| LC50 Static 48Hr Acute Pimephales promelas | 0 | 4 | 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
- 2Single-event violations
| Date | What EPA recorded | Agency |
|---|---|---|
| December 27, 2019 | Effluent Violations - Numeric effluent violation | ST6 |
| September 29, 2017 | Effluent Violations - Numeric effluent violation | ST6 |
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.