Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES MO0039012
THE HIGHLANDS WWTF, Holts Summit, MO: NPDES MO0039012 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- EffectivePermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 8Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 4Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
THE HIGHLANDS WWTF, held by MISSOURI-AMERICAN WATER COMPANY, holds NPDES permit MO0039012, which discharges to Tributary To Turkey Cr.. EPA’s file records it issued May 21, 2025 and expiring May 31, 2030. 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 | THE HIGHLANDS WWTF |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | MISSOURI-AMERICAN WATER COMPANY |
| NPDES ID | MO0039012 |
| Permit status | Effective |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Minor discharger |
| Facility type | Not a publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | May 21, 2025 |
| Expiration date | May 31, 2030 |
| Address | Holts Summit, MO 65043 |
| Receiving water | Tributary to Turkey Cr. |
| Subwatershed | Wears Creek-Missouri River (HUC 103001021304) |
| 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
- 9Pollutants on file
- 8Under a numeric limit
- 9With a violation of any kind
- 4With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 8 | 24 | 22 | June 30, 2026 | 807% over the limit |
| Chlorine, total residual | 2 | 17 | 15 | September 30, 2016 | 606% over the limit |
| Ammonia [as N] + unionized ammonia | 0 | 6 | 2 | March 31, 2015 | 389% over the limit |
| E. coli | 2 | 4 | 2 | December 31, 2025 | 1,075% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| pH | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total suspended | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 2 | 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
- 3Single-event violations
| Date | What EPA recorded | Agency |
|---|---|---|
| January 28, 2025 | WW SSO - Failure to report violation that may endanger public health 122.41(l)(7) | ST6 |
| January 28, 2025 | Effluent Violations - Narrative Effluent Violation | ST6 |
| January 28, 2025 | 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.