Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES MO0048313

KC FISHING RIVER WWTP, Kansas City, MO: NPDES MO0048313 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

EffectivePermit status
MajorDischarger class
15Pollutants under a numeric limit
7Pollutants with an effluent exceedance

KC FISHING RIVER WWTP, held by City of Kansas City, holds NPDES permit MO0048313, which discharges to Tributary To Fishing R.. EPA’s file records it issued September 22, 2021 and expiring September 30, 2026. 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	KC FISHING RIVER WWTP
Permittee as filed	City of Kansas City
NPDES ID	MO0048313
Permit status	Effective
Permit type	Individual permit
Discharger class	Major discharger
Facility type	Publicly owned treatment works
Program	Publicly owned treatment works
Issued	September 22, 2021
Expiration date	September 30, 2026
Address	Kansas City, MO 64068
Receiving water	Tributary to Fishing R.
Subwatershed	Headwaters Fishing River (HUC 103001010404)
Program components on file	Biosolids, POTW, Pretreatment
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

19Pollutants on file
15Under a numeric limit
14With 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
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]	16	20	16	December 31, 2013	1,164% over the limit
Ammonia [as N] + unionized ammonia	0	15	15	May 31, 2011	353% over the limit
Solids, total suspended	3	9	5	May 31, 2013	77% over the limit
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C	3	6	2	May 31, 2013	27% over the limit
E. coli, colony forming units [CFU]	0	4	2	May 31, 2013	2,044% over the limit
pH	4	98	1	October 31, 2023
E. coli	2	1	1	June 30, 2023	68% over the limit
Oil and grease [soxhlet extr.] tot.	2	90	0
Phosphorus, total [as P]	2	20	0
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]	2	16	0
Temperature, water deg. centigrade	2	4	0
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant	2	4	0
Pass/Fail Static 48Hr Acute Ceriodaphnia dubia	0	2	0
LC50 Static 48Hr Acute Pimephales promelas	0	2	0
Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N]	4	0	0
Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N]	4	0	0
Di[2-ethylhexyl] phthalate [DEHP]	2	0	0
BOD, 5-day, percent removal	1	0	0
Solids, suspended 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 MO0048313.

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.

This public-records page covers NPDES discharge permit MO0048313 for the KC FISHING RIVER WWTP in Kansas City, MO, held by City of Kansas City, with a status of Effective, a Major discharger class, and an expiration date of September 30, 2026. The register lists 15 pollutants under a numeric limit and 7 pollutants with an effluent exceedance, with the permit discharging to Tributary To Fishing R. within the Headwaters Fishing River (HUC 103001010404) subwatershed.