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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES MO0050695

WELLSVILLE EAST WWTF, Wellsville, MO: NPDES MO0050695 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

WELLSVILLE EAST WWTF, held by City of Wellsville, holds NPDES permit MO0050695, which discharges to White Oak Creek. EPA’s file records it issued June 17, 2014 and expiring December 31, 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 filedWELLSVILLE EAST WWTF
Permittee as filedCity of Wellsville
NPDES IDMO0050695
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
IssuedJune 17, 2014
Expiration dateDecember 31, 2018
AddressWellsville, MO 63384
Receiving waterWhite Oak Creek
SubwatershedMiddle Elkhorn Creek (HUC 071100080302)
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
BOD, 5-day, percent removal11816June 30, 2026567% over the limit
Solids, total suspended22014June 30, 2014196% over the limit
pH1108March 31, 2018
Solids, suspended percent removal186December 31, 2024567% over the limit
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C293March 31, 2016202% over the limit
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]473September 30, 2020129% over the limit
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant4160
Oil and grease [soxhlet extr.] tot.260
Nitrogen, total [as N]260
Phosphorus, total [as P]260

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, 2025Effluent Violations - Numeric effluent violationST6
September 24, 2024Permit Violations - Violation Specified in CommentST6
September 24, 2024Management Practice Violations - Improper Operation and MaintenanceST6
July 6, 2023Effluent Violations - Numeric effluent violationST6
April 4, 2023Effluent Violations - Numeric effluent violationST6
January 10, 2022Effluent Violations - Numeric effluent violationST6
July 15, 2021Effluent Violations - Numeric effluent violationST6
September 30, 2020Effluent Violations - Numeric effluent violationST6
June 29, 2020Effluent Violations - Numeric effluent violationST6
March 30, 2020Effluent Violations - Numeric effluent violationST6

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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What this page shows

This public-records page covers the Clean Water Act discharge permit NPDES MO0050695 for the WELLSVILLE EAST WWTF in Wellsville, MO, held by City of Wellsville and discharging to White Oak Creek. The facts list 10 pollutants under a numeric limit and 6 pollutants with an effluent exceedance, with the permit shown as administratively continued.