Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES MO0052159

STE GENEVIEVE WWTP, Ste. Genevieve, MO: NPDES MO0052159 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

EffectivePermit status
MinorDischarger class
9Pollutants under a numeric limit
5Pollutants with an effluent exceedance

STE GENEVIEVE WWTP, held by City of Ste. Genevieve, holds NPDES permit MO0052159, which discharges to 8-20-13 Mudd V1.0. EPA’s file records it issued December 22, 2016 and expiring December 31, 2021. 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	STE GENEVIEVE WWTP
Permittee as filed	City of Ste. Genevieve
NPDES ID	MO0052159
Permit status	Effective
Permit type	Individual permit
Discharger class	Minor discharger
Facility type	Publicly owned treatment works
Program	Publicly owned treatment works
Issued	December 22, 2016
Expiration date	December 31, 2021
Issuing agency	MODNR-Water Protection Program
Address	Ste. Genevieve, MO 63670
Receiving water	8-20-13 MUDD V1.0
Subwatershed	Moro Island-Mississippi River (HUC 071401010910)
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
9Under a numeric limit
5With a violation of any kind
5With 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]	6	12	12	April 30, 2023	400% over the limit
E. coli	2	11	11	April 30, 2024	1,074% over the limit
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C	3	6	6	April 30, 2008	157% over the limit
Solids, total suspended	3	4	4	April 30, 2008	50% over the limit
pH	2	1	1	July 31, 2011
Nitrogen, total [as N]	4	0	0
Phosphorus, total [as P]	4	0	0
Oil and grease [soxhlet extr.] tot.	2	0	0
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant	2	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

2Single-event violations

Date	What EPA recorded	Agency
September 29, 2022	Management Practice Violations - Improper Operation and Maintenance	ST6
December 31, 2019	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.

This public-records page covers NPDES permit MO0052159 for the STE GENEVIEVE WWTP in Ste. Genevieve, MO, held by City of Ste. Genevieve, with a permit status of Effective, a Minor discharger class, and a receiving water of 8-20-13 MUDD V1.0. The figures listed are 9 pollutants under a numeric limit, 5 pollutants with an effluent exceedance, and 9 pollutants on file.