Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES MO0055158

PUXICO WWTF, Puxico, MO: NPDES MO0055158 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

EffectivePermit status
MinorDischarger class
11Pollutants under a numeric limit
9Pollutants with an effluent exceedance

PUXICO WWTF, held by City of Puxico, holds NPDES permit MO0055158, which discharges to Tributary To Turkey Cr.. EPA’s file records it issued January 29, 2019 and expiring September 30, 2023. 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	PUXICO WWTF
Permittee as filed	City of Puxico
NPDES ID	MO0055158
Permit status	Effective
Permit type	Individual permit
Discharger class	Minor discharger
Facility type	Publicly owned treatment works
Program	Publicly owned treatment works
Issued	January 29, 2019
Expiration date	September 30, 2023
Address	Puxico, MO 63960
Receiving water	Tributary to Turkey Cr.
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

12Pollutants on file
11Under a numeric limit
12With 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
E. coli	2	29	29	May 31, 2026	99,999% over the limit
pH	2	24	23	July 31, 2019
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]	6	23	21	April 30, 2026	1,150% over the limit
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C	2	22	19	April 30, 2026	72% over the limit
Solids, total suspended	2	21	18	May 31, 2025	258% over the limit
Solids, suspended percent removal	1	13	13	June 30, 2024	373% over the limit
BOD, 5-day, percent removal	1	12	12	April 30, 2026	267% over the limit
E. coli, colony forming units [CFU]	0	10	8	May 31, 2018	1,269% over the limit
Oil and grease [soxhlet extr.] tot.	2	4	2	November 30, 2017	78% over the limit
Nitrogen, total [as N]	2	2	0
Phosphorus, total [as P]	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

6Single-event violations

Date	What EPA recorded	Agency
July 9, 2025	Permit Violations - Violation Specified in Comment	ST6
July 9, 2025	Reporting Violations - Improper/ Incorrect Reporting	ST6
December 27, 2022	Effluent Violations - Numeric effluent violation	ST6
June 27, 2022	Effluent Violations - Numeric effluent violation	ST6
September 25, 2019	Effluent Violations - Numeric effluent violation	ST6
September 24, 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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This public-records page covers Clean Water Act discharge permit NPDES MO0055158 for the PUXICO WWTF in Puxico, MO, held by City of Puxico, which discharges to Tributary To Turkey Cr. The permit status is listed as Effective, with a Minor Discharger class, 11 pollutants under a numeric limit, and 9 pollutants with an effluent exceedance. The page also records 12 pollutants on file and 12 with a violation of any kind.