Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES MO0097608
WHEELING WWTF, Wheeling, MO: NPDES MO0097608 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 8Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 6Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
WHEELING WWTF, held by City of Wheeling, holds NPDES permit MO0097608, which discharges to Tributary To Little Parson Creek. EPA’s file records it issued May 11, 2018 and expiring September 30, 2022. 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 | WHEELING WWTF |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | City of Wheeling |
| NPDES ID | MO0097608 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Minor discharger |
| Facility type | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Program | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | May 11, 2018 |
| Expiration date | September 30, 2022 |
| Address | Wheeling, MO 64688 |
| Receiving water | Tributary to Little Parson Creek |
| Subwatershed | Little Parson Creek (HUC 102801030502) |
| 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
- 8Pollutants on file
- 8Under a numeric limit
- 8With a violation of any kind
- 6With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oil and grease [soxhlet extr.] tot. | 2 | 11 | 3 | April 30, 2017 | 107% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 2 | 20 | 2 | September 30, 2016 | 175% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 2 | 10 | 2 | January 31, 2026 | 25% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, percent removal | 1 | 3 | 2 | February 28, 2025 | 49% over the limit |
| pH | 1 | 27 | 1 | April 30, 2008 | |
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 2 | 19 | 1 | February 28, 2025 | 36% over the limit |
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 18 | 0 | ||
| Solids, suspended percent removal | 1 | 1 | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| September 2, 2025 | Permit Violations - Violation Specified in Comment | ST6 |
| August 1, 2025 | Permit Violations - Violation Specified in Comment | ST6 |
| August 1, 2025 | Reporting Violations - Improper/ Incorrect Reporting | ST6 |
| August 1, 2025 | Reporting Violations - Failure to submit required report (non-DMR non-pretreatment) | ST6 |
| September 30, 2021 | Reporting Violations - Improper/ Incorrect Reporting | ST6 |
| May 29, 2020 | Permit Violations - Violation Specified in Comment | 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.