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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES MO0102318

CLEVER WWTF, Clever, MO: NPDES MO0102318 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

CLEVER WWTF, held by City of Clever, holds NPDES permit MO0102318, which discharges to Tributary To Spring Creek. EPA’s file records it issued May 1, 2018 and expiring September 30, 2020. The status and dates are as EPA’s permit file stood when Velarion loaded it (September 15, 2026); EPA’s free Detailed Facility Report on ECHO carries the permit’s current standing.

Identity

Facility as filedCLEVER WWTF
Permittee as filedCity of Clever
NPDES IDMO0102318
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
IssuedMay 1, 2018
Expiration dateSeptember 30, 2020
AddressClever, MO 65631
Receiving waterTributary to Spring Creek
SubwatershedSpring Creek (HUC 110100020503)

Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO 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
Phosphorus, total [as P]211332May 31, 20261,266% over the limit
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]67523June 30, 2026933% over the limit
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C25412July 31, 2025360% over the limit
E. coli24610June 30, 202699,999% over the limit
pH2459October 31, 2025
Aluminum, total recoverable4415December 31, 202558% over the limit
Coliform, fecal general0182January 31, 201750% over the limit
BOD, 5-day, percent removal1112August 31, 2025567% over the limit
Solids, suspended percent removal1112August 31, 2025567% over the limit
Solids, total suspended2451July 31, 202520% over the limit
Oil and grease [soxhlet extr.] tot.2520
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant2360
Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N]0320
Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N]0320
Nitrogen, total [as N]2200
Iron, total recoverable2180

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
June 15, 2026Effluent Violations - Numeric effluent violationST6
December 16, 2025Effluent Violations - Numeric effluent violationST6
March 20, 2025Reporting Violations - Improper/ Incorrect ReportingST6
March 20, 2025Reporting Violations - Failure to Submit DMRsST6
March 18, 2024Reporting Violations - Failure to Submit DMRsST6
June 24, 2022Management Practice Violations - Improper Operation and MaintenanceST6
June 24, 2022WW SSO - Failure to report violation that may endanger public health 122.41(l)(7)ST6
June 24, 2022Effluent Violations - Numeric effluent violationST6
March 14, 2022Effluent Violations - Numeric effluent violationST6
January 15, 2020Effluent Violations - Narrative Effluent ViolationST6
January 15, 2020Effluent Violations - Numeric effluent violationST6
January 15, 2020Management Practice Violations - Improper Operation and MaintenanceST6
January 15, 2020Permit Violations - Violation Specified in CommentST6
January 15, 2020Reporting Violations - Failure to submit required report (non-DMR non-pretreatment)ST6
January 15, 2020Reporting Violations - Improper/ Incorrect ReportingST6
January 15, 2020WW SSO - Failure to report violation that may endanger public health 122.41(l)(7)ST6
December 27, 2019Management Practice Violations - Improper Operation and MaintenanceST6
December 27, 2019Permit Violations - Violation Specified in CommentST6
December 27, 2019Effluent Violations - Numeric effluent violationST6
December 27, 2019WW SSO - Failure to report violation that may endanger public health 122.41(l)(7)ST6
December 27, 2019Reporting Violations - Improper/ Incorrect ReportingST6
December 27, 2019Effluent Violations - Narrative Effluent ViolationST6
December 27, 2019Reporting Violations - Failure to submit required report (non-DMR non-pretreatment)ST6
August 29, 2018Effluent Violations - Numeric effluent violationST6
December 21, 2017Reporting Violations - Failure to Submit DMRsST6
February 27, 2017Effluent Violations - Numeric effluent violationST6
February 27, 2017Management Practice Violations - Improper Operation and MaintenanceST6
February 27, 2017Effluent Violations - Narrative Effluent ViolationST6
February 27, 2017Reporting Violations - Improper/ Incorrect ReportingST6
February 27, 2017Permit Violations - Violation Specified in CommentST6

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 NPDES MO0102318 Clean Water Act discharge permit for CLEVER WWTF in Clever, MO, held by City of Clever, which discharges to Tributary to Spring Creek within the Spring Creek subwatershed (HUC 110100020503). The page lists 16 pollutants on file, 13 under a numeric limit, 16 with a violation of any kind, and 10 with an effluent exceedance.