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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES MO0103021

BENTON CITY WWTF, Benton City, MO: NPDES MO0103021 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

BENTON CITY WWTF, held by Village of Benton City, holds NPDES permit MO0103021, which discharges to West Fork Cuivre River. EPA’s file records it issued September 18, 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 filedBENTON CITY WWTF
Permittee as filedVillage of Benton City
NPDES IDMO0103021
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
IssuedSeptember 18, 2019
Expiration dateSeptember 30, 2023
AddressBenton City, MO 65232
Receiving waterWest Fork Cuivre River
SubwatershedHeadwaters West Fork Cuivre River (HUC 071100080101)
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
Solids, total suspended22819June 30, 2026471% over the limit
BOD, 5-day, percent removal11212June 30, 2026185% over the limit
Solids, suspended percent removal11212June 30, 2026186% over the limit
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C2156September 30, 20191,238% over the limit
Oil and grease [soxhlet extr.] tot.253March 31, 2026126% over the limit
E. coli022June 30, 2026100% over the limit
pH2281June 30, 2020
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]251June 30, 202638% over the limit
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant280

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, 2026Effluent Violations - Numeric effluent violationST6
November 12, 2024Permit Violations - Violation Specified in CommentST6
November 12, 2024Permit Violations - Failure to Submit Timely Permit Renewal ApplicationST6
November 12, 2024Permit Violations - Unapproved OperationST6
June 30, 2023Effluent Violations - Numeric effluent violationST6
March 31, 2022Reporting Violations - Improper/ Incorrect ReportingST6
March 31, 2022Effluent Violations - Numeric effluent violationST6
July 29, 2020Effluent Violations - Numeric effluent violationST6
July 29, 2020Permit Violations - Violation Specified in CommentST6
July 29, 2020Reporting Violations - Improper/ Incorrect ReportingST6
July 29, 2020Reporting Violations - Failure to submit required report (non-DMR non-pretreatment)ST6
March 30, 2018Reporting Violations - Improper/ Incorrect ReportingST6

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 NPDES permit MO0103021 for the BENTON CITY WWTF in Benton City, MO, held by the Village of Benton City and discharging to the West Fork Cuivre River. The permit is listed as administratively continued, with a minor discharger class, and the page reports 8 pollutants under a numeric limit and 8 pollutants with an effluent exceedance. The permit was issued September 18, 2019 and expired September 30, 2023, with status as loaded by Velarion on October 14, 2026.