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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES MO0103594

SCOTT CITY WWTF, Scott City, MO: NPDES MO0103594 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

SCOTT CITY WWTF, held by City of Scott City, holds NPDES permit MO0103594, which discharges to Mississippi R.. EPA’s file records it issued June 24, 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 filedSCOTT CITY WWTF
Permittee as filedCity of Scott City
NPDES IDMO0103594
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
IssuedJune 24, 2019
Expiration dateSeptember 30, 2023
AddressScott City, MO 63780
Receiving waterMississippi R.
Receiving water impaired303(D) Listed
SubwatershedHolden Creek-Mississippi River (HUC 071401050801)
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
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]42321June 30, 2019632% over the limit
BOD, 5-day, percent removal12121December 31, 2025542% over the limit
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C31515December 31, 2025165% over the limit
Solids, suspended percent removal155November 30, 2025458% over the limit
Solids, total suspended364September 30, 2024230% over the limit
pH2281May 31, 2011
E. coli231May 31, 2025116% over the limit
Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N]440
Phosphorus, total [as P]440
Nitrogen, total Kjeldahl440
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant220
Toxicity [acute], Ceriodaphnia dubia110
Toxicity [acute], Pimephales promelas [Fathead Minnow]110
Oil and grease [soxhlet extr.] tot.200

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
April 10, 2026Effluent Violations - Numeric effluent violationST6
April 3, 2026Effluent Violations - Numeric effluent violationST6
March 31, 2025Effluent Violations - Numeric effluent violationST6
March 31, 2021Effluent Violations - Numeric effluent violationST6
October 9, 2020Effluent Violations - Numeric effluent violationST6
July 9, 2019Effluent Violations - Numeric effluent violationST6

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 discharge permit MO0103594 for the SCOTT CITY WWTF in Scott City, MO, held by City of Scott City, which discharges to the Mississippi R., and the page lists 14 for Discharger class and 7 pollutants under a numeric limit, with 7 pollutants showing an effluent exceedance. The permit is shown as administratively continued, with an issue date of June 24, 2019 and an expiration date of September 30, 2023.