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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES MO0104027

SPARTA WWTP, Sparta, MO: NPDES MO0104027 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

SPARTA WWTP, held by City of Sparta, holds NPDES permit MO0104027, which discharges to Tributary To Finley Cr.. EPA’s file records it issued July 1, 2021 and expiring June 30, 2026. 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 filedSPARTA WWTP
Permittee as filedCity of Sparta
NPDES IDMO0104027
Permit statusEffective
Permit typeIndividual permit
Discharger classMinor discharger
Facility typePublicly owned treatment works
ProgramPublicly owned treatment works
IssuedJuly 1, 2021
Expiration dateJune 30, 2026
AddressSparta, MO 65753
Receiving waterTributary to Finley Cr.
SubwatershedParched Corn Hollow-Finley Creek (HUC 110100020206)
Program components on fileBiosolids, POTW
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
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]04545November 30, 201359% over the limit
E. coli24436July 31, 202624,956% over the limit
Phosphorus, total [as P]34834July 31, 2026890% over the limit
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]205028February 29, 20243,508% over the limit
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C34922January 31, 2024179% over the limit
pH23820October 31, 2025
Aluminum, total recoverable22012March 31, 20242,031% over the limit
Solids, total suspended3336June 30, 2023160% over the limit
Solids, suspended percent removal1103April 30, 2020167% over the limit
Coliform, fecal general063May 31, 20061,300% over the limit
Ammonia [as N] + unionized ammonia033April 30, 2013300% over the limit
Iron, total recoverable2102October 31, 20111,567% over the limit
Chlorine, total residual042August 31, 2008100% over the limit
Oil and grease [soxhlet extr.] tot.291March 31, 20206% over the limit
E. coli, colony forming units [CFU]091May 31, 2017924% over the limit
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant2200
BOD, 5-day, percent removal170
Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N]460
Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N]460
Nitrogen, total [as N]040

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
July 7, 2026Effluent Violations - Numeric effluent violationST6
September 23, 2025Effluent Violations - Numeric effluent violationST6
April 12, 2024Reporting Violations - Improper/ Incorrect ReportingST6
April 12, 2024Effluent Violations - Numeric effluent violationST6
March 24, 2023Effluent Violations - Numeric effluent violationST6
December 28, 2022Effluent Violations - Numeric effluent violationST6
September 28, 2022Effluent Violations - Numeric effluent violationST6
June 25, 2021Effluent Violations - Numeric effluent violationST6
March 26, 2021Effluent Violations - Numeric effluent violationST6
December 23, 2020Effluent Violations - Numeric effluent violationST6
March 23, 2020Effluent Violations - Numeric effluent violationST6
August 19, 2019Permit Violations - Violation Specified in CommentST6
August 19, 2019Management Practice Violations - Improper Operation and MaintenanceST6
August 19, 2019Reporting Violations - Improper/ Incorrect ReportingST6
August 19, 2019Effluent Violations - Numeric effluent violationST6
June 28, 2019Effluent Violations - Numeric effluent violationST6
January 31, 2019Effluent Violations - Numeric effluent violationST6
June 21, 2018Effluent 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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Figures from EPA’s ICIS-NPDES download, loaded October 14, 2026.

What this page shows

This public-records page covers Clean Water Act discharge permit NPDES MO0104027 for SPARTA WWTP in Sparta, MO, held by City of Sparta and discharging to Tributary to Finley Cr. The figures listed are 14 pollutants under a numeric limit, 15 pollutants with an effluent exceedance, and 20 pollutants on file, of which 20 show a violation of any kind.