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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES MO0116599

BRANSON COOPER CREEK WWTP, Branson, MO: NPDES MO0116599 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

BRANSON COOPER CREEK WWTP, held by City of Branson, holds NPDES permit MO0116599, which discharges to Lake Taneycomo. EPA’s file records it issued December 17, 2019 and expiring September 30, 2024. 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 filedBRANSON COOPER CREEK WWTP
Permittee as filedCity of Branson
NPDES IDMO0116599
Permit statusEffective
Permit typeIndividual permit
Discharger classMajor discharger
Facility typePublicly owned treatment works
ProgramPublicly owned treatment works
IssuedDecember 17, 2019
Expiration dateSeptember 30, 2024
AddressBranson, MO 65616
Receiving waterLake Taneycomo
SubwatershedFall Creek-Lake Taneycomo (HUC 110100030101)
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
Oil and grease [soxhlet extr.] tot.2691December 31, 2024107% over the limit
Ammonia [as N] + unionized ammonia0651November 30, 200720% over the limit
Aluminum, total recoverable441January 31, 202424% over the limit
E. coli231April 30, 202338% over the limit
E. coli, colony forming units [CFU]011June 30, 2015121% over the limit
Phosphorus, total [as P]4840
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]4250
Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N]4210
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]0210
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C350
Solids, total suspended350
pH240
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant240
Nitrogen, total [as N]040
Toxicity [acute], Ceriodaphnia dubia040
Toxicity [acute], Pimephales promelas [Fathead Minnow]040
Iron, total recoverable020
Toxicity [chronic], Ceriodaphnia dubia010
Toxicity [chronic], Pimephales promelas [Fathead Minnow]010
Pass/Fail Static 48Hr Acute Ceriodaphnia dubia010
LC50 Static 48Hr Acute Pimephales promelas010
Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N]400
BOD, 5-day, percent removal100
Solids, suspended percent removal100

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 25, 2024Reporting Violations - Improper/ Incorrect ReportingST6
June 25, 2024Effluent Violations - Numeric effluent violationST6
August 5, 2022Effluent Violations - Narrative Effluent ViolationST6

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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 MO0116599 for the Branson Cooper Creek WWTP in Branson, MO, held by the City of Branson and discharging to Lake Taneycomo, with a status of Effective and a Major discharger class. The page lists 24 pollutants on file, of which 13 are under a numeric limit and 5 have an effluent exceedance. The permit's file records it as issued December 17, 2019 and expiring September 30, 2024, as of October 14, 2026.