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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES MO0129321

BALLARD R-II SCHOOL WWTF, Butler, MO: NPDES MO0129321 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

BALLARD R-II SCHOOL WWTF, held by Ballard R-II School Board, holds NPDES permit MO0129321, which discharges to Tributary To North Deepwater Creek. EPA’s file records it issued April 14, 2016 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 filedBALLARD R-II SCHOOL WWTF
Permittee as filedBallard R-II School Board
NPDES IDMO0129321
Permit statusAdministratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit typeIndividual permit
Discharger classMinor discharger
Facility typeNot a publicly owned treatment works
IssuedApril 14, 2016
Expiration dateSeptember 30, 2020
AddressButler, MO 64730
Receiving waterTributary to North Deepwater Creek

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
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]44331March 31, 202699,999% over the limit
Solids, total suspended22612December 31, 20243,620% over the limit
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C22412December 31, 2025767% over the limit
E. coli42210September 30, 202599,999% over the limit
Chlorine, total residual2188December 31, 20173,525% over the limit
pH2164September 30, 2023
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant2140
Oil and grease [soxhlet extr.] tot.0140
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]2100

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
September 23, 2025Reporting Violations - Failure to Submit DMRsST6
April 18, 2025Reporting Violations - Failure to Submit DMRsST6
March 25, 2025Reporting Violations - Failure to Submit DMRsST6
December 21, 2023Effluent Violations - Numeric effluent violationST6
September 15, 2023Effluent Violations - Numeric effluent violationST6
July 18, 2023Effluent Violations - Numeric effluent violationST6
October 4, 2022Management Practice Violations - Improper Operation and MaintenanceST6
July 6, 2021Effluent Violations - Numeric effluent violationST6
November 30, 2017Effluent Violations - Numeric effluent violationST6
June 23, 2017Effluent 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 NPDES permit MO0129321 for the Ballard R-II School WWTF in Butler, MO, held by the Ballard R-II School Board, with a permit status of administratively continued and an issue date of April 14, 2016 and expiration date of September 30, 2020. The page lists 9 pollutants on file, 8 under a numeric limit, 9 with a violation of any kind, and 6 with an effluent exceedance.