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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES MO0130028

IONIA WWTF, Ionia, MO: NPDES MO0130028 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

IONIA WWTF, held by City of Ionia, holds NPDES permit MO0130028, which discharges to Tributary To Trib. To S. Flat Cr.. EPA’s file records it issued September 15, 2017 and expiring March 31, 2021. 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 filedIONIA WWTF
Permittee as filedCity of Ionia
NPDES IDMO0130028
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 15, 2017
Expiration dateMarch 31, 2021
AddressIonia, MO 65335
Receiving waterTributary to Trib. to S. Flat Cr.
SubwatershedSouth Flat Creek-Flat Creek (HUC 103001030201)

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
Solids, total suspended2465June 30, 202464% over the limit
E. coli2215December 31, 20221,162% over the limit
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C2443June 30, 201987% over the limit
Solids, suspended percent removal1143June 30, 2024186% over the limit
BOD, 5-day, percent removal1132June 30, 202363% over the limit
pH1601June 30, 2024
Oil and grease [soxhlet extr.] tot.2220
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]2220
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant2220

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
December 29, 2025Reporting Violations - Failure to Submit DMRsST6
September 24, 2025Reporting Violations - Failure to Submit DMRsST6
September 24, 2024Reporting Violations - Failure to Submit DMRsST6
August 2, 2024Reporting Violations - Failure to Submit DMRsST6
June 25, 2024Reporting Violations - Failure to Submit DMRsST6
June 17, 2024Reporting Violations - Improper/ Incorrect ReportingST6
April 12, 2024Reporting Violations - Failure to Submit DMRsST6
November 16, 2023Reporting Violations - Failure to Submit DMRsST6

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

The Velarion Records page covers NPDES permit MO0130028 for IONIA WWTF in Ionia, MO, held by City of Ionia, which discharges to Tributary To Trib. To S. Flat Cr. in subwatershed South Flat Creek-Flat Creek (HUC 103001030201). The permit is listed as administratively continued, with 9 pollutants on file, 9 under a numeric limit, and 6 with an effluent exceedance.