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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES MO0134732

BERGER WWTF, Berger, MO: NPDES MO0134732 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

BERGER WWTF, held by City of Berger, holds NPDES permit MO0134732, which discharges to Pryors Branch. EPA’s file records it issued February 5, 2018 and expiring June 30, 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 filedBERGER WWTF
Permittee as filedCity of Berger
NPDES IDMO0134732
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
IssuedFebruary 5, 2018
Expiration dateJune 30, 2021
AddressBerger, MO 63014
Receiving waterPryors Branch
SubwatershedLower Big Berger Creek (HUC 103002000403)

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
Ammonia [as N] + unionized ammonia03331January 31, 20181,411% over the limit
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]44028June 30, 20261,810% over the limit
Solids, suspended percent removal182April 30, 2021523% over the limit
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C2130
Solids, total suspended2130
pH2120
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant2120
Oil and grease [soxhlet extr.] tot.2100
BOD, 5-day, percent removal160
Toxicity [acute], Ceriodaphnia dubia100
Toxicity [acute], Pimephales promelas [Fathead Minnow]100

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
February 4, 2026Effluent Violations - Numeric effluent violationST6
June 24, 2022Management Practice Violations - Improper Operation and MaintenanceST6
June 23, 2022Effluent Violations - Numeric effluent violationST6
June 3, 2021Management Practice Violations - Improper Operation and MaintenanceST6
June 3, 2021Reporting Violations - Improper/ Incorrect ReportingST6
June 3, 2021Permit Violations - Violation Specified in CommentST6
March 30, 2021Effluent Violations - Numeric effluent violationST6
February 11, 2020Reporting Violations - Improper/ Incorrect ReportingST6

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 MO0134732 for the BERGER WWTF in Berger, MO, held by the City of Berger, which discharges to Pryors Branch in the Lower Big Berger Creek subwatershed (HUC 103002000403). The page lists 11 pollutants on file, 10 of them under a numeric limit, 9 with a violation of any kind, and 3 with an effluent exceedance.