Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES NC0020591
THIRD CREEK WWTP, Statesville, NC: NPDES NC0020591 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 17Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 9Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
- 1Inspections on file
- 0Formal enforcement actions
THIRD CREEK WWTP, held by City of Statesville, holds NPDES permit NC0020591. EPA’s file records it issued December 17, 2019 and expiring March 31, 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 filed | THIRD CREEK WWTP |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | City of Statesville |
| NPDES ID | NC0020591 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Major discharger |
| Facility type | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Program | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | December 17, 2019 |
| Expiration date | March 31, 2024 |
| Address | Statesville, NC 28687 |
| Subwatershed | Lower Dutch Buffalo Creek (HUC 030401050304) |
| Program components on file | POTW, Pretreatment |
| NAICS | 221320 – Sewage Treatment Facilities |
| SIC | 4952 – Sewerage Systems |
| Other EPA IDs (FRS) | RCRA handler NCR000001602 |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download) and EPA’s NAICS/SIC and component files, the same download; cross-program IDs from EPA’s FRS facility-registry crosswalk.
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 22Pollutants on file
- 17Under a numeric limit
- 19With a violation of any kind
- 9With an effluent exceedance
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 measure | Limits | Violations, any kind | Effluent exceedances | Latest exceedance | Largest exceedance, as filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Solids, total suspended | 3 | 28 | 2 | February 28, 2006 | 9% over the limit |
| Coliform, fecal MF, MFC broth, 44.5 C | 2 | 19 | 2 | December 31, 2010 | 83% over the limit |
| pH | 2 | 6 | 2 | July 31, 2008 | |
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 1 | 6 | 2 | June 30, 2009 | 10% over the limit |
| Di[2-ethylhexyl] phthalate [DEHP] | 1 | 5 | 2 | June 30, 2026 | 358% over the limit |
| Cadmium, total [as Cd] | 0 | 2 | 2 | October 31, 2007 | 1,323% over the limit |
| Pass/Fail Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 0 | 2 | 2 | January 31, 2009 | |
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 4 | 34 | 1 | May 31, 2021 | 37% over the limit |
| Mercury, total [as Hg] | 0 | 3 | 1 | September 30, 2018 | 131% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, total [as N] | 2 | 125 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 2 | 124 | 0 | ||
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 5 | 57 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 1 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Temperature, water deg. centigrade | 1 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Conductivity | 1 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Copper, total [as Cu] | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Chlorine, total residual | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Silver, total [as Ag] | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, total [as Zn] | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Flow, total | 1 | 0 | 0 |
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
- 0Single-event violations
EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES NC0020591.
Inspections
| Date | What EPA recorded | Agency |
|---|---|---|
| October 15, 2026 | Audit | S |
Formal enforcement and penalties
0 formal actions, 0 of them with a penalty assessed. Federal and state penalties are separate figures from separate authorities and are shown as each was filed, never added together.
Informal enforcement
EPA’s informal enforcement file holds no action for NPDES NC0020591.
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.