Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES ND0000051
FARGO WTP, Fargo, ND: NPDES ND0000051 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 26Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 0Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
FARGO WTP, held by City of Fargo, holds NPDES permit ND0000051, which discharges to Upper Red. EPA’s file records it issued June 13, 2017 and expiring June 30, 2022. 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 | FARGO WTP |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | City of Fargo |
| NPDES ID | ND0000051 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Minor discharger |
| Facility type | Not a publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | June 13, 2017 |
| Expiration date | June 30, 2022 |
| Issuing agency | North Dakota Department of Environmental Quality |
| Address | Fargo, ND 58103 |
| Receiving water | Upper Red |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | City of Fargo-Red River (HUC 090201040504) |
| Other EPA IDs (FRS) | ICIS-AIR source ND0000003801700103 |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download); cross-program IDs from EPA’s FRS facility-registry crosswalk.
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 26Pollutants on file
- 26Under a numeric limit
- 24With a violation of any kind
- 0With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sulfates, total [as SO4] | 6 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total suspended | 6 | 9 | 0 | ||
| Arsenic, total recoverable | 6 | 9 | 0 | ||
| Selenium, total recoverable | 6 | 9 | 0 | ||
| Nickel, total recoverable | 6 | 9 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, total recoverable | 6 | 9 | 0 | ||
| Cadmium, total recoverable | 6 | 9 | 0 | ||
| Lead, total recoverable | 6 | 9 | 0 | ||
| Copper, total recoverable | 6 | 9 | 0 | ||
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 3 | 9 | 0 | ||
| pH | 6 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Conductivity | 6 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N] | 6 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 6 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Calcium, total [as Ca] | 6 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Magnesium, total [as Mg] | 6 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Fluoride, total [as F] | 6 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Iron, total [as Fe] | 6 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Sodium, % total cations | 6 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Chloride [as Cl] | 3 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Aluminum, dissolved [as Al] | 3 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 3 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Flow, total | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Duration of discharge | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Stream flow, instantaneous | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Effluent dilution ratio | 1 | 0 | 0 |
EPA’s effluent violation file records no exceedance of a numeric limit for NPDES ND0000051.
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 ND0000051.
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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Figures from EPA’s ICIS-NPDES download, loaded October 14, 2026.