Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES ND0021849
WATFORD CITY CITY OF, Watford City, ND: NPDES ND0021849 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 36Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 5Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
WATFORD CITY CITY OF, held by City of Watford City, holds NPDES permit ND0021849, which discharges to Lower Little Missouri. EPA’s file records it issued September 30, 2020 and expiring September 30, 2025. 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 | WATFORD CITY CITY OF |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | City of Watford City |
| NPDES ID | ND0021849 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Minor discharger |
| Facility type | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Program | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | September 30, 2020 |
| Expiration date | September 30, 2025 |
| Issuing agency | North Dakota Department of Environmental Quality |
| Address | Watford City, ND 58854 |
| Receiving water | Lower Little Missouri |
| Subwatershed | Town of Watford City (HUC 101102050404) |
| Program components on file | POTW, Pretreatment |
| NAICS | 221320 – Sewage Treatment Facilities |
| SIC | 4952 – Sewerage Systems |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download) and EPA’s NAICS/SIC and component files, the same download.
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 37Pollutants on file
- 36Under a numeric limit
- 19With a violation of any kind
- 5With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| E. coli | 5 | 27 | 19 | October 31, 2024 | 2,016% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 7 | 5 | 2 | December 31, 2015 | 504% over the limit |
| pH | 4 | 4 | 2 | December 31, 2023 | |
| BOD, percent removal [total] | 1 | 3 | 2 | May 31, 2018 | 267% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 7 | 4 | 1 | May 31, 2018 | 11% over the limit |
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 6 | 20 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, total [as N] | 6 | 17 | 0 | ||
| Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N] | 0 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Toxic Units Static Renewal 48Hr Acute Ceriodaphnia dubia | 2 | 7 | 0 | ||
| TU Static Renewal 96Hr Acute Pimphales promelas | 2 | 7 | 0 | ||
| Chlorine, total residual | 4 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Cyanide, total [as CN] | 6 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 5 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Temperature, water deg. centigrade | 3 | 3 | 0 | ||
| TU Static Renewal 7-Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||
| TU Static Renewal 7-Day Chronic Pimphales promelas | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Oil and grease visual | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Oil & Grease | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Solids, suspended percent removal | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Arsenic, total [as As] | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Beryllium, total [as Be] | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Cadmium, total [as Cd] | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, total [as Cr] | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Copper, total [as Cu] | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Lead, total [as Pb] | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Thallium, total [as Tl] | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nickel, total [as Ni] | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Silver, total [as Ag] | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, total [as Zn] | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Antimony, total [as Sb] | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Selenium, total [as Se] | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Total phenols | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mercury, total [as Hg] | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Hardness, total [as CaCO3] | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Flow, total | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 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 ND0021849.
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.