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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES NDG426573

BIOBRIDGE WASTEWATER, Watford City, ND: NPDES NDG426573 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

BIOBRIDGE WASTEWATER, held by BioBridge Wastewater, holds NPDES permit NDG426573, which discharges to Lake Sakakawea. EPA’s file records it issued December 20, 2017 and expiring December 31, 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 filedBIOBRIDGE WASTEWATER
Permittee as filedBioBridge Wastewater
NPDES IDNDG426573
Permit statusAdministratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit typeCoverage under a general permit
Discharger classMinor discharger
Facility typeNot a publicly owned treatment works
IssuedDecember 20, 2017
Expiration dateDecember 31, 2022
Issuing agencyNorth Dakota Department of Environmental Quality
AddressWatford City, ND 58854
Receiving waterLake Sakakawea
SubwatershedSpring Creek (HUC 101102050403)

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
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C3753September 30, 201947% over the limit
E. coli3693December 31, 2019631% over the limit
Solids, total suspended3742September 30, 2019160% over the limit
Chlorine, total residual3742December 31, 20191,500% over the limit
Oil & Grease3720
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]3720
Chloride [as Cl]3720
Bromide [as Br]3720
pH2480
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant2480
Flow, total1240
Duration of discharge1240
Oil and grease visual1240

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

EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES NDG426573.

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.

What this page shows

This Velarion Records page covers NPDES permit NDG426573, held by BioBridge Wastewater in Watford City, ND, which discharges to Lake Sakakawea and is administratively continued. The file lists 13 pollutants on record, 13 of them under a numeric limit, and 4 with an effluent exceedance.