Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES NE0021253
CREIGHTON WASTEWATER TREATMENT FACILITY, Creighton, NE: NPDES NE0021253 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 24Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 7Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
- 0Inspections on file
- 0Formal enforcement actions
CREIGHTON WASTEWATER TREATMENT FACILITY, held by CREIGHTON WWTF, holds NPDES permit NE0021253, which discharges to Bazile Creek. EPA’s file records it issued September 26, 2017 and expiring September 30, 2022. 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 filed | CREIGHTON WASTEWATER TREATMENT FACILITY |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | CREIGHTON WWTF |
| NPDES ID | NE0021253 |
| 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 26, 2017 |
| Expiration date | September 30, 2022 |
| Address | Creighton, NE 68729 |
| Receiving water | BAZILE CREEK |
| Subwatershed | Upper Bazile Creek (HUC 101701010703) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 35Pollutants on file
- 24Under a numeric limit
- 34With a violation of any kind
- 7With 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 | 5 | 92 | 24 | July 31, 2014 | 193% over the limit |
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 5 | 77 | 15 | January 31, 2016 | 84% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 12 | 63 | 13 | October 31, 2016 | 230% over the limit |
| E. coli, MTEC-MF | 2 | 17 | 9 | September 30, 2020 | 1,329% over the limit |
| Chlorine, total residual | 0 | 20 | 8 | November 30, 2010 | 350% over the limit |
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 0 | 8 | 2 | September 30, 2005 | 90% over the limit |
| pH | 4 | 52 | 1 | March 31, 1999 | |
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 3 | 38 | 0 | ||
| Nickel, sludge, total, dry weight [as Ni] | 1 | 13 | 0 | ||
| Solids, sludge, total, dry weight | 1 | 13 | 0 | ||
| Selenium, sludge solid | 1 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Arsenic, sludge tot. dry wt [as As] | 1 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen [as NO3] sludge solid | 1 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Molybdenum, sludge, total, dry weight [as Mo] | 1 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, sludge, total, dry weight [as Zn] | 1 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Lead, sludge, total, dry weight [as Pb] | 1 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, sludge, total, dry weight [as N] | 1 | 11 | 0 | ||
| Mercury, sludge, total, dry weight [as Hg] | 1 | 11 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, sludge, total, dry weight [as Cr] | 1 | 11 | 0 | ||
| Copper, sludge, total, dry weight [as Cu] | 1 | 11 | 0 | ||
| Cadmium, sludge, total, dry weight [as Cd] | 1 | 11 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, ammonia, sludge, tot dry wgt | 1 | 11 | 0 | ||
| Coliform, fecal general | 0 | 10 | 0 | ||
| Temperature, water deg. fahrenheit | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Nickel, total recoverable | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, total recoverable | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Cadmium, total recoverable | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Lead, total recoverable | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, total recoverable | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Copper, total recoverable | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, total [as N] | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Toxicity [acute], Ceriodaphnia dubia | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Toxicity [chronic], Ceriodaphnia dubia | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Priority pollutants scan [yes/no] | 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 NE0021253.
Inspections
EPA’s inspection file holds no inspection for NPDES NE0021253.
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 NE0021253.
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 September 15, 2026.