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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES NE0021644

KIMBALL WASTEWATER TREATMENT FACILITY, Kimball, NE: NPDES NE0021644 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

KIMBALL WASTEWATER TREATMENT FACILITY, held by Kimball WWTF, holds NPDES permit NE0021644, which discharges to Lodgepole Creek. EPA’s file records it issued March 7, 2022 and expiring September 30, 2025.

KIMBALL WASTEWATER TREATMENT FACILITY, Kimball, Nebraska: Individual permit NE0021644, held by Kimball WWTF; Publicly owned treatment works; Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued); issued March 7, 2022, term to September 30, 2025; discharges to Lodgepole Creek.

  • Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]: 12 limits, 42 violations of any kind, 18 effluent exceedances, latest November 30, 2025, largest 1,791% over the limit.
  • Nitrogen, total [as N]: 2 limits, 7 violations of any kind, 7 effluent exceedances, latest December 31, 2025, largest 266% over the limit.
  • Solids, total suspended: 5 limits, 49 violations of any kind, 1 effluent exceedance, latest November 30, 2025, largest 17% over the limit.
  • pH: 3 limits, 25 violations of any kind, 1 effluent exceedance, latest February 28, 2010.
  • BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C]: 5 limits, 47 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • Nitrogen, nitrate total [as N]: 0 limits, 24 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant: 3 limits, 18 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • Chloride [as Cl]: 0 limits, 8 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • Oxygen, dissolved [DO]: 0 limits, 5 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • Temperature, water deg. fahrenheit: 2 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • Phosphorus, total [as P]: 2 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • Priority pollutants scan [yes/no]: 1 limit, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.

Nebraska holds 254 Publicly owned treatment works coverages of this permit type in EPA’s file; 244 were issued before NE0021644.

Coverages issued nearest NE0021644

KIMBALL WASTEWATER TREATMENT FACILITY among its neighbors

EPA’s permit file holds 2 discharge permits in the Bennett Reservoir subwatershed (HUC 101900160103), NE0021644 among them. Its county holds 3, 0 of them major permits; NE0021644 is a minor permit.

Other permits in the Bennett Reservoir subwatershed (HUC 101900160103)

  • KIMBALL WWTF, Kimball: NEL021644, minor permit, permit term to December 31, 2025

Identity

Facility as filedKIMBALL WASTEWATER TREATMENT FACILITY
Permittee as filedKimball WWTF
NPDES IDNE0021644
Permit statusAdministratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit typeIndividual permit
Discharger classMinor discharger
Facility typePublicly owned treatment works
ProgramPublicly owned treatment works
IssuedMarch 7, 2022
Expiration dateSeptember 30, 2025
AddressKimball, NE 69145
Receiving waterLodgepole Creek
SubwatershedBennett Reservoir (HUC 101900160103)
SIC4952 – Sewerage Systems

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
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]124218November 30, 20251,791% over the limit
Nitrogen, total [as N]277December 31, 2025266% over the limit
Solids, total suspended5491November 30, 202517% over the limit
pH3251February 28, 2010
BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C]5470
Nitrogen, nitrate total [as N]0240
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant3180
Chloride [as Cl]080
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]050
Temperature, water deg. fahrenheit200
Phosphorus, total [as P]200
Priority pollutants scan [yes/no]100

Inspections, violations and enforcement

EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES NE0021644.

Inspections

EPA’s inspection file holds no inspection for NPDES NE0021644.

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 NE0021644.

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What this page shows

This public-records page covers Clean Water Act NPDES permit NE0021644, held by Kimball WWTF for the KIMBALL WASTEWATER TREATMENT FACILITY in Kimball, NE, which discharges to Lodgepole Creek. The permit is listed as administratively continued, with a Minor discharger class, 9 pollutants under a numeric limit, and 4 pollutants with an effluent exceedance.