Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES NE0023876
SEWARD WASTEWATER TREATMENT FACILITY, Seward, NE: NPDES NE0023876 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 11Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 3Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
- 0Inspections on file
- 0Formal enforcement actions
SEWARD WASTEWATER TREATMENT FACILITY, held by Seward WWTF, holds NPDES permit NE0023876, which discharges to Plum Creek. EPA’s file records it issued June 24, 2019 and expiring June 30, 2024. 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 | SEWARD WASTEWATER TREATMENT FACILITY |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Seward WWTF |
| NPDES ID | NE0023876 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Major discharger |
| Facility type | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Program | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | June 24, 2019 |
| Expiration date | June 30, 2024 |
| Issuing agency | NDEQ |
| Address | Seward, NE 68434 |
| Receiving water | PLUM CREEK |
| Subwatershed | Outlet Plum Creek (HUC 102702020102) |
| Other EPA IDs (FRS) | ICIS-AIR source NE0000003115900027 |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download); cross-program IDs from EPA’s FRS facility-registry crosswalk.
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 35Pollutants on file
- 11Under a numeric limit
- 34With a violation of any kind
- 3With 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 | 41 | 23 | January 31, 2014 | 478% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 12 | 21 | 15 | February 28, 2017 | 422% over the limit |
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 5 | 19 | 13 | November 30, 2023 | 85% over the limit |
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 3 | 16 | 0 | ||
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 0 | 12 | 0 | ||
| pH | 3 | 11 | 0 | ||
| E. coli | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Temperature, water deg. fahrenheit | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, total [as N] | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Toxicity [acute], Ceriodaphnia dubia | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Toxicity [acute], Pimephales promelas [Fathead Minnow] | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Cadmium, dissolved [as Cd] | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, dissolved [as Cr] | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Copper, dissolved [as Cu] | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Lead, dissolved [as Pb] | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Nickel, dissolved [as Ni] | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, dissolved [as Zn] | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Selenium, sludge solid | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Arsenic, sludge tot. dry wt [as As] | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen [as NO3] sludge solid | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Molybdenum, sludge, total, dry weight [as Mo] | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, sludge, total, dry weight [as Zn] | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Lead, sludge, total, dry weight [as Pb] | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Nickel, sludge, total, dry weight [as Ni] | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, sludge, total, dry weight [as N] | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Mercury, sludge, total, dry weight [as Hg] | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, sludge, total, dry weight [as Cr] | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Copper, sludge, total, dry weight [as Cu] | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Cadmium, sludge, total, dry weight [as Cd] | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Solids, sludge, total, dry weight | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, ammonia, sludge, tot dry wgt | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| %Mortality Static 24Hr Acute Ceriodaphnia dubia | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| %Mortality Static 24Hr Acute Pimephales | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| E. coli, MTEC-MF | 2 | 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
- 15Single-event violations
| Date | What EPA recorded | Agency |
|---|---|---|
| September 11, 2026 | Dry-weather SSO, no discharge to waters of the U.S., that may endanger health or the environment | ST6 |
| July 23, 2026 | Dry-weather SSO discharge to waters of the U.S. that may endanger health or the environment | ST6 |
| March 3, 2026 | Dry-weather SSO, no discharge to waters of the U.S., that may endanger health or the environment | ST6 |
| January 13, 2026 | Dry-weather SSO, no discharge to waters of the U.S., that may endanger health or the environment | ST6 |
| October 7, 2025 | Dry-weather SSO, no discharge to waters of the U.S., that may endanger health or the environment | ST6 |
| July 12, 2025 | Dry-weather SSO, no discharge to waters of the U.S., that may endanger health or the environment | ST6 |
| June 19, 2025 | Dry-weather SSO discharge to waters of the U.S. that may endanger health or the environment | ST6 |
| June 1, 2025 | Dry-weather SSO, no discharge to waters of the U.S., that may endanger health or the environment | ST6 |
| May 11, 2025 | Dry-weather SSO, no discharge to waters of the U.S., that may endanger health or the environment | ST6 |
| April 28, 2025 | Dry-weather SSO, no discharge to waters of the U.S., that may endanger health or the environment | ST6 |
| February 19, 2025 | Dry-weather SSO, no discharge to waters of the U.S., not permit compliant, no endangerment | ST6 |
| December 24, 2024 | PR: Failure to submit noncompliance report - CSO, SSO, or Bypass [40 CFR 122.41(l)(6) & (m)(3)(ii)] | ST6 |
| December 18, 2024 | Dry-weather SSO, no discharge to waters of the U.S., that may endanger health or the environment | ST6 |
| October 14, 2024 | PR: Failure to submit noncompliance report - CSO, SSO, or Bypass [40 CFR 122.41(l)(6) & (m)(3)(ii)] | ST6 |
| October 8, 2024 | Dry-weather SSO, no discharge to waters of the U.S., that may endanger health or the environment | ST6 |
Inspections
EPA’s inspection file holds no inspection for NPDES NE0023876.
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 NE0023876.
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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