Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES NE0025399
NEHAWKA WASTEWATER TREATMENT FACILITY, Nehawka, NE: NPDES NE0025399 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 25Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 5Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
NEHAWKA WASTEWATER TREATMENT FACILITY, held by NEHAWKA WWTF, holds NPDES permit NE0025399, which discharges to Weeping Water Cr. EPA’s file records it issued March 10, 2017 and expiring March 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 filed | NEHAWKA WASTEWATER TREATMENT FACILITY |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | NEHAWKA WWTF |
| NPDES ID | NE0025399 |
| 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 | March 10, 2017 |
| Expiration date | March 31, 2022 |
| Address | Nehawka, NE 68413 |
| Receiving water | WEEPING WATER CR |
| Subwatershed | Wolf Creek-Weeping Water Creek (HUC 102400010207) |
| 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
- 27Pollutants on file
- 25Under a numeric limit
- 24With 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, MTEC-MF | 2 | 27 | 25 | June 30, 2024 | 122,916% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 5 | 54 | 18 | December 31, 2015 | 2,902% over the limit |
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 5 | 52 | 10 | September 30, 2011 | 665% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 12 | 34 | 2 | February 29, 2004 | 120% over the limit |
| Coliform, fecal general | 0 | 20 | 2 | June 30, 2010 | 105% over the limit |
| Chlorine, total residual | 0 | 120 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 3 | 68 | 0 | ||
| pH | 4 | 26 | 0 | ||
| Solids, sludge, total, dry weight | 1 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Mercury, sludge, total, dry weight [as Hg] | 1 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Cadmium, sludge, total, dry weight [as Cd] | 1 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Molybdenum, sludge, total, dry weight [as Mo] | 1 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Lead, sludge, total, dry weight [as Pb] | 1 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Nickel, sludge, total, dry weight [as Ni] | 1 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, sludge, total, dry weight [as N] | 1 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, sludge, total, dry weight [as Cr] | 1 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Copper, sludge, total, dry weight [as Cu] | 1 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, ammonia, sludge, tot dry wgt | 1 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Selenium, sludge solid | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Arsenic, sludge tot. dry wt [as As] | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen [as NO3] sludge solid | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, sludge, total, dry weight [as Zn] | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, total [as N] | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Toxicity [acute], Ceriodaphnia dubia | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Toxicity [acute], Pimephales promelas [Fathead Minnow] | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Temperature, water deg. fahrenheit | 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
- 1Single-event violations
| Date | What EPA recorded | Agency |
|---|---|---|
| July 1, 2024 | Management Practice Violations - Improper Operation and Maintenance | ST6 |
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.