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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES NE0026042

ELM CREEK WASTEWATER TREATMENT FACILITY, Elm Creek, NE: NPDES NE0026042 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

ELM CREEK WASTEWATER TREATMENT FACILITY, held by ELM CREEK WWTF, holds NPDES permit NE0026042, which discharges to Buffalo Creek. EPA’s file records it issued December 18, 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 filedELM CREEK WASTEWATER TREATMENT FACILITY
Permittee as filedELM CREEK WWTF
NPDES IDNE0026042
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
IssuedDecember 18, 2017
Expiration dateDecember 31, 2022
AddressElm Creek, NE 68836
Receiving waterBUFFALO CREEK
SubwatershedLower Buffalo Creek (HUC 102001010808)
NAICS221320 – Sewage Treatment Facilities
SIC4952 – 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

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]128828March 31, 20253,412% over the limit
Solids, total suspended57720March 31, 2025113% over the limit
pH34816April 30, 2008
BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C]02614April 30, 200966% over the limit
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C5494March 31, 202542% over the limit
E. coli, MTEC-MF2142May 31, 2024337% over the limit
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant3290
Temperature, water deg. fahrenheit2220
Nitrogen, total [as N]2220
Phosphorus, total [as P]2220
Duration of discharge1140
Flow, total1140
E. coli080

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 NE0026042.

Inspections

EPA’s inspection file holds no inspection for NPDES NE0026042.

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 NE0026042.

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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ELM CREEK WASTEWATER TREATMENT FACILITY, Elm Creek, Nebraska: Individual permit NE0026042, held by ELM CREEK WWTF; Publicly owned treatment works; Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued); issued December 18, 2017, term to December 31, 2022; discharges to BUFFALO CREEK; Sewage Treatment Facilities.

  • Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]: 12 limits, 88 violations of any kind, 28 effluent exceedances, latest March 31, 2025, largest 3,412% over the limit.
  • Solids, total suspended: 5 limits, 77 violations of any kind, 20 effluent exceedances, latest March 31, 2025, largest 113% over the limit.
  • pH: 3 limits, 48 violations of any kind, 16 effluent exceedances, latest April 30, 2008.
  • BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C]: 0 limits, 26 violations of any kind, 14 effluent exceedances, latest April 30, 2009, largest 66% over the limit.
  • BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C: 5 limits, 49 violations of any kind, 4 effluent exceedances, latest March 31, 2025, largest 42% over the limit.
  • E. coli, MTEC-MF: 2 limits, 14 violations of any kind, 2 effluent exceedances, latest May 31, 2024, largest 337% over the limit.
  • Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant: 3 limits, 29 violations of any kind.
  • Temperature, water deg. fahrenheit: 2 limits, 22 violations of any kind.
  • Nitrogen, total [as N]: 2 limits, 22 violations of any kind.
  • Phosphorus, total [as P]: 2 limits, 22 violations of any kind.
  • Duration of discharge: 1 limit, 14 violations of any kind.
  • Flow, total: 1 limit, 14 violations of any kind.
  • E. coli: 0 limits, 8 violations of any kind.

Nebraska holds 254 Publicly owned treatment works coverages of this permit type in EPA’s file; 123 were issued before NE0026042.

Coverages issued nearest NE0026042

ELM CREEK WASTEWATER TREATMENT FACILITY among its neighbors

3 discharge permits are in the Lower Buffalo Creek subwatershed (HUC 102001010808); NE0026042 is one. Its county: 30, 1 major; NE0026042 is minor permit.

Other permits in the Lower Buffalo Creek subwatershed (HUC 102001010808)

Nearby on the register

Figures from EPA’s ICIS-NPDES download, loaded October 14, 2026.

What this page shows

The page covers the Clean Water Act discharge permit NPDES NE0026042 for Elm Creek Wastewater Treatment Facility in Elm Creek, NE, which discharges to Buffalo Creek and is listed as administratively continued. The page lists 11 for discharger class, 6 pollutants under a numeric limit, and 6 pollutants with an effluent exceedance, with the permit issued December 18, 2017 and expiring December 31, 2022.