Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES NE0042048

PAWNEE CITY WASTEWATER TREATMENT FACILITY, Pawnee City, NE: NPDES NE0042048 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

Administratively continuedPermit status
MinorDischarger class
25Pollutants under a numeric limit
8Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
0Inspections on file
0Formal enforcement actions

PAWNEE CITY WASTEWATER TREATMENT FACILITY, held by Pawnee City WWTF, holds NPDES permit NE0042048, which discharges to Turkey Creek. EPA’s file records it issued March 18, 2020 and expiring March 31, 2025. 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	PAWNEE CITY WASTEWATER TREATMENT FACILITY
Permittee as filed	Pawnee City WWTF
NPDES ID	NE0042048
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 18, 2020
Expiration date	March 31, 2025
Address	Pawnee City, NE 68420
Receiving water	TURKEY CREEK
Subwatershed	Chatawa Creek-Turkey Creek (HUC 102400070105)
Program components on file	POTW, Pretreatment
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

29Pollutants on file
25Under a numeric limit
13With a violation of any kind
8With 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	39	16	March 31, 2023	201% over the limit
BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C]	5	38	16	May 31, 2015	452% over the limit
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C	0	10	9	September 30, 1989	53% over the limit
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]	12	28	4	February 28, 2017	85% over the limit
Toxicity [acute], Pimephales promelas [Fathead Minnow]	0	3	3	March 31, 2008	41% over the limit
E. coli, MTEC-MF	2	2	2	August 31, 2019	463% over the limit
pH	4	15	1	June 30, 1989
Toxicity [acute], Ceriodaphnia dubia	0	1	1	March 31, 2007	36% over the limit
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant	3	15	0
Nitrogen, total [as N]	2	6	0
Phosphorus, total [as P]	2	6	0
E. coli	0	4	0
Temperature, water deg. fahrenheit	2	2	0
Oil and grease, hexane extr method	2	0	0
Nitrate nitrogen, dry weight	1	0	0
Selenium, sludge, total, dry weight [as Se]	1	0	0
Arsenic total, dry weight, sludge	1	0	0
Priority pollutants scan [yes/no]	1	0	0
Molybdenum, sludge, total, dry weight [as Mo]	1	0	0
Zinc, sludge, total, dry weight [as Zn]	1	0	0
Lead, sludge, total, dry weight [as Pb]	1	0	0
Nickel, sludge, total, dry weight [as Ni]	1	0	0
Nitrogen, sludge, total, dry weight [as N]	1	0	0
Mercury, sludge, total, dry weight [as Hg]	1	0	0
Chromium, sludge, total, dry weight [as Cr]	1	0	0
Copper, sludge, total, dry weight [as Cu]	1	0	0
Cadmium, sludge, total, dry weight [as Cd]	1	0	0
Solids, sludge, total, dry weight	1	0	0
Nitrogen, ammonia, sludge, tot dry wgt	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 NE0042048.

Inspections

EPA’s inspection file holds no inspection for NPDES NE0042048.

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 NE0042048.

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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PAWNEE CITY WASTEWATER TREATMENT FACILITY, Pawnee City, Nebraska: Individual permit NE0042048, held by Pawnee City WWTF; Publicly owned treatment works; Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued); issued March 18, 2020, term to March 31, 2025; discharges to TURKEY CREEK.

Solids, total suspended: 5 limits, 39 violations of any kind, 16 effluent exceedances, latest March 31, 2023, largest 201% over the limit.
BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C]: 5 limits, 38 violations of any kind, 16 effluent exceedances, latest May 31, 2015, largest 452% over the limit.
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C: 0 limits, 10 violations of any kind, 9 effluent exceedances, latest September 30, 1989, largest 53% over the limit.
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]: 12 limits, 28 violations of any kind, 4 effluent exceedances, latest February 28, 2017, largest 85% over the limit.
Toxicity [acute], Pimephales promelas [Fathead Minnow]: 0 limits, 3 violations of any kind, 3 effluent exceedances, latest March 31, 2008, largest 41% over the limit.
E. coli, MTEC-MF: 2 limits, 2 violations of any kind, 2 effluent exceedances, latest August 31, 2019, largest 463% over the limit.
pH: 4 limits, 15 violations of any kind, 1 effluent exceedance, latest June 30, 1989.
Toxicity [acute], Ceriodaphnia dubia: 0 limits, 1 violation of any kind, 1 effluent exceedance, latest March 31, 2007, largest 36% over the limit.
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant: 3 limits, 15 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Nitrogen, total [as N]: 2 limits, 6 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Phosphorus, total [as P]: 2 limits, 6 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
E. coli: 0 limits, 4 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Temperature, water deg. fahrenheit: 2 limits, 2 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Oil and grease, hexane extr method: 2 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Nitrate nitrogen, dry weight: 1 limit, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Selenium, sludge, total, dry weight [as Se]: 1 limit, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Arsenic total, dry weight, sludge: 1 limit, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Priority pollutants scan [yes/no]: 1 limit, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Molybdenum, sludge, total, dry weight [as Mo]: 1 limit, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Zinc, sludge, total, dry weight [as Zn]: 1 limit, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Lead, sludge, total, dry weight [as Pb]: 1 limit, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Nickel, sludge, total, dry weight [as Ni]: 1 limit, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Nitrogen, sludge, total, dry weight [as N]: 1 limit, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Mercury, sludge, total, dry weight [as Hg]: 1 limit, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Chromium, sludge, total, dry weight [as Cr]: 1 limit, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Copper, sludge, total, dry weight [as Cu]: 1 limit, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Cadmium, sludge, total, dry weight [as Cd]: 1 limit, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Solids, sludge, total, dry weight: 1 limit, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Nitrogen, ammonia, sludge, tot dry wgt: 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; 191 were issued before NE0042048.

Coverages issued nearest NE0042048

December 19, 2019: BLAIR WASTEWATER TREATMENT FACILITY, Blair, NE0021482, held by Blair WWTF
December 19, 2019: SCHUYLER WASTEWATER TREATMENT FACILITY, Schuyler, NE0042358, held by Schuyler WWTF
December 19, 2019: RISING CITY WASTEWATER TREATMENT FACILITY, Rising City, NE0046299, held by Rising City WWTF
March 4, 2020: HOLDREGE WASTEWATER TREATMENT FACILITY, Holdrege, NE0021202, held by Holdrege WWTF
March 9, 2020: GUIDE ROCK WASTEWATER TREATMENT FACILITY, Guide Rock, NE0021601, held by Guide Rock WWTF
March 18, 2020: COZAD WASTEWATER TREATMENT FACILITY, Cozad, NE0112828, held by Cozad WWTF
March 20, 2020: BENEDICT WASTEWATER TREATMENT FACILITY, Benedict, NE0114944, held by Benedict WWTF
March 23, 2020: SILVER CREEK WASTEWATER TREATMENT FACILITY, Silver Creek, NE0030724, held by Silver Creek WWTF
June 22, 2020: COLUMBUS WASTEWATER TREATMENT FACILITY, Columbus, NE0035025, held by Columbus WWTF
June 29, 2020: HOMER WASTEWATER TREATMENT FACILITY, Homer, NE0025453, held by Homer WWTF

PAWNEE CITY WASTEWATER TREATMENT FACILITY among its neighbors

EPA’s permit file holds 1 discharge permits in the Chatawa Creek-Turkey Creek subwatershed (HUC 102400070105), NE0042048 among them. Its county holds 7, 0 of them major permits; NE0042048 is a minor permit.

Nearby on the register

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

This public-records page covers NPDES permit NE0042048 for the Pawnee City Wastewater Treatment Facility, which discharges to Turkey Creek within the Chatawa Creek-Turkey Creek subwatershed (HUC 102400070105). The page lists a Minor Discharger class, 25 pollutants under a numeric limit, and 8 pollutants with an effluent exceedance, with the permit shown as administratively continued.