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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES NE0042501

WESTERN WASTEWATER TREATMENT FACILITY, Western, NE: NPDES NE0042501 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

WESTERN WASTEWATER TREATMENT FACILITY, held by WESTERN WWTF, holds NPDES permit NE0042501, which discharges to Tr Turkey Creek. EPA’s file records it issued June 26, 2012 and expiring June 30, 2017. 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 filedWESTERN WASTEWATER TREATMENT FACILITY
Permittee as filedWESTERN WWTF
NPDES IDNE0042501
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
IssuedJune 26, 2012
Expiration dateJune 30, 2017
AddressWestern, NE 68464
Receiving waterTR TURKEY CREEK
SubwatershedOutlet North Fork Swan Creek (HUC 102702040203)

Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO 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
Coliform, fecal general03626September 30, 200939,150% over the limit
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]02418May 31, 200668% over the limit
pH8351September 30, 2011
Solids, total suspended9410
BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C]9390
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant3280
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]12260
Chlorine, total residual0100
Nickel, sludge, total, dry weight [as Ni]270
Nitrogen, sludge, total, dry weight [as N]270
Mercury, sludge, total, dry weight [as Hg]270
Chromium, sludge, total, dry weight [as Cr]270
Copper, sludge, total, dry weight [as Cu]270
Cadmium, sludge, total, dry weight [as Cd]270
Solids, sludge, total, dry weight270
Nitrogen, ammonia, sludge, tot dry wgt270
Nitrogen, total [as N]260
Selenium, sludge solid240
Arsenic, sludge tot. dry wt [as As]240
Nitrogen [as NO3] sludge solid240
Molybdenum, sludge, total, dry weight [as Mo]240
Zinc, sludge, total, dry weight [as Zn]240
Lead, sludge, total, dry weight [as Pb]240
Nickel, total recoverable020
Zinc, total recoverable020
Cadmium, total recoverable020
Lead, total recoverable020
Chromium, total recoverable020
Copper, total recoverable020
Phosphorus, total [as P]200
E. coli, MTEC-MF200
Toxicity [chronic], Ceriodaphnia dubia100
Toxicity [chronic], Pimephales promelas [Fathead Minnow]100

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 NE0042501.

Inspections

EPA’s inspection file holds no inspection for NPDES NE0042501.

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 NE0042501.

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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What this page shows

This public-records page covers Clean Water Act NPDES permit NE0042501, held by WESTERN WASTEWATER TREATMENT FACILITY (filed as WESTERN WWTF) in Western, NE, which discharges to TR TURKEY CREEK. The permit is listed as administratively continued, a Minor discharger class, with 24 pollutants under a numeric limit and 3 pollutants with an effluent exceedance, out of 33 pollutants on file.