Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES NE0112828
COZAD WASTEWATER TREATMENT FACILITY, Cozad, NE: NPDES NE0112828 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 32Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 6Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
- 1Inspections on file
- 0Formal enforcement actions
COZAD WASTEWATER TREATMENT FACILITY, held by Cozad WWTF, holds NPDES permit NE0112828, which discharges to Platte River. 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 | COZAD WASTEWATER TREATMENT FACILITY |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Cozad WWTF |
| NPDES ID | NE0112828 |
| 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 | Cozad, NE 69130 |
| Receiving water | PLATTE RIVER |
| Subwatershed | North Channel Platte River (HUC 102001010507) |
| 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
- 37Pollutants on file
- 32Under a numeric limit
- 20With a violation of any kind
- 6With 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 | 269 | 124 | September 30, 2024 | 2,453% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 12 | 118 | 96 | September 30, 2024 | 2,126% over the limit |
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 5 | 179 | 28 | April 30, 2022 | 680% over the limit |
| E. coli, MTEC-MF | 2 | 21 | 15 | July 31, 2025 | 3,710% over the limit |
| Coliform, fecal general | 0 | 60 | 14 | June 30, 2010 | 5,900% over the limit |
| pH | 4 | 77 | 1 | January 31, 2010 | |
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 3 | 74 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, nitrate total [as NO3] | 0 | 72 | 0 | ||
| Oil & Grease | 0 | 70 | 0 | ||
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 0 | 41 | 0 | ||
| Chlorine, total residual | 0 | 32 | 0 | ||
| Temperature, water deg. fahrenheit | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, total [as N] | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Toxicity [acute], Pimephales promelas [Fathead Minnow] | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, sludge, total, dry weight [as Cr] | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Copper, sludge, total, dry weight [as Cu] | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Cadmium, sludge, total, dry weight [as Cd] | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Solids, sludge, total, dry weight | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, ammonia, sludge, tot dry wgt | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Cadmium, dissolved [as Cd] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, dissolved [as Cr] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Copper, dissolved [as Cu] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Lead, dissolved [as Pb] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nickel, dissolved [as Ni] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, dissolved [as Zn] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Toxicity [acute], Ceriodaphnia dubia | 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 |
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 NE0112828.
Inspections
| Date | What EPA recorded | Agency |
|---|---|---|
| June 4, 2026 | Evaluation | S |
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 NE0112828.
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.