Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES NE0112992
AMHERST WASTEWATER TREATMENT FACILITY, Amherst, NE: NPDES NE0112992 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 17Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 5Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
AMHERST WASTEWATER TREATMENT FACILITY, held by AMHERST WWTF, holds NPDES permit NE0112992, which discharges to Wood River. EPA’s file records it issued December 29, 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 filed | AMHERST WASTEWATER TREATMENT FACILITY |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | AMHERST WWTF |
| NPDES ID | NE0112992 |
| 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 | December 29, 2017 |
| Expiration date | December 31, 2022 |
| Address | Amherst, NE 68812 |
| Receiving water | WOOD RIVER |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | City of Amherst-Wood River (HUC 102001020205) |
| 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
- 21Pollutants on file
- 17Under a numeric limit
- 21With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 12 | 234 | 48 | May 31, 2021 | 4,884% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 5 | 77 | 16 | May 31, 2021 | 357% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 5 | 214 | 15 | May 31, 2021 | 847% over the limit |
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 0 | 140 | 2 | July 31, 2009 | 48% over the limit |
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 0 | 37 | 1 | June 30, 2007 | 30% over the limit |
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 3 | 107 | 0 | ||
| pH | 3 | 106 | 0 | ||
| Duration of discharge | 1 | 33 | 0 | ||
| Flow, total | 1 | 33 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, total [as N] | 2 | 27 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 2 | 27 | 0 | ||
| Temperature, water deg. fahrenheit | 2 | 26 | 0 | ||
| Cadmium, dissolved [as Cd] | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, dissolved [as Cr] | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Copper, dissolved [as Cu] | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Lead, dissolved [as Pb] | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Nickel, dissolved [as Ni] | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, dissolved [as Zn] | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Priority pollutants scan [yes/no] | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Toxicity [acute], Ceriodaphnia dubia | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Toxicity [acute], Pimephales promelas [Fathead Minnow] | 0 | 1 | 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 NE0112992.
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.