Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES NE0121673

OTOE WASTEWATER TREATMENT FACILITY, Otoe, NE: NPDES NE0121673 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

Administratively continuedPermit status
MinorDischarger class
10Pollutants under a numeric limit
4Pollutants with an effluent exceedance

OTOE WASTEWATER TREATMENT FACILITY, held by Otoe WWTF, holds NPDES permit NE0121673. EPA’s file records it issued December 15, 2014 and expiring December 31, 2019. 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 filed	OTOE WASTEWATER TREATMENT FACILITY
Permittee as filed	Otoe WWTF
NPDES ID	NE0121673
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 15, 2014
Expiration date	December 31, 2019
Address	Otoe, NE 68417
Subwatershed	Deer Creek-North Fork Little Nemaha River (HUC 102400060302)

Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).

Effluent limits and exceedances

13Pollutants on file
10Under a numeric limit
13With a violation of any kind
4With 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	362	42	February 28, 2026	4,190% over the limit
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C	5	209	15	February 28, 2026	447% over the limit
E. coli, MTEC-MF	2	32	12	May 31, 2017	133,233% over the limit
Solids, total suspended	5	340	4	February 28, 2026	46% over the limit
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant	3	262	0
pH	4	249	0
BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C]	0	140	0
Duration of discharge	1	91	0
E. coli	0	88	0
Temperature, water deg. fahrenheit	2	48	0
Nitrogen, total [as N]	2	48	0
Phosphorus, total [as P]	2	48	0
Flow, total	0	44	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

1Single-event violations

Date	What EPA recorded	Agency
May 16, 2023	Management Practice Violations - Improper Operation and Maintenance	ST6

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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This public-records page covers Clean Water Act discharge permit NPDES NE0121673 for the OTOE WASTEWATER TREATMENT FACILITY in Otoe, NE, held by Otoe WWTF and currently administratively continued. The page lists 13 pollutants on file, 10 of them under a numeric limit, and 4 with an effluent exceedance, within the Deer Creek-North Fork Little Nemaha River subwatershed (HUC 102400060302).