Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES NV0020150
TRUCKEE MEADOWS WATER RECLAMATION FACILITY, Reno, NV: NPDES NV0020150 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 148Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 18Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
- 1Inspections on file
- 0Formal enforcement actions
TRUCKEE MEADOWS WATER RECLAMATION FACILITY, held by SPARKS, CITY OF, holds NPDES permit NV0020150, which discharges to Truckee River Via Steamboat Creek. EPA’s file records it issued September 30, 2003 and expiring October 14, 2008. 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 | TRUCKEE MEADOWS WATER RECLAMATION FACILITY |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | SPARKS, CITY OF |
| NPDES ID | NV0020150 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Major discharger |
| Facility type | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Program | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | September 30, 2003 |
| Expiration date | October 14, 2008 |
| Address | Reno, NV 89502 |
| Receiving water | TRUCKEE RIVER VIA STEAMBOAT CREEK |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Sugarloaf Peak (HUC 160501020401) |
| Program components on file | POTW, Pretreatment |
| SIC | 4952 – Sewerage Systems |
| Other EPA IDs (FRS) | ICIS-AIR source NVWCD00032031R9798 |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download) and EPA’s NAICS/SIC and component files, the same download; cross-program IDs from EPA’s FRS facility-registry crosswalk.
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 160Pollutants on file
- 148Under a numeric limit
- 158With a violation of any kind
- 18With 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; the 60 with the most exceedances of 160 are shown.
| Pollutant or measure | Limits | Violations, any kind | Effluent exceedances | Latest exceedance | Largest exceedance, as filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen, total [as N] | 5 | 70 | 30 | December 31, 2001 | 535% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, nitrate total [as N] | 2 | 44 | 22 | February 28, 2019 | 585% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, ammonia, tot unionized [as N] | 0 | 49 | 21 | May 31, 2001 | 3,800% over the limit |
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 0 | 44 | 10 | July 31, 2001 | 99,999% over the limit |
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 2 | 30 | 10 | July 31, 2017 | 33% over the limit |
| E. coli | 2 | 20 | 10 | May 31, 2023 | 99,999% over the limit |
| Solids, total dissolved | 3 | 57 | 9 | December 31, 2025 | 11% over the limit |
| Temperature, water deg. centigrade | 0 | 30 | 9 | December 31, 2002 | 325% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 7 | 101 | 7 | November 30, 2014 | 99,999% over the limit |
| Coliform, fecal general | 2 | 38 | 7 | January 31, 2023 | 505% over the limit |
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 1 | 23 | 7 | June 30, 2017 | 26% over the limit |
| Chlorine, total residual | 2 | 37 | 6 | December 31, 2022 | 99,999% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 7 | 97 | 3 | January 31, 1997 | 40,206% over the limit |
| Phosphate, total, color method [as P] | 0 | 22 | 2 | November 30, 2001 | 146% over the limit |
| Temperature Increase Deg. C | 0 | 8 | 2 | December 31, 2022 | 90% over the limit |
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 4 | 25 | 1 | January 31, 1997 | 1% over the limit |
| pH | 2 | 13 | 1 | August 31, 1998 | |
| Pass/Fail Static Renewal 48Hr Acute Ceriodaphnia dubia | 1 | 1 | 1 | May 31, 2004 | |
| Alkalinity, total [as CaCO3] | 1 | 51 | 0 | ||
| pH, maximum | 0 | 28 | 0 | ||
| pH, minimum | 0 | 28 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, organic, dissolved [as N] | 2 | 20 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N] | 2 | 20 | 0 | ||
| Flow rate | 0 | 20 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 1 | 19 | 0 | ||
| Solids, suspended percent removal | 1 | 17 | 0 | ||
| Carbon, dissolved organic [as C] | 0 | 12 | 0 | ||
| BOD, 5-day, percent removal | 1 | 10 | 0 | ||
| Phosphate, dissolved color method [as P] | 0 | 10 | 0 | ||
| BOD, carb-5 day, 20 deg C, percent removal | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Hardness, total [as CaCO3] | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Cyanide, total [as CN] | 2 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Asbestos | 2 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Arsenic, total recoverable | 2 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Selenium, total recoverable | 2 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Thallium, total recoverable | 2 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Beryllium, total recoverable [as Be] | 2 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Nickel, total recoverable | 2 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Silver total recoverable | 2 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, total recoverable | 2 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Cadmium, total recoverable | 2 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Lead, total recoverable | 2 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, total recoverable | 2 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Copper, total recoverable | 2 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Antimony, total recoverable | 2 | 3 | 0 | ||
| 2-Methyl-4,6-dinitrophenol | 2 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Dichlorobromomethane | 2 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Carbon tetrachloride | 2 | 3 | 0 | ||
| 1,2-Dichloroethane | 2 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Bromoform | 2 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Dibromochloromethane | 2 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Chloroform | 2 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Toluene | 2 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Benzene | 2 | 3 | 0 | ||
| .delta.-BHC | 2 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Acenaphthylene | 2 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Acenaphthene | 2 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Acrolein | 2 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Acrylonitrile | 2 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Anthracene | 2 | 3 | 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 NV0020150.
Inspections
| Date | What EPA recorded | Agency |
|---|---|---|
| May 12, 2026 | Sampling | 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 NV0020150.
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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