Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES NV0021563
LAUGHLIN WATER RESOURCE CENTER (LWRC), Laughlin, NV: NPDES NV0021563 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 16Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 7Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
LAUGHLIN WATER RESOURCE CENTER (LWRC), held by CLARK COUNTY WATER RECLAMATION, holds NPDES permit NV0021563. EPA’s file records it issued April 25, 2013 and expiring April 25, 2018. 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 | LAUGHLIN WATER RESOURCE CENTER (LWRC) |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | CLARK COUNTY WATER RECLAMATION |
| NPDES ID | NV0021563 |
| 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 | April 25, 2013 |
| Expiration date | April 25, 2018 |
| Issuing agency | NDEP |
| Address | Laughlin, NV 89029 |
| Subwatershed | Bullhead City-Colorado River (HUC 150301010302) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 38Pollutants on file
- 16Under a numeric limit
- 38With a violation of any kind
- 7With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coliform, fecal general | 4 | 25 | 7 | August 31, 2015 | 2,211% over the limit |
| Solids, total dissolved | 4 | 21 | 3 | December 31, 2001 | 11% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 8 | 50 | 2 | May 31, 1999 | 1,533% over the limit |
| Chlorine, total residual | 4 | 20 | 2 | December 31, 2006 | 40% over the limit |
| Ammonia, unionized | 0 | 8 | 2 | May 31, 2003 | 89% over the limit |
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 8 | 43 | 1 | November 30, 2003 | 38% over the limit |
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 4 | 25 | 1 | September 30, 2015 | 2% over the limit |
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 8 | 56 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, total [as N] | 12 | 54 | 0 | ||
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 8 | 48 | 0 | ||
| Flow rate | 8 | 37 | 0 | ||
| Carbon, tot organic [TOC] | 0 | 24 | 0 | ||
| Temp. diff. between samp. & upstrm deg. C | 4 | 18 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 0 | 18 | 0 | ||
| Temperature, water deg. centigrade | 0 | 15 | 0 | ||
| Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N] | 0 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Chloride [as Cl] | 0 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Sulfate, total [as SO4] | 0 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 0 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Coliform, fecal, colony forming units | 0 | 10 | 0 | ||
| pH, maximum | 2 | 9 | 0 | ||
| pH, minimum | 2 | 9 | 0 | ||
| BOD, carb-5 day, 20 deg C, percent removal | 2 | 9 | 0 | ||
| Solids, suspended percent removal | 2 | 9 | 0 | ||
| pH | 0 | 7 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, nitrate total [as N] | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N] | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Boron, total [as B] | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, total recoverable | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Copper, total recoverable | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Dichlorobromomethane | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Bromoform | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Dibromochloromethane | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Chloroform | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Trihalomethane, tot. | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| BOD, 5-day, percent removal | 2 | 3 | 0 | ||
| %Srv Static Renewal 48Hr Acute Ceriodaphnia dubia | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| % Survival Static Renewal 96Hr Acute Pimephales promelas | 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 NV0021563.
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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