Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES SC0020214
WARE SHOALS DAIRY STREET, Ware Shoals, SC: NPDES SC0020214 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- EffectivePermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 15Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 7Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
WARE SHOALS DAIRY STREET, held by WARE SHOALS TOWN OF, holds NPDES permit SC0020214, which discharges to Saluda River. EPA’s file records it issued June 19, 2025 and expiring September 30, 2027. 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 | WARE SHOALS DAIRY STREET |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | WARE SHOALS TOWN OF |
| NPDES ID | SC0020214 |
| Permit status | Effective |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Major discharger |
| Facility type | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Program | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | June 19, 2025 |
| Expiration date | September 30, 2027 |
| Issuing agency | State |
| Address | Ware Shoals, SC 29692 |
| Receiving water | Saluda River |
| Subwatershed | Coronaca Creek (HUC 030501090701) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 22Pollutants on file
- 15Under a numeric limit
- 21With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Solids, total suspended | 4 | 30 | 9 | December 31, 2011 | 1,119% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 4 | 25 | 4 | October 31, 2011 | 7,433% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 8 | 25 | 3 | November 30, 2011 | 28% over the limit |
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 1 | 7 | 2 | October 31, 2011 | 44% over the limit |
| %Effect Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 2 | 2 | 2 | September 30, 2025 | 114% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, percent removal | 1 | 6 | 1 | October 31, 2011 | 520% over the limit |
| Solids, suspended percent removal | 1 | 6 | 1 | October 31, 2011 | 221% over the limit |
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 6 | 28 | 0 | ||
| Chlorine, total residual | 4 | 18 | 0 | ||
| E. coli | 4 | 16 | 0 | ||
| pH | 2 | 10 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 10 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, total [as N] | 4 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Toluene | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| IC25 Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Copper, total recoverable | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Coliform, fecal general | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| % Mortality Static 48Hr Acute Ceriodaphnia dubia | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| IC25 Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Chrpimephales | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, total recoverable | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Overflow volume [SS0 volume, CSO volume] | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| LC50 Static 48Hr Acute Ceriodaphnia dubia | 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
- 33Single-event violations
| Date | What EPA recorded | Agency |
|---|---|---|
| June 9, 2026 | Management Practice Violations - Improper Operation and Maintenance | ST6 |
| June 5, 2026 | Management Practice Violations - Improper Operation and Maintenance | ST6 |
| May 27, 2026 | WW SSO - Failure to report other violation | ST6 |
| May 27, 2026 | WW SSO - Failure to report violation that may endanger public health 122.41(l)(7) | ST6 |
| April 23, 2026 | Pretreatment - IU Violation of Pretreatment Standards | ST6 |
| April 23, 2026 | Pretreatment - Failure to Develop/Enforce Standards | ST6 |
| February 12, 2026 | Pretreatment - IU Violation of Pretreatment Standards | ST6 |
| February 4, 2026 | Pretreatment - Failure to Conduct Inspections | ST6 |
| February 19, 2025 | Pretreatment - Failure to Meet Inspection and Sampling Plan for SIUs | ST6 |
| July 30, 2024 | Pretreatment - IU Violation of Pretreatment Standards | ST6 |
| July 30, 2024 | Pretreatment - Failure to Issue SIU Permits | ST6 |
| July 30, 2024 | Management Practice Violations - Failure to Maintain Records | ST6 |
| July 30, 2024 | Pretreatment - Failure to Develop/Enforce Standards | ST6 |
| July 30, 2024 | Pretreatment - Failure to Establish Self-Monitoring Requirements | ST6 |
| June 28, 2024 | Management Practice Violations - Improper Operation and Maintenance | ST6 |
| July 28, 2023 | Management Practice Violations - Improper Operation and Maintenance | ST6 |
| July 29, 2021 | Monitoring Violations - Improper Analysis or Lab Error | ST6 |
| July 29, 2021 | Management Practice Violations - Improper Operation and Maintenance | ST6 |
| July 29, 2021 | Management Practice Violations - Failure to Maintain Records | ST6 |
| July 29, 2021 | Monitoring Violations - Invalid/Unrepresentative Sample | ST6 |
| July 29, 2021 | Permit Violations - Violation Specified in Comment | ST6 |
| July 13, 2021 | Management Practice Violations - Improper Operation and Maintenance | ST6 |
| July 13, 2021 | Monitoring Violations - Invalid/Unrepresentative Sample | ST6 |
| July 13, 2021 | Management Practice Violations - Failure to Maintain Records | ST6 |
| July 7, 2020 | Management Practice Violations - Improper Operation and Maintenance | ST6 |
| July 7, 2020 | Permit Violations - Violation Specified in Comment | ST6 |
| June 4, 2020 | Management Practice Violations - Improper Operation and Maintenance | ST6 |
| June 4, 2020 | Permit Violations - Violation Specified in Comment | ST6 |
| May 19, 2020 | Management Practice Violations - Best Management Practice Deficiencies | ST6 |
| May 15, 2020 | Management Practice Violations - Improper Operation and Maintenance | ST6 |
| May 15, 2020 | Permit Violations - Violation Specified in Comment | ST6 |
| August 20, 2018 | Permit Violations - Violation Specified in Comment | ST6 |
| August 20, 2018 | 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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