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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES SC0022381

SALUDA TOWN OF, Saluda, SC: NPDES SC0022381 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

SALUDA TOWN OF, held by SALUDA COMMISSION OF PUBLIC WORKS, holds NPDES permit SC0022381. EPA’s file records it issued December 30, 2020 and expiring January 31, 2026. 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 filedSALUDA TOWN OF
Permittee as filedSALUDA COMMISSION OF PUBLIC WORKS
NPDES IDSC0022381
Permit statusEffective
Permit typeIndividual permit
Discharger classMinor discharger
Facility typePublicly owned treatment works
ProgramPublicly owned treatment works
IssuedDecember 30, 2020
Expiration dateJanuary 31, 2026
Issuing agencyState
AddressSaluda, SC 29138
SubwatershedUpper Little Saluda River (HUC 030501091104)

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

Effluent limits and exceedances

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 measureLimitsViolations, any kindEffluent exceedancesLatest exceedanceLargest exceedance, as filed
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C8126118September 30, 2025870% over the limit
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]1610282September 30, 20252,148% over the limit
Copper, total [as Cu]05319May 31, 201727,900% over the limit
Solids, total suspended83119September 30, 20251,251% over the limit
E. coli43715September 30, 2025593% over the limit
Coliform, fecal general01913April 30, 20144,900% over the limit
Solids, suspended percent removal21511September 30, 2025574% over the limit
Chlorine, total residual82810January 31, 2010809% over the limit
BOD, 5-day, percent removal2117September 30, 2025193% over the limit
pH4154July 31, 2013
%Effect Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia2153January 31, 2024220% over the limit
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]282April 30, 201422% over the limit
Lead, total [as Pb]0351July 31, 2007181% over the limit
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant4111November 30, 200831% over the limit
Nitrogen, total [as N]8360
Phosphorus, total [as P]8360
LC50 Static 48Hr Acute Ceriodaphnia dubia140
IC25 Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia140

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

DateWhat EPA recordedAgency
October 28, 2025Management Practice Violations - Improper Operation and MaintenanceST6
October 27, 2025Management Practice Violations - Improper Operation and MaintenanceST6
October 14, 2025Management Practice Violations - Improper Operation and MaintenanceST6
March 12, 2025Effluent Violations - Numeric effluent violationST6
January 28, 2025Management Practice Violations - Failure to Maintain RecordsST6
January 28, 2025Management Practice Violations - Improper Operation and MaintenanceST6
January 28, 2025Reporting Violations - Improper/ Incorrect ReportingST6
January 28, 2025Management Practice Violations - Laboratory Not CertifiedST6
January 27, 2025Permit Violations - Unapproved OperationST6
January 27, 2025Management Practice Violations - Improper Operation and MaintenanceST6
March 14, 2024Management Practice Violations - Improper Operation and MaintenanceST6
September 14, 2023Effluent Violations - Numeric effluent violationST6
April 18, 2023Permit Violations - Violation Specified in CommentST6
April 18, 2023Management Practice Violations - Improper Operation and MaintenanceST6
May 23, 2019Permit Violations - Failure to Submit Timely Permit Renewal ApplicationST6
May 21, 2019Permit Violations - Failure to Submit Timely Permit Renewal ApplicationST6

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 September 15, 2026.

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