Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES SC0025178
BENNETTSVILLE WWTF, Bennettsville, SC: NPDES SC0025178 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 15Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 4Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
BENNETTSVILLE WWTF, held by BENNETTSVILLE CITY OF, holds NPDES permit SC0025178. EPA’s file records it issued April 11, 2016 and expiring March 31, 2019. 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 | BENNETTSVILLE WWTF |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | BENNETTSVILLE CITY OF |
| NPDES ID | SC0025178 |
| 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 11, 2016 |
| Expiration date | March 31, 2019 |
| Issuing agency | State |
| Address | Bennettsville, SC 29512 |
| Subwatershed | Crooked Creek (HUC 030402010507) |
| Program components on file | Biosolids, POTW, Pretreatment |
| NAICS | 221320 – Sewage Treatment Facilities |
| SIC | 4952 – Sewerage Systems |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download) and EPA’s NAICS/SIC and component files, the same download.
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 19Pollutants on file
- 15Under a numeric limit
- 19With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Solids, suspended percent removal | 1 | 56 | 8 | March 31, 2025 | 64% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 4 | 195 | 3 | September 30, 2021 | 151% over the limit |
| E. coli | 8 | 161 | 1 | November 30, 2024 | 66% over the limit |
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 97 | 1 | January 31, 2014 | 0% over the limit |
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 5 | 192 | 0 | ||
| Chlorine, total residual | 4 | 190 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 8 | 188 | 0 | ||
| pH | 2 | 96 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, total [as N] | 4 | 68 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 4 | 68 | 0 | ||
| Carbonaceous oxygen demand, % removal | 1 | 54 | 0 | ||
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 1 | 48 | 0 | ||
| %Effect Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 2 | 36 | 0 | ||
| Mercury, total [as Hg] | 4 | 20 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, total [as Zn] | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Coliform, fecal general | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| %Mortality 7Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| %Repro Reduc Static Renewal7D Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| BOD, 5-day, percent removal | 1 | 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
- 11Single-event violations
| Date | What EPA recorded | Agency |
|---|---|---|
| June 12, 2024 | Pretreatment - IU Violation of Pretreatment Standards | ST6 |
| June 12, 2024 | Pretreatment - Baseline Monitoring Report Violation | ST6 |
| May 5, 2021 | Management Practice Violations - Improper Operation and Maintenance | ST6 |
| May 5, 2021 | Monitoring Violations - Invalid/Unrepresentative Sample | ST6 |
| April 16, 2021 | Management Practice Violations - Improper Operation and Maintenance | ST6 |
| July 28, 2020 | Pretreatment - Failure to submit required report (non-DMR) | ST6 |
| April 10, 2020 | Monitoring Violations - Improper Analysis or Lab Error | ST6 |
| January 1, 2020 | Pretreatment - Failure to submit required report (non-DMR) | ST6 |
| October 22, 2019 | Effluent Violations - Numeric effluent violation | ST6 |
| October 21, 2019 | Effluent Violations - Numeric effluent violation | ST6 |
| October 21, 2019 | Monitoring Violations - Improper Analysis or Lab Error | 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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Figures from EPA’s ICIS-NPDES download, loaded October 14, 2026.