Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES SC0025259
BCWS UPPER BERKELEY ST STEPHEN WWTP, St. Stephen, SC: NPDES SC0025259 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 14Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 1Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
BCWS UPPER BERKELEY ST STEPHEN WWTP, held by BCW&SA/ST STEPHEN WWTP, holds NPDES permit SC0025259, which discharges to Santee River. EPA’s file records it issued July 7, 2011 and expiring June 30, 2016. 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 | BCWS UPPER BERKELEY ST STEPHEN WWTP |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | BCW&SA/ST STEPHEN WWTP |
| NPDES ID | SC0025259 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Minor discharger |
| Facility type | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Program | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | July 7, 2011 |
| Expiration date | June 30, 2016 |
| Address | St. Stephen, SC 29479 |
| Receiving water | Santee River |
| Subwatershed | Penn Branch-Santee River (HUC 030501120106) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 16Pollutants on file
- 14Under a numeric limit
- 13With a violation of any kind
- 1With 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 | 2 | 4 | 2 | December 31, 2015 | 505% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, total [as N] | 4 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 4 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total suspended | 8 | 4 | 0 | ||
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 4 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Chlorine, total residual | 4 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Mercury, total [as Hg] | 4 | 2 | 0 | ||
| pH | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Solids, suspended percent removal | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| BOD, 5-day, percent removal | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 8 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Oxygen demand, ultimate | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Carbonaceous oxygen demand, % removal | 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
- 4Single-event violations
| Date | What EPA recorded | Agency |
|---|---|---|
| August 2, 2021 | Permit Violations - Violation Specified in Comment | ST6 |
| June 17, 2019 | Management Practice Violations - Failure to Maintain Records | ST6 |
| June 17, 2019 | Permit Violations - Violation Specified in Comment | ST6 |
| June 17, 2019 | Monitoring Violations - Invalid/Unrepresentative Sample | 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 September 15, 2026.