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Discharge permits in South Dakota

2,151Current permits
23Major dischargers
476Individual permits

A major discharger is one EPA rates as significant on volume, toxicity or the water it reaches; the rest are minors. An individual permit is written for one operation, while general permit coverage applies a statewide permit to a site that qualifies for it.

This page gathers South Dakota’s current permits three ways below — by the program they are issued under, by the city of the discharge, and by watershed. It names 5 programs, 172 cities and 372 watersheds. Each list says which set it covers.

Every permit’s record

Each of the 2,151 current permits in South Dakota has a record page: the permittee, the receiving water, the status and dates, and its effluent limits and exceedances. Each city below lists its own; or every permit in South Dakota, A to Z.

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By what is permitted in South Dakota

By city

The 172 cities with the most permits. All 172 cities in South Dakota with 3 or more permits are listed at every city in South Dakota.

Watersheds inside South Dakota 372

Every watershed with three or more permits in South Dakota, most permits first.

All 372 watersheds in South Dakota with 3 or more permits are named on one page at every watershed in South Dakota.

Other states

Every state carrying three or more current permits, in alphabetical order.

Permits

Major dischargers first. Not every permit in South Dakota is listed here.

Permit holder	NPDES ID	City	Program	Discharger	Receiving water
ABERDEEN, CITY OF	SD0020702	ABERDEEN	Publicly owned treatment works	Major	Moccasin Creek
BELLE FOURCHE, CITY OF	SD0021628	BELLE FOURCHE	Publicly owned treatment works	Major	Unnamed tributary of Crow Creek
BOX ELDER -CITY OF	SD0025186	BOX ELDER, CITY OF	Publicly owned treatment works	Major	BOX ELDER CREEK
BROOKINGS MUNICIPAL UTILITIES	SD0023388	BROOKINGS	Publicly owned treatment works	Major	BIG SIOUX RIVER
CHAMBERLAIN, CITY OF	SD0023698	CHAMBERLAIN	Publicly owned treatment works	Major	Lake Francis Case (Missouri River)
HOT SPRINGS, CITY OF	SD0022918	HOT SPRINGS	Publicly owned treatment works	Major	FALL RIVER, CHEYENNE RIVER
HURON, CITY OF	SD0023434	HURON	Publicly owned treatment works	Major	JAMES RIVER
LAC MINERALS (USA) LLC	SD0026883	LEAD		Major	SPRUCE,WEST,NORTH,&RUBICON GULCH
LEAD - DEADWOOD SANITARY DISTRICT	SD0020796	DEADWOOD	Publicly owned treatment works	Major	WHITEWOOD CREEK AND GOLD RUN CREEK
MADISON, CITY OF	SD0020010	MADISON	Publicly owned treatment works	Major	SILVER CREEK, LAKE MADISON
MITCHELL, CITY OF	SD0023361	MITCHELL	Publicly owned treatment works	Major	JAMES RIVER
MOBRIDGE, CITY OF	SD0020028	MOBRIDGE	Publicly owned treatment works	Major	LAKE OAHE - MISSOURI RIVER
PIERRE, CITY OF	SD0020176	PIERRE	Publicly owned treatment works	Major	LAKE SHARPE/MISSOURI RIVER
RAPID CITY, CITY OF	SD0023574	RAPID CITY	Publicly owned treatment works	Major	RAPID CREEK
SIOUX FALLS, CITY OF	SD0022128	SIOUX FALLS	Publicly owned treatment works	Major	BIG SIOUX RIVER
SMITHFIELD FOODS	SD0000078	SIOUX FALLS		Major	BIG SIOUX RIVER
SOUTH DAKOTA ELLSWORTH DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY (SDEDA)	SD0028611	BOX ELDER	Publicly owned treatment works	Major	Box Elder Creek
SPEARFISH, CITY OF	SD0020044	SPEARFISH	Publicly owned treatment works	Major	SPRING CREEK
STURGIS, CITY OF	SD0020052	STURGIS	Publicly owned treatment works	Major	BEAR BUTTE CREEK
USAF - ELLSWORTH AFB	SD0000281	ELLSWORTH AIR FORCE BASE		Major	BOX ELDER CREEK AND ELK CREEK
VERMILLION, CITY OF	SD0020061	VERMILLION	Publicly owned treatment works	Major	VERMILLION RIVER (MISSOURI RIVER)
WHARF RESOURCES (USA), INC.	SD0025852	LEAD	Industrial stormwater	Major	SPEARFISH CREEK
YANKTON, CITY OF	SD0023396	YANKTON	Publicly owned treatment works	Major	MISSOURI RIVER
10 BEDROCK APARTMENTS	SDR10K732	BOX ELDER	Construction stormwater	Minor	Retention pond to Box Elder drainage basin
12TH & LOCUST WATERMAIN AND STREET REPLACEMENT	SDR10P5M6	YANKTON	Construction stormwater	Minor	Marne Creek
12TH STREET LEWIS & CLARK CONNECTION - PHASE 1	SDR10P5EQ	SIOUX FALLS	Construction stormwater	Minor	Wall Lake
12TH STREET RECONSTRUCTION	SDR10L007	RAPID CITY	Construction stormwater	Minor	St Germaine Ditch-Rapid Creek
12TH STREET WATER MAIN INSTALLATION - PHASE 2A	SDR10P5U4	SIOUX FALLS	Construction stormwater	Minor	Wall Lake
1416 SANITARY SEWER UPGRADE PHASE 1	SDR10P5KF	BOX ELDER	Construction stormwater	Minor	Ellsworth Air Force Base-Boxelder Creek
1909 KWIK STAR	SDR10P5ST	BRANDON	Construction stormwater	Minor	Split Rock Creek
2019 STORM REPAIRS 19-1	SDR10I02F	KYLE	Construction stormwater	Minor	Lower No Flesh Creek
2019 STORM REPAIRS 2-7	SDR10I02E	ROCKYFORD	Construction stormwater	Minor	Fog Creek-White River
2019 STORM REPAIRS 20-1	SDR10I02G	ALLEN	Construction stormwater	Minor	Upper No Flesh Creek
2019 STORM REPAIRS 24	SDR10I02T	MANDERSON	Construction stormwater	Minor	Town of Manderson-Wounded Knee Creek
2019 STORM REPAIRS 27-1	SDR10I02U	SHARPS CORNER	Construction stormwater	Minor	Outlet Porcupine Creek
2019 STORM REPAIRS 3202	SDR10I02B	LONEMAN	Construction stormwater	Minor	Janis Creek
2019 STORM REPAIRS 38	SDR10I02C	PINE RIDGE	Construction stormwater	Minor	101402011204-White Clay Creek
2019 STORM REPAIRS 61	SDR10I02D	LONEMAN	Construction stormwater	Minor	Outlet White Clay Creek
2019 STORM REPAIRS 88-2	SDR10I028	LONEMAN	Construction stormwater	Minor	Cortney Creek
2020 IMPROVEMENTS PROJECT - SCH 1 - PIPELINE	SDR10K537	UNKNOWN	Construction stormwater	Minor	tributaries to Vermillion River

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