Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES SD0020613
HOWARD, CITY OF, Howard, SD: NPDES SD0020613 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 8Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 4Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
HOWARD, CITY OF, held by Howard, holds NPDES permit SD0020613, which discharges to West Fork Of Vermillion River. EPA’s file records it issued January 31, 2014 and expiring December 31, 2018. 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 | HOWARD, CITY OF |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Howard |
| NPDES ID | SD0020613 |
| 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 | January 31, 2014 |
| Expiration date | December 31, 2018 |
| Issuing agency | SDDANR |
| Address | Howard, SD 57349 |
| Receiving water | WEST FORK OF VERMILLION RIVER |
| Subwatershed | City of Howard-West Fork Vermillion River (HUC 101701020503) |
| Program components on file | 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
- 12Pollutants on file
- 8Under a numeric limit
- 12With 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, total suspended | 2 | 118 | 18 | July 31, 2025 | 329% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 2 | 114 | 14 | July 31, 2025 | 103% over the limit |
| pH | 2 | 104 | 4 | May 31, 2019 | |
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 2 | 40 | 1 | May 31, 2024 | 41% over the limit |
| Flow rate | 2 | 100 | 0 | ||
| Temperature, water deg. centigrade | 2 | 98 | 0 | ||
| Duration of discharge | 1 | 49 | 0 | ||
| Flow, total | 1 | 46 | 0 | ||
| E. coli, colony forming units [CFU] | 0 | 15 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, total [as N] | 0 | 11 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 0 | 11 | 0 | ||
| Flow, total | 0 | 3 | 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
- 6Single-event violations
| Date | What EPA recorded | Agency |
|---|---|---|
| May 17, 2023 | Monitoring Violations - Failure to Monitor for Non-Toxicity Requirements | ST6 |
| May 17, 2023 | Permit Violations - Unapproved Operation | ST6 |
| May 17, 2023 | Effluent Violations - Unauthorized Discharge | ST6 |
| May 17, 2023 | Monitoring Violations - Analysis not Conducted | ST6 |
| July 14, 2022 | Effluent Violations - Unauthorized Discharge | ST6 |
| July 14, 2022 | Monitoring Violations - Analysis not Conducted | 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.