Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES SD0021695
ALCESTER, CITY OF, Alcester, SD: NPDES SD0021695 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 17Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 8Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
ALCESTER, CITY OF, held by Alcester, City of, holds NPDES permit SD0021695, which discharges to East Brule Creek. EPA’s file records it issued August 12, 2019 and expiring June 30, 2024. 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 | ALCESTER, CITY OF |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Alcester, City of |
| NPDES ID | SD0021695 |
| 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 | August 12, 2019 |
| Expiration date | June 30, 2024 |
| Issuing agency | SDDANR |
| Address | Alcester, SD 57001 |
| Receiving water | EAST BRULE CREEK |
| Subwatershed | Lower East Brule Creek (HUC 101702032302) |
| 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
- 20Pollutants on file
- 17Under a numeric limit
- 20With a violation of any kind
- 8With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 6 | 155 | 126 | August 31, 2023 | 2,233% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 3 | 79 | 35 | January 31, 2004 | 400% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 3 | 74 | 30 | February 28, 2013 | 616% over the limit |
| Chlorine, total residual | 1 | 41 | 29 | May 31, 2004 | 9,900% over the limit |
| Coliform, fecal general | 0 | 35 | 26 | June 30, 2019 | 4,650% over the limit |
| Solids, suspended percent removal | 1 | 34 | 21 | October 31, 2009 | 427% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, percent removal | 1 | 31 | 16 | December 31, 2003 | 187% over the limit |
| E. coli, colony forming units [CFU] | 2 | 9 | 3 | June 30, 2024 | 105% over the limit |
| Temperature, water deg. centigrade | 2 | 29 | 0 | ||
| Flow rate | 2 | 28 | 0 | ||
| pH | 2 | 28 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, total [as N] | 1 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 1 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Oil and grease, hexane extr method | 1 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Flow, total | 1 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Oil and grease visual | 1 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, nitrate total [as N] | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N] | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Toxicity [chronic], Ceriodaphnia dubia | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Toxicity [chronic], Pimephales promelas [Fathead Minnow] | 1 | 2 | 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
- 0Single-event violations
EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES SD0021695.
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.