Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES SD0021920
VOLGA, CITY OF, Volga, SD: NPDES SD0021920 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 12Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 8Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
VOLGA, CITY OF, held by Volga, City of, holds NPDES permit SD0021920, which discharges to Big Sioux River. EPA’s file records it issued September 30, 2008 and expiring September 30, 2013. 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 | VOLGA, CITY OF |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Volga, City of |
| NPDES ID | SD0021920 |
| 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 | September 30, 2008 |
| Expiration date | September 30, 2013 |
| Issuing agency | SDDANR |
| Address | Volga, SD 57071 |
| Receiving water | Big Sioux River |
| Subwatershed | Lake Sinai (HUC 101702021108) |
| 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
- 18Pollutants on file
- 12Under a numeric limit
- 11With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coliform, total general | 2 | 29 | 29 | May 31, 2020 | 1,960% over the limit |
| Solids, suspended percent removal | 0 | 17 | 17 | January 31, 2026 | 207% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 6 | 12 | 12 | April 30, 2025 | 79% over the limit |
| pH | 2 | 7 | 5 | April 30, 2026 | |
| Solids, total suspended | 2 | 5 | 5 | April 30, 2025 | 51% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, percent removal | 0 | 3 | 3 | April 30, 2025 | 53% over the limit |
| Coliform, fecal general | 2 | 3 | 2 | September 30, 2018 | 15% over the limit |
| E. coli, colony forming units [CFU] | 0 | 1 | 1 | July 31, 2025 | 69% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, total [as N] | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N] | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 16 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Temperature, water deg. centigrade | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Flow rate | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, nitrate total [as N] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Flow, total | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Duration of discharge | 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
- 0Single-event violations
EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES SD0021920.
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.