Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES SD0021971
FAULKTON, CITY OF, Faulkton, SD: NPDES SD0021971 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- EffectivePermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 9Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 3Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
FAULKTON, CITY OF, held by Faulkton, City of, holds NPDES permit SD0021971, which discharges to South Fork Of Snake Creek. EPA’s file records it issued September 23, 2019 and expiring September 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 | FAULKTON, CITY OF |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Faulkton, City of |
| NPDES ID | SD0021971 |
| Permit status | Effective |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Minor discharger |
| Facility type | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Program | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | September 23, 2019 |
| Expiration date | September 30, 2024 |
| Issuing agency | SDDANR |
| Address | Faulkton, SD 57438 |
| Receiving water | South Fork of Snake Creek |
| Subwatershed | Town of Faulkton (HUC 101600080410) |
| 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
- 11Pollutants on file
- 9Under a numeric limit
- 10With a violation of any kind
- 3With 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] | 4 | 14 | 8 | October 31, 2025 | 34% over the limit |
| pH | 2 | 11 | 1 | August 31, 2007 | |
| E. coli, colony forming units [CFU] | 2 | 1 | 1 | June 30, 2017 | 105% over the limit |
| Temperature, water deg. centigrade | 2 | 10 | 0 | ||
| Flow rate | 2 | 10 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total suspended | 2 | 7 | 0 | ||
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 2 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Coliform, fecal general | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Duration of discharge | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Chlorine, total residual | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Flow, total | 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 SD0021971.
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.