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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES SDG589112

THUNDER BUTTE WASTEWATER TREATMENT FACILITY, Thunder Butte, SD: NPDES SDG589112 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

THUNDER BUTTE WASTEWATER TREATMENT FACILITY, held by Tri-County Water Associations Inc, holds NPDES permit SDG589112. EPA’s file records it issued March 9, 2016 and expiring December 31, 2020. 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.

What the register holds for THUNDER BUTTE WASTEWATER TREATMENT FACILITY: its NPDES ID, its permit type and status, its dates, its address in Thunder Butte, South Dakota. EPA’s effluent violation file and its single-event violation file hold no violation for NPDES SDG589112.

Identity

Facility as filedTHUNDER BUTTE WASTEWATER TREATMENT FACILITY
Permittee as filedTri-County Water Associations Inc
NPDES IDSDG589112
Permit statusAdministratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit typeCoverage under a general permit
Discharger classMinor discharger
Facility typePublicly owned treatment works
ProgramPublicly owned treatment works
IssuedMarch 9, 2016
Expiration dateDecember 31, 2020
Issuing agencyU.S. EPA Region 8
AddressThunder Butte, SD 57623
SubwatershedSophia Creek-Moreau River (HUC 101303060507)
NAICS221320 – Sewage Treatment Facilities
SIC4952 – 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

EPA’s limits and effluent violation files hold no pollutant row for NPDES SDG589112.

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

EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES SDG589112.

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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Nearby on the register

Figures from EPA’s ICIS-NPDES download, loaded October 14, 2026.

What this page shows

The THUNDER BUTTE WASTEWATER TREATMENT FACILITY permit is one of 7 POTW permits on EPA's NPDES register in its county, and it is the only NPDES permit in the Sophia Creek-Moreau River subwatershed, where it is the sole listing. Among those 7 county POTW permits, 14.3% have a violation on file, while this permit shows none of the pollutants under a numeric limit or any effluent exceedance.