Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES UT0021717
PROVO CITY WATER RECLAMATION FACILITY, Provo, UT: NPDES UT0021717 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 30Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 6Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
PROVO CITY WATER RECLAMATION FACILITY, held by PROVO CITY CORP, holds NPDES permit UT0021717, which discharges to Millrace Creek. EPA’s file records it issued May 31, 2021 and expiring May 31, 2026. 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 | PROVO CITY WATER RECLAMATION FACILITY |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | PROVO CITY CORP |
| NPDES ID | UT0021717 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Major discharger |
| Facility type | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Program | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | May 31, 2021 |
| Expiration date | May 31, 2026 |
| Issuing agency | UTAH DEQ DIVISION OF WATER QUALITY |
| Address | Provo, UT 84606 |
| Receiving water | MILLRACE CREEK |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Big Dry Creek (HUC 160202010500) |
| Program components on file | Biosolids, 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
- 31Pollutants on file
- 30Under a numeric limit
- 20With a violation of any kind
- 6With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chlorine, total residual | 2 | 14 | 13 | June 30, 2014 | 1,150% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as NH4] | 0 | 5 | 5 | August 31, 2011 | 134% over the limit |
| Oil & Grease | 1 | 2 | 2 | May 31, 2018 | 99,999% over the limit |
| Pass/Fail Static Renewal 7Day Chronic Pimephales promelas | 2 | 2 | 1 | September 30, 2002 | |
| Solids, total suspended | 3 | 1 | 1 | December 31, 2024 | 9% over the limit |
| E. coli | 2 | 1 | 1 | May 31, 2008 | 499% over the limit |
| Cyanide, total [as CN] | 4 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Arsenic, total [as As] | 4 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, total [as Cr] | 4 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Copper, total [as Cu] | 4 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Molybdenum, total [as Mo] | 4 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Silver, total [as Ag] | 4 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, total [as Zn] | 4 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Mercury, total [as Hg] | 4 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Cadmium, total [as Cd] | 4 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Lead, total [as Pb] | 4 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Nickel, total [as Ni] | 4 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Selenium, total [as Se] | 4 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Pass/Fail Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Solids, suspended percent removal | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 9 | 0 | 0 | ||
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| pH | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Phosphate, ortho [as P] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total dissolved | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| BOD, 5-day, percent removal | 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 UT0021717.
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.