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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES WA0021032

SELAH POTW, Selah, WA: NPDES WA0021032 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

SELAH POTW, held by Selah Public Works (POTW), holds NPDES permit WA0021032. EPA’s file records it issued August 23, 2012 and expiring September 30, 2017. 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 filedSELAH POTW
Permittee as filedSelah Public Works (POTW)
NPDES IDWA0021032
Permit statusAdministratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit typeIndividual permit
Discharger classMinor discharger
Facility typePublicly owned treatment works
ProgramPublicly owned treatment works
IssuedAugust 23, 2012
Expiration dateSeptember 30, 2017
Issuing agencyState
AddressSelah, WA 98942
SubwatershedCity of Selah-Yakima River (HUC 170300010709)
Program components on filePOTW, Pretreatment
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

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 measureLimitsViolations, any kindEffluent exceedancesLatest exceedanceLargest exceedance, as filed
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]0112112July 31, 202646% over the limit
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]022October 31, 202099,999% over the limit
Solids, suspended percent removal02040
Flow040

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 WA0021032.

Inspections

DateWhat EPA recordedAgency
June 24, 2026EvaluationS

Formal enforcement and penalties

0 formal actions, 0 of them with a penalty assessed. Federal and state penalties are separate figures from separate authorities and are shown as each was filed, never added together.

Informal enforcement

DateWhat EPA recordedAgency
September 18, 2026Enforcement MeetingState
July 8, 2026Enforcement MeetingState
June 10, 2026Enforcement MeetingState
March 11, 2026Enforcement MeetingState
January 14, 2026Enforcement MeetingState

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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SELAH POTW, Selah, Washington: Individual permit WA0021032, held by Selah Public Works (POTW); Publicly owned treatment works; Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued); issued August 23, 2012, term to September 30, 2017, by State.

  • Oxygen, dissolved [DO]: 0 limits, 112 violations of any kind, 112 effluent exceedances, latest July 31, 2026, largest 46% over the limit.
  • Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]: 0 limits, 2 violations of any kind, 2 effluent exceedances, latest October 31, 2020, largest 99,999% over the limit.
  • Solids, suspended percent removal: 0 limits, 204 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • Flow: 0 limits, 4 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • September 18, 2026: Enforcement Meeting (State).
  • July 8, 2026: Enforcement Meeting (State).
  • June 24, 2026: Evaluation (S).
  • June 10, 2026: Enforcement Meeting (State).
  • March 11, 2026: Enforcement Meeting (State).
  • January 14, 2026: Enforcement Meeting (State).

Washington holds 238 Publicly owned treatment works coverages of this permit type in EPA’s file; 67 were issued before WA0021032.

Coverages issued nearest WA0021032

SELAH POTW among its neighbors

EPA’s permit file holds 27 discharge permits in the City of Selah-Yakima River subwatershed (HUC 170300010709), WA0021032 among them. Its county holds 169, 3 of them major permits; WA0021032 is a minor permit.

Other permits in the City of Selah-Yakima River subwatershed (HUC 170300010709)

Nearby on the register

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

What this page shows

This public-records page covers the NPDES WA0021032 Clean Water Act discharge permit held by Selah Public Works (POTW) for the SELAH POTW facility in Selah, WA, which is administratively continued and classed as a minor discharger. The figures listed are 0 minor-discharger class entries, 2 pollutants under a numeric limit, 2 pollutants with an effluent exceedance, and 4 pollutants on file.