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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES WA0044784

KENNEWICK POTW, Kennewick, WA: NPDES WA0044784 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

KENNEWICK POTW, held by City of Kennewick, holds NPDES permit WA0044784. EPA’s file records it issued February 20, 2018 and expiring March 31, 2023. 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 filedKENNEWICK POTW
Permittee as filedCity of Kennewick
NPDES IDWA0044784
Permit statusEffective
Permit typeIndividual permit
Discharger classMajor discharger
Facility typePublicly owned treatment works
ProgramPublicly owned treatment works
IssuedFebruary 20, 2018
Expiration dateMarch 31, 2023
Issuing agencyState
AddressKennewick, WA 99336
SubwatershedCity of Kennewick-Columbia River (HUC 170200160604)
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
Flow01160
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C0870
Solids, total suspended0870
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]0290
pH0290
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]0290
Coliform, fecal general0290

EPA’s effluent violation file records no exceedance of a numeric limit for NPDES WA0044784.

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 WA0044784.

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

Of the 5 publicly owned treatment works permits in Benton County, 100.0% have a violation on file, and KENNEWICK POTW is among them. The City of Kennewick-Columbia River subwatershed holds 44 NPDES permits, and 80.0% of all 5 such permits in Benton County, this one included, were issued earlier.