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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES WA0052396

TIETON POTW, Cowiche, WA: NPDES WA0052396 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

TIETON POTW, held by Cowiche Sewer District, holds NPDES permit WA0052396. EPA’s file records it issued February 21, 2008 and expiring March 31, 2013. 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 filedTIETON POTW
Permittee as filedCowiche Sewer District
NPDES IDWA0052396
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
IssuedFebruary 21, 2008
Expiration dateMarch 31, 2013
Issuing agencyState
AddressCowiche, WA 98923
Receiving water impaired303(D) Listed
SubwatershedNorth Fork Cowiche Creek (HUC 170300020310)
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]01616August 31, 202243% over the limit
BOD, percent removal [total]01170
Chlorine, total residual0320
Alkalinity, total [as CaCO3]040
Hardness, total [as CaCO3]040
SOPP030
Thiabendazole030
Coliform, fecal general020
Temperature, water deg. centigrade010

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 WA0052396.

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.

What this page shows

This public-records page covers Clean Water Act discharge permit NPDES WA0052396, held by Cowiche Sewer District for the TIETON POTW in Cowiche, WA, with a permit status of administratively continued. The register lists 0 pollutants under a numeric limit and 1 pollutant with an effluent exceedance for this permit.