Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES WI0020800

FREDONIA MUNICIPAL SEWER AND WATER UTILITY, Fredonia, WI: NPDES WI0020800 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

Administratively continuedPermit status
MinorDischarger class
0Pollutants under a numeric limit
4Pollutants with an effluent exceedance

FREDONIA MUNICIPAL SEWER AND WATER UTILITY, held by FREDONIA MUNICIPAL SEWER AND W, holds NPDES permit WI0020800, which discharges to Milwaukee R. EPA’s file records it issued December 23, 2009 and expiring December 31, 2014. 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	FREDONIA MUNICIPAL SEWER AND WATER UTILITY
Permittee as filed	FREDONIA MUNICIPAL SEWER AND W
NPDES ID	WI0020800
Permit status	Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit type	Individual permit
Discharger class	Minor discharger
Facility type	Publicly owned treatment works
Program	Publicly owned treatment works
Issued	December 23, 2009
Expiration date	December 31, 2014
Address	Fredonia, WI 53021
Receiving water	MILWAUKEE R
Subwatershed	Town of Freedonia-Milwaukee River (HUC 040400030602)
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

9Pollutants on file
0Under a numeric limit
9With a violation of any kind
4With 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	Violations, any kind	Effluent exceedances	Latest exceedance	Largest exceedance, as filed
Chlorine, total residual	29	29	January 31, 1995	900% over the limit
Solids, total suspended	78	2	March 31, 2024	356% over the limit
Phosphorus, total [as P]	133	1	January 31, 2024	51% over the limit
pH	39	1	August 31, 2024
BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 5 C]	225	0
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant	76	0
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]	75	0
Chloride [as Cl]	7	0
Coliform, fecal general	2	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 WI0020800.

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.

This public-records page covers Clean Water Act NPDES permit WI0020800, held by Fredonia Municipal Sewer and Water Utility in Fredonia, WI, which discharges to the Milwaukee R. The page lists 0 minor dischargers, 4 pollutants under a numeric limit, and 4 pollutants with an effluent exceedance, with the permit shown as administratively continued.