Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES WI0022365
ATHENS WASTEWATER TREATMENT FA, Athens, WI: NPDES WI0022365 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 4Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 1Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
ATHENS WASTEWATER TREATMENT FA holds NPDES permit WI0022365, which discharges to Black Cr And Gro. EPA’s file records it issued September 14, 2009 and expiring September 30, 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 | ATHENS WASTEWATER TREATMENT FA |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | ATHENS WASTEWATER TREATMENT FA |
| NPDES ID | WI0022365 |
| 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 | September 14, 2009 |
| Expiration date | September 30, 2014 |
| Address | Athens, WI 54411 |
| Receiving water | BLACK CR AND GRO |
| Subwatershed | Drewek Creek-Black Creek (HUC 070700020702) |
| 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
- 8Pollutants on file
- 4Under a numeric limit
- 8With a violation of any kind
- 1With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Solids, total suspended | 2 | 100 | 64 | November 30, 2025 | 98% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 3 | 86 | 0 | ||
| Coliform, fecal general | 0 | 50 | 0 | ||
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 4 | 48 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 4 | 44 | 0 | ||
| Temperature, water deg. centigrade | 0 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Copper, total recoverable | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 0 | 1 | 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
- 1Single-event violations
| Date | What EPA recorded | Agency |
|---|---|---|
| March 2, 2021 | Reporting Violations - Failure to Submit DMRs | ST6 |
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.