Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES WI0022403
PRESCOTT WASTEWATER TREATMENT FACILITY, Prescott, WI: NPDES WI0022403 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 6Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 6Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
PRESCOTT WASTEWATER TREATMENT FACILITY, held by City of Prescott, holds NPDES permit WI0022403, which discharges to Mississippi R. EPA’s file records it issued August 21, 2014 and expiring June 30, 2019. The status and dates are as EPA’s permit file stood when Velarion loaded it (September 15, 2026); EPA’s free Detailed Facility Report on ECHO carries the permit’s current standing.
Identity
| Facility as filed | PRESCOTT WASTEWATER TREATMENT FACILITY |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | City of Prescott |
| NPDES ID | WI0022403 |
| 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 | August 21, 2014 |
| Expiration date | June 30, 2019 |
| Address | Prescott, WI 54021 |
| Receiving water | MISSISSIPPI R |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Lock and Dam No. 3-Mississippi River (HUC 070400010102) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 10Pollutants on file
- 6Under a numeric limit
- 10With a violation of any kind
- 6With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 4 | 65 | 19 | September 30, 2025 | 71% over the limit |
| Coliform, fecal general | 0 | 22 | 16 | June 30, 1994 | 99,999% over the limit |
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 1 | 17 | 9 | September 30, 2025 | 143% over the limit |
| Copper, total recoverable | 2 | 68 | 3 | May 31, 2018 | 46% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 4 | 49 | 3 | January 31, 2026 | 107% over the limit |
| Chlorine, total residual | 0 | 2 | 2 | July 31, 1992 | 120% over the limit |
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 4 | 46 | 0 | ||
| pH | 2 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Hardness, total [as CaCO3] | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Chloride [as Cl] | 0 | 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 WI0022403.
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 September 15, 2026.