Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES WI0028061
BEAR CREEK WASTEWATER TREAMENT, Bear Creek, WI: NPDES WI0028061 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 0Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 5Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
BEAR CREEK WASTEWATER TREAMENT, held by BEAR CREEK WASTEWATER TREATMEN, holds NPDES permit WI0028061, which discharges to Bear Cr. EPA’s file records it issued September 19, 2006 and expiring September 30, 2011. 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 | BEAR CREEK WASTEWATER TREAMENT |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | BEAR CREEK WASTEWATER TREATMEN |
| NPDES ID | WI0028061 |
| 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 19, 2006 |
| Expiration date | September 30, 2011 |
| Address | Bear Creek, WI 54106 |
| Receiving water | BEAR CR |
| Subwatershed | Bear Creek (HUC 040302021303) |
| 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
- 7Pollutants on file
- 0Under a numeric limit
- 7With a violation of any kind
- 5With 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 | 0 | 48 | 8 | March 31, 2025 | 1,060% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 0 | 47 | 7 | May 31, 2026 | 1,153% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 0 | 34 | 4 | June 30, 2026 | 120% over the limit |
| pH | 0 | 22 | 2 | July 31, 2025 | |
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 0 | 12 | 2 | March 31, 2025 | 2% over the limit |
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 0 | 44 | 0 | ||
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 0 | 10 | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| January 9, 2020 | WW SSO - Discharge to Waters | 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.