Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES WI0028754
WESTERN RACINE COUNTY SEWERAGE DISTRICT, Rochester, WI: NPDES WI0028754 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 9Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 4Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
WESTERN RACINE COUNTY SEWERAGE DISTRICT, held by WESTERN RACINE COUNTY SEWERAGE, holds NPDES permit WI0028754, which discharges to Fox R. EPA’s file records it issued August 31, 2010 and expiring June 30, 2015. 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 | WESTERN RACINE COUNTY SEWERAGE DISTRICT |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | WESTERN RACINE COUNTY SEWERAGE |
| NPDES ID | WI0028754 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Major discharger |
| Facility type | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Program | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | August 31, 2010 |
| Expiration date | June 30, 2015 |
| Address | Rochester, WI 53167 |
| Receiving water | FOX R |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Long Lake-Fox River (HUC 071200060707) |
| Program components on file | Biosolids, POTW |
| SIC | 4952 – Sewerage Systems |
| Other EPA IDs (FRS) | RCRA handler WID988626040 |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download) and EPA’s NAICS/SIC and component files, the same download; cross-program IDs from EPA’s FRS facility-registry crosswalk.
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 13Pollutants on file
- 9Under a numeric limit
- 12With 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 | Limits | Violations, any kind | Effluent exceedances | Latest exceedance | Largest exceedance, as filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 2 | 12 | 9 | June 30, 2026 | 205% over the limit |
| Chlorine, total residual | 0 | 6 | 6 | August 31, 2002 | 347% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 18 | 128 | 4 | December 31, 2005 | 95% over the limit |
| pH | 2 | 3 | 1 | January 31, 2003 | |
| Mercury, total recoverable | 2 | 173 | 0 | ||
| Coliform, fecal general | 1 | 26 | 0 | ||
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 5 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total suspended | 5 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 4 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, total [as N] | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N] | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N] | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Chloride [as Cl] | 1 | 0 | 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
- 2Single-event violations
| Date | What EPA recorded | Agency |
|---|---|---|
| November 29, 2023 | WW SSO - Discharge to Waters | ST6 |
| July 12, 2017 | 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.