Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES WI0029572
STEVENS POINT WASTEWATER TREATMENT FACILITY, Stevens Point, WI: NPDES WI0029572 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 9Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 5Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
STEVENS POINT WASTEWATER TREATMENT FACILITY, held by Stevens Point City of, holds NPDES permit WI0029572, which discharges to Wisconsin R. EPA’s file records it issued October 11, 2012 and expiring September 30, 2017. 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 | STEVENS POINT WASTEWATER TREATMENT FACILITY |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Stevens Point City of |
| NPDES ID | WI0029572 |
| 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 | October 11, 2012 |
| Expiration date | September 30, 2017 |
| Address | Stevens Point, WI 54481 |
| Receiving water | WISCONSIN R |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Village of Plover-Wisconsin River (HUC 070700030304) |
| Other EPA IDs (FRS) | RCRA handler WIT560010829 |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download); cross-program IDs from EPA’s FRS facility-registry crosswalk.
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 13Pollutants on file
- 9Under a numeric limit
- 10With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 4 | 4 | 4 | January 31, 2020 | 58% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 2 | 42 | 3 | February 28, 2026 | 17% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 5 | 2 | 2 | March 31, 2019 | 73% over the limit |
| Copper, total recoverable | 0 | 3 | 1 | December 31, 2000 | 426% over the limit |
| pH | 2 | 1 | 1 | April 30, 2001 | |
| Mercury, total recoverable | 2 | 172 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, total [as N] | 0 | 86 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N] | 0 | 86 | 0 | ||
| Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N] | 0 | 86 | 0 | ||
| Coliform, fecal general | 1 | 42 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 5 C] | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 2 | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| June 8, 2025 | WW SSO - Discharge to Waters | ST6 |
| July 1, 2023 | Reporting Violations - Failure to submit required report (non-DMR non-pretreatment) | 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 September 15, 2026.