Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES WI0036587
BAD RIVER WWWTP, Odanah, WI: NPDES WI0036587 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 13Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 9Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
BAD RIVER WWWTP, held by BAD RIVER WTR & SWR UTIILITES, holds NPDES permit WI0036587, which discharges to Denomie Creek. EPA’s file records it issued November 4, 2013 and expiring October 28, 2018. 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 | BAD RIVER WWWTP |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | BAD RIVER WTR & SWR UTIILITES |
| NPDES ID | WI0036587 |
| 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 | November 4, 2013 |
| Expiration date | October 28, 2018 |
| Address | Odanah, WI 54861 |
| Receiving water | DENOMIE CREEK |
| Subwatershed | Bad River-Frontal Lake Superior (HUC 040103020705) |
| NAICS | 221320 – Sewage Treatment Facilities |
| 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
- 19Pollutants on file
- 13Under a numeric limit
- 19With a violation of any kind
- 9With 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] | 12 | 991 | 208 | November 30, 2025 | 2,309,154% over the limit |
| E. coli | 4 | 383 | 165 | December 31, 2025 | 5,405% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 16 | 1,301 | 157 | November 30, 2025 | 346,051% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 16 | 1,326 | 146 | November 30, 2025 | 426,520% over the limit |
| Solids, suspended percent removal | 2 | 208 | 49 | November 30, 2025 | 1,667% over the limit |
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 2 | 262 | 47 | January 31, 2018 | 92% over the limit |
| BOD, carb-5 day, 20 deg C, percent removal | 0 | 143 | 43 | November 30, 2012 | 468% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, percent removal | 2 | 80 | 21 | November 30, 2025 | 484% over the limit |
| pH | 8 | 820 | 10 | August 31, 2025 | |
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 6 | 624 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 4 | 362 | 0 | ||
| Sulfate, total [as SO4] | 4 | 118 | 0 | ||
| Outfall observation,visual, y/n response | 2 | 60 | 0 | ||
| Mercury, total [as Hg] | 4 | 45 | 0 | ||
| Oil and grease [soxhlet extr.] tot. | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, nitrate total [as N] | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N] | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Chlorine, total residual | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total dissolved | 0 | 6 | 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 WI0036587.
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.