Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES AK0021440
KETCHIKAN, CITY OF WWTP, Ketchikan, AK: NPDES AK0021440 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 13Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 7Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
KETCHIKAN, CITY OF WWTP, held by KETCHIKAN, CITY OF, holds NPDES permit AK0021440, which discharges to Tongass Narrows. EPA’s file records it issued December 27, 2000 and expiring January 29, 2006. 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 | KETCHIKAN, CITY OF WWTP |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | KETCHIKAN, CITY OF |
| NPDES ID | AK0021440 |
| 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 | December 27, 2000 |
| Expiration date | January 29, 2006 |
| Issuing agency | REGION 10, U.S. EPA |
| Address | Ketchikan, AK 99901 |
| Receiving water | TONGASS NARROWS |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 14Pollutants on file
- 13Under a numeric limit
- 14With a violation of any kind
- 7With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fecal coliform, MPN, EC med, 44.5 C | 3 | 52 | 52 | July 31, 2018 | 697% over the limit |
| Copper, total [as Cu] | 0 | 9 | 9 | April 30, 2026 | 54% over the limit |
| Copper, total recoverable | 4 | 16 | 8 | November 30, 2005 | 104% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, percent removal | 1 | 8 | 6 | April 30, 2019 | 14% over the limit |
| pH | 2 | 9 | 5 | May 31, 2025 | |
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 3 | 9 | 3 | July 31, 2004 | 14% over the limit |
| Solids, suspended percent removal | 1 | 3 | 1 | December 31, 2005 | 6% over the limit |
| Zinc, total recoverable | 4 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total suspended | 3 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Temperature, water deg. centigrade | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Toxicity, final conc toxicity units | 1 | 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 AK0021440.
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.