Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES AR0021768
RUSSELLVILLE WATER & SEWER, CITY CORPORATION - POLLUTION CONTROL FACILITY, Russellville, AR: NPDES AR0021768 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 25Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 12Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
RUSSELLVILLE WATER & SEWER, CITY CORPORATION - POLLUTION CONTROL FACILITY, held by RUSSELLVILLE WATER & SEWER SYSTEM, CITY CORPORATION, holds NPDES permit AR0021768, which discharges to Whig Cr,Arkansas R. EPA’s file records it issued August 17, 2016 and expiring August 31, 2021. 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 | RUSSELLVILLE WATER & SEWER, CITY CORPORATION - POLLUTION CONTROL FACILITY |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | RUSSELLVILLE WATER & SEWER SYSTEM, CITY CORPORATION |
| NPDES ID | AR0021768 |
| 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 17, 2016 |
| Expiration date | August 31, 2021 |
| Address | Russellville, AR 72802 |
| Receiving water | WHIG CR,ARKANSAS R |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 26Pollutants on file
- 25Under a numeric limit
- 22With a violation of any kind
- 12With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Solids, total suspended | 6 | 252 | 251 | February 28, 2026 | 1,039% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 6 | 154 | 151 | March 31, 2026 | 764% over the limit |
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 6 | 137 | 132 | February 28, 2026 | 99,999% over the limit |
| Coliform, fecal general | 2 | 86 | 78 | March 31, 2025 | 99,999% over the limit |
| Chlorine, total residual | 2 | 51 | 51 | October 31, 2019 | 51,900% over the limit |
| Copper, total recoverable | 3 | 42 | 42 | February 29, 2020 | 322% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, nitrate total [as NO3] | 3 | 39 | 39 | October 31, 2023 | 64% over the limit |
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 1 | 39 | 39 | August 31, 2022 | 97% over the limit |
| Mercury, total recoverable | 3 | 22 | 19 | May 31, 2022 | 333% over the limit |
| Zinc, total recoverable | 3 | 18 | 18 | August 31, 2021 | 947% over the limit |
| pH | 2 | 12 | 11 | May 31, 2023 | |
| Peracetic Acid | 0 | 5 | 5 | February 28, 2025 | 140% over the limit |
| Pass/Fail Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 2 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Pass/Fail Static Renewal 7Day Chronic Pimephales promelas | 2 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Low Flow Pass/Fail Survival Test Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 2 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Low Flow Pass/Fail Survival Test Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pimephales promelas | 2 | 3 | 0 | ||
| NOEC Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 2 | 3 | 0 | ||
| NOEC Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pimephales promelas | 2 | 3 | 0 | ||
| NOEC Sub-Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 2 | 3 | 0 | ||
| NOEC Sub-Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pimephales promelas | 2 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Coef Of Var Static Renewal 7Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 2 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Coef Of Var Static Renewal 7Day Chronic Pimephales promelas | 2 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Arsenic, total recoverable | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Overflows | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Overflow volume [SS0 volume, CSO volume] | 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
- 0Single-event violations
EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES AR0021768.
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.