Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES AR0022039
WEST MEMPHIS UTILITIES - WEST MEMPHIS WASTEWATER TREATMENT FACILITY, West Memphis, AR: NPDES AR0022039 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 22Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 4Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
WEST MEMPHIS UTILITIES - WEST MEMPHIS WASTEWATER TREATMENT FACILITY, held by WEST MEMPHIS, CITY OF - UTILITIES, holds NPDES permit AR0022039, which discharges to Mississippi R. EPA’s file records it issued October 30, 2018 and expiring October 31, 2023. 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 | WEST MEMPHIS UTILITIES - WEST MEMPHIS WASTEWATER TREATMENT FACILITY |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | WEST MEMPHIS, CITY OF - UTILITIES |
| NPDES ID | AR0022039 |
| 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 30, 2018 |
| Expiration date | October 31, 2023 |
| Address | West Memphis, AR 72301 |
| Receiving water | MISSISSIPPI R |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Loosahatchie Bar-Mississippi River (HUC 080101000703) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 22Pollutants on file
- 22Under a numeric limit
- 14With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coliform, fecal general | 8 | 24 | 20 | May 31, 2026 | 9,669% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 6 | 22 | 16 | March 31, 2026 | 70% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 6 | 13 | 7 | May 31, 2026 | 329% over the limit |
| pH | 4 | 4 | 2 | September 30, 2021 | |
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 4 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N] | 4 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 4 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Low Flow Pass/Fail Static Renewal 48Hr Acute Daphnia pulex | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||
| LF Pass/Fail Static Renewal 48Hr Acute Pimephales promelas | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||
| NOAEC Lethal Statis Renewal 48 Hr Acute Daphnia pulex | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||
| NOAEC Lethal Static Renewal 48Hr acute Pimephales promelas | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Coef Of Var Static Renewal 48Hr Acute D. pulex | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Coef Of Var Static Renewal 48Hr Acute Pimephales promelas | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Overflows | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Overflow volume [SS0 volume, CSO volume] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Whole effluent toxicity - retest #1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Whole effluent toxicity - retest #2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| WET, sublethal retest #1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| WET, sublethal retest #2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Whole Effluent Toxicity - Retest #3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Whole Effluent Toxicity, Sub-Lethal Retest #3 | 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 AR0022039.
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.