Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES AR0022578
BLYTHEVILLE, CITY OF-SOUTH, Blytheville, AR: NPDES AR0022578 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 23Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 10Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
BLYTHEVILLE, CITY OF-SOUTH, held by BLYTHEVILLE, CITY OF-SOUTH WWTF, holds NPDES permit AR0022578, which discharges to Trib,Dit #17,Dit #6,Dit #1,St Francis R. EPA’s file records it issued December 10, 2013 and expiring December 31, 2018. The status and dates are as EPA’s permit file stood when Velarion loaded it (September 14, 2026); EPA’s free Detailed Facility Report on ECHO carries the permit’s current standing.
Identity
| Facility as filed | BLYTHEVILLE, CITY OF-SOUTH |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | BLYTHEVILLE, CITY OF-SOUTH WWTF |
| NPDES ID | AR0022578 |
| 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 10, 2013 |
| Expiration date | December 31, 2018 |
| Address | Blytheville, AR 72315 |
| Receiving water | TRIB,DIT #17,DIT #6,DIT #1,ST FRANCIS R |
| Subwatershed | Ditch No. 6 (HUC 080202031203) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 28Pollutants on file
- 23Under a numeric limit
- 28With a violation of any kind
- 10With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 3 | 293 | 213 | February 28, 2025 | 1,015% over the limit |
| Mercury, total recoverable | 9 | 103 | 25 | June 30, 2026 | 6,023% over the limit |
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 1 | 41 | 15 | June 30, 2024 | 71% over the limit |
| Whole Effluent Toxicity [WET] - P. promelas | 0 | 12 | 8 | September 30, 2023 | 68% over the limit |
| Coliform, fecal general | 2 | 59 | 5 | November 30, 2019 | 74% over the limit |
| pH | 2 | 54 | 2 | January 31, 2023 | |
| Whole effluent toxicity | 0 | 6 | 2 | June 30, 2004 | 58% over the limit |
| Whole Effluent Toxicity [WET] - C. dubia | 0 | 6 | 2 | March 31, 2023 | 30% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 3 | 80 | 1 | January 31, 2023 | 5% over the limit |
| Copper, total recoverable | 3 | 79 | 1 | June 30, 2015 | 9% over the limit |
| Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N] | 3 | 63 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 3 | 63 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 52 | 0 | ||
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 6 | 45 | 0 | ||
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 0 | 33 | 0 | ||
| Overflows | 1 | 25 | 0 | ||
| Overflow volume [SS0 volume, CSO volume] | 1 | 25 | 0 | ||
| Arsenic, total recoverable | 0 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Pass/Fail Static Renewal 7Day Chronic Pimephales promelas | 1 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Low Flow Pass/Fail Survival Test Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pimephales promelas | 1 | 8 | 0 | ||
| NOEC Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pimephales promelas | 1 | 8 | 0 | ||
| NOEC Sub-Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pimephales promelas | 1 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Coef Of Var Static Renewal 7Day Chronic Pimephales promelas | 1 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Pass/Fail Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 1 | 7 | 0 | ||
| Low Flow Pass/Fail Survival Test Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 1 | 7 | 0 | ||
| NOEC Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 1 | 7 | 0 | ||
| NOEC Sub-Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 1 | 7 | 0 | ||
| Coef Of Var Static Renewal 7Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 1 | 7 | 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 AR0022578.
Velarion’s copy of EPA’s ICIS-NPDES files does not yet 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 14, 2026.