Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES AR0033278
FORT SMITH, CITY OF - P STREET WATER RECLAMATION FACILITY, Fort Smith, AR: NPDES AR0033278 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 28Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 7Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
FORT SMITH, CITY OF - P STREET WATER RECLAMATION FACILITY, held by FORT SMITH, CITY OF - P STREET WWTP, holds NPDES permit AR0033278, which discharges to Arkansas R. EPA’s file records it issued August 10, 2017 and expiring August 31, 2022. 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 | FORT SMITH, CITY OF - P STREET WATER RECLAMATION FACILITY |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | FORT SMITH, CITY OF - P STREET WWTP |
| NPDES ID | AR0033278 |
| 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 10, 2017 |
| Expiration date | August 31, 2022 |
| Address | Fort Smith, AR 72901 |
| Receiving water | Arkansas R |
| Subwatershed | City of Fort Smith-Arkansas River (HUC 111101040612) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 28Pollutants on file
- 28Under a numeric limit
- 21With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coliform, fecal general | 4 | 20 | 18 | June 30, 2026 | 2,600% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 6 | 16 | 15 | May 31, 2023 | 80% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 6 | 15 | 13 | August 31, 2011 | 1,334,589% over the limit |
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 1 | 10 | 6 | October 31, 2010 | 52% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 6 | 9 | 6 | March 31, 2003 | 127% over the limit |
| Chlorine, total residual | 2 | 3 | 3 | January 31, 2009 | 1,100% over the limit |
| pH | 2 | 1 | 1 | July 31, 2012 | |
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Overflow volume [SS0 volume, CSO volume] | 1 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Coef Of Var Static Renewal 7Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Overflows | 1 | 4 | 0 | ||
| 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 Pimephales promelas | 2 | 3 | 0 | ||
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 6 | 2 | 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 | ||
| Peracetic Acid | 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 AR0033278.
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 14, 2026.