Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES AR0036498
BENTON UTILITIES WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT, Benton, AR: NPDES AR0036498 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 21Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 8Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
BENTON UTILITIES WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT, held by BENTON, CITY OF, holds NPDES permit AR0036498, which discharges to Trib,Depot Cr,Saline Rv. EPA’s file records it issued September 30, 2008 and expiring September 30, 2013. 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 | BENTON UTILITIES WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | BENTON, CITY OF |
| NPDES ID | AR0036498 |
| 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 | September 30, 2008 |
| Expiration date | September 30, 2013 |
| Address | Benton, AR 72015 |
| Receiving water | TRIB,DEPOT CR,SALINE RV |
| Subwatershed | Depot Creek-Saline River (HUC 080402030702) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 22Pollutants on file
- 21Under a numeric limit
- 8With a violation of any kind
- 8With 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 | 88 | 88 | May 31, 2026 | 1,835% over the limit |
| Coliform, fecal general | 8 | 23 | 23 | May 31, 2010 | 407% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 18 | 22 | 22 | August 31, 2020 | 614% over the limit |
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 4 | 19 | 19 | February 28, 2011 | 55% over the limit |
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 12 | 17 | 17 | October 31, 2009 | 120% over the limit |
| Chlorine, total residual | 1 | 7 | 7 | July 31, 2009 | 1,190% over the limit |
| Copper, total recoverable | 0 | 5 | 5 | April 30, 2008 | 6,619% over the limit |
| Hardness, total [as CaCO3] | 2 | 2 | 2 | January 31, 2012 | 88% over the limit |
| pH | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N] | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Pass/Fail Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Pass/Fail Static Renewal 7Day Chronic Pimephales promelas | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Low Flow Pass/Fail Survival Test Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Low Flow Pass/Fail Survival Test Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pimephales promelas | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| NOEC Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| NOEC Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pimephales promelas | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| NOEC Sub-Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| NOEC Sub-Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pimephales promelas | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Coef Of Var Static Renewal 7Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Coef Of Var Static Renewal 7Day Chronic Pimephales promelas | 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 AR0036498.
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.