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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES AR0039594

EMERSON, CITY OF - EMERSON WWT, Emerson, AR: NPDES AR0039594 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

EMERSON, CITY OF - EMERSON WWT, held by EMERSON, CITY OF, holds NPDES permit AR0039594, which discharges to Trib,Ltl Cypress Cr,Cypress Cr,Dorcheat Bu, Red Rv. EPA’s file records it issued November 21, 2016 and expiring December 31, 2021. 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 filedEMERSON, CITY OF - EMERSON WWT
Permittee as filedEMERSON, CITY OF
NPDES IDAR0039594
Permit statusAdministratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit typeIndividual permit
Discharger classMinor discharger
Facility typePublicly owned treatment works
ProgramPublicly owned treatment works
IssuedNovember 21, 2016
Expiration dateDecember 31, 2021
AddressEmerson, AR 71740
Receiving waterTRIB,LTL CYPRESS CR,CYPRESS CR,DORCHEAT BU, RED RV

Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).

Effluent limits and exceedances

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 measureLimitsViolations, any kindEffluent exceedancesLatest exceedanceLargest exceedance, as filed
pH2213June 30, 2011
Coliform, fecal general2213June 30, 2023900% over the limit
Solids, total suspended3281September 30, 200918% over the limit
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C3221January 31, 202067% over the limit
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]3221July 31, 200223% over the limit
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]181September 30, 20193% over the limit
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant2460
BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C]3180
Overflows150
Overflow volume [SS0 volume, CSO volume]150

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

EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES AR0039594.

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.