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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES IA0032441

RUTHVEN CITY OF STP, Ruthven, IA: NPDES IA0032441 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

RUTHVEN CITY OF STP, held by CITY OF RUTHVEN, holds NPDES permit IA0032441. EPA’s file records it issued March 1, 2021 and expiring February 28, 2026. 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 filedRUTHVEN CITY OF STP
Permittee as filedCITY OF RUTHVEN
NPDES IDIA0032441
Permit statusEffective
Permit typeIndividual permit
Discharger classMinor discharger
Facility typePublicly owned treatment works
ProgramPublicly owned treatment works
IssuedMarch 1, 2021
Expiration dateFebruary 28, 2026
Issuing agencySTA
AddressRuthven, IA 51358
SubwatershedDitch Number 60 (HUC 102300030703)

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
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant0113110July 31, 2011565% over the limit
pH5107April 30, 2026
Solids, total suspended863November 30, 201732% over the limit
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]4833November 30, 202563% over the limit
BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C]552September 30, 200626% over the limit
E. coli310
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C500
Depth of pond or reservoir in feet300

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 IA0032441.

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.