Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES ID0020842
SANDPOINT, CITY OF - SANDPOINT WWTP, Sandpoint, ID: NPDES ID0020842 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 25Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 8Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
SANDPOINT, CITY OF - SANDPOINT WWTP, held by SANDPOINT, CITY OF, holds NPDES permit ID0020842, which discharges to Pend Oreille River. EPA’s file records it issued November 30, 2001 and expiring January 5, 2007. 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 | SANDPOINT, CITY OF - SANDPOINT WWTP |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | SANDPOINT, CITY OF |
| NPDES ID | ID0020842 |
| 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 | November 30, 2001 |
| Expiration date | January 5, 2007 |
| Issuing agency | U.S. EPA, REGION 10 |
| Address | Sandpoint, ID 83864 |
| Receiving water | PEND OREILLE RIVER |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Carr Creek-Pend Oreille River (HUC 170102140302) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 30Pollutants on file
- 25Under a numeric limit
- 20With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 6 | 49 | 35 | December 31, 2024 | 91% over the limit |
| Chlorine, total residual | 2 | 25 | 21 | January 31, 2026 | 135% over the limit |
| E. coli, MTEC-MF | 2 | 20 | 18 | January 31, 2026 | 120,590% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 6 | 27 | 15 | December 31, 2023 | 156% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, percent removal | 1 | 19 | 15 | January 31, 2026 | 73% over the limit |
| Solids, suspended percent removal | 1 | 12 | 8 | February 28, 2017 | 67% over the limit |
| Coliform, fecal MF, MFC broth, 44.5 C | 0 | 9 | 7 | February 28, 1998 | 99,999% over the limit |
| pH | 2 | 9 | 5 | October 31, 2018 | |
| Polychlorinated biphenyls [PCB] pg/L | 0 | 15 | 0 | ||
| 2,3,7,8-Tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Temperature, water deg. centigrade | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, nitrite total [as N] | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, nitrate total [as N] | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N] | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Phosphate, ortho, dissolved [as P] | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Carbon, dissolved organic [as C] | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Hardness, total [as CaCO3] | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Cyanide, total [as CN] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Arsenic, total [as As] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Cadmium, total [as Cd] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, total [as Cr] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Copper, total [as Cu] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Lead, total [as Pb] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nickel, total [as Ni] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Silver, total [as Ag] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, total [as Zn] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mercury, total [as Hg] | 2 | 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 ID0020842.
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.