Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES IN0003859
PURDUE UNIVERSITY WADE PHYSICAL PLANT, West Lafayette, IN: NPDES IN0003859 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 19Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 6Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
PURDUE UNIVERSITY WADE PHYSICAL PLANT, held by PURDUE U. WADE PHYSICAL PLANT, holds NPDES permit IN0003859, which discharges to Wabash R Via Unnamed Ditch. EPA’s file records it issued March 29, 2017 and expiring May 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 | PURDUE UNIVERSITY WADE PHYSICAL PLANT |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | PURDUE U. WADE PHYSICAL PLANT |
| NPDES ID | IN0003859 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Minor discharger |
| Facility type | Not a publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | March 29, 2017 |
| Expiration date | May 31, 2022 |
| Issuing agency | IDEM |
| Address | West Lafayette, IN 47907 |
| Receiving water | WABASH R VIA UNNAMED DITCH |
| Subwatershed | Cedar Hollow-Wabash River (HUC 051201080203) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 22Pollutants on file
- 19Under a numeric limit
- 20With a violation of any kind
- 6With 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 | 4 | 10 | 6 | August 31, 2020 | 80% over the limit |
| Iron, total [as Fe] | 0 | 4 | 2 | February 28, 2002 | 371% over the limit |
| Oil & Grease | 0 | 3 | 2 | December 31, 2006 | 100% over the limit |
| Iron, total recoverable | 2 | 2 | 2 | November 30, 2010 | 80% over the limit |
| Manganese, total [as Mn] | 0 | 3 | 1 | February 29, 2004 | 15% over the limit |
| Oil and grease, hexane extr method | 2 | 1 | 1 | January 31, 2014 | 49% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, total [as N] | 2 | 118 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 2 | 118 | 0 | ||
| Chloride [as Cl] | 2 | 118 | 0 | ||
| Sulfate, total [as SO4] | 2 | 118 | 0 | ||
| Selenium, total recoverable | 2 | 60 | 0 | ||
| Lead, total recoverable | 2 | 60 | 0 | ||
| Copper, total recoverable | 2 | 60 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, total recoverable | 4 | 59 | 0 | ||
| pH | 4 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 4 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Chlorine, total residual | 4 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Temperature, water deg. fahrenheit | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Mercury, total recoverable | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Flow, total | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, total recoverable | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Manganese, total recoverable | 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 IN0003859.
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.