Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES IN0020192
SPENCER MUNICIPAL WWTP, Spencer, IN: NPDES IN0020192 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 10Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 8Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
SPENCER MUNICIPAL WWTP holds NPDES permit IN0020192, which discharges to Or/Wabash R/White R/W Fk White Rivr. EPA’s file records it issued April 18, 2019 and expiring August 31, 2024. 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 | SPENCER MUNICIPAL WWTP |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | SPENCER MUNICIPAL WWTP |
| NPDES ID | IN0020192 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Minor discharger |
| Facility type | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Program | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | April 18, 2019 |
| Expiration date | August 31, 2024 |
| Issuing agency | IDEM |
| Address | Spencer, IN 47460 |
| Receiving water | OR/WABASH R/WHITE R/W FK WHITE RIVR |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Elliston Creek-White River (HUC 051202020205) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 13Pollutants on file
- 10Under a numeric limit
- 11With 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 | 4 | 49 | 45 | June 30, 2026 | 383% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 4 | 27 | 27 | June 30, 2026 | 153% over the limit |
| E. coli, colony forming units [CFU] | 3 | 18 | 18 | July 31, 2025 | 41,772% over the limit |
| Solids, suspended percent removal | 0 | 13 | 12 | June 30, 2012 | 561% over the limit |
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 4 | 11 | 11 | June 30, 2026 | 170% over the limit |
| Chlorine, total residual | 4 | 7 | 7 | April 30, 2016 | 6,567% over the limit |
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 4 | 5 | 1 | May 31, 2025 | 50% over the limit |
| BOD, carb-5 day, 20 deg C, percent removal | 0 | 2 | 1 | January 31, 2000 | 560% over the limit |
| pH | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Flow, wastewater by-passing trtmnt plant | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Number of Events | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Flow, total | 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 IN0020192.
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.