Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES IN0020681
LIBERTY WWTP, Liberty, IN: NPDES IN0020681 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 13Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 7Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
LIBERTY WWTP holds NPDES permit IN0020681, which discharges to Whitewater R (E Fk) Via Town Run. EPA’s file records it issued December 29, 2016 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 | LIBERTY WWTP |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | LIBERTY WWTP |
| NPDES ID | IN0020681 |
| 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 | December 29, 2016 |
| Expiration date | May 31, 2022 |
| Issuing agency | IDEM |
| Address | Liberty, IN 47353 |
| Receiving water | WHITEWATER R (E FK) VIA TOWN RUN |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Whitewater Lake-Silver Creek (HUC 050800030712) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 16Pollutants on file
- 13Under a numeric limit
- 16With a violation of any kind
- 7With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 8 | 53 | 32 | January 31, 2024 | 241% over the limit |
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 1 | 19 | 14 | December 31, 1993 | 28% over the limit |
| Chlorine, total residual | 4 | 22 | 13 | May 31, 2022 | 1,500% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 4 | 22 | 1 | April 30, 2011 | 74% over the limit |
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 4 | 13 | 1 | April 30, 2011 | 15% over the limit |
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 1 | 6 | 1 | September 30, 2020 | 20% over the limit |
| Phosphorus, total percent removal | 0 | 3 | 1 | April 30, 2000 | 396% over the limit |
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 1 | 42 | 0 | ||
| pH | 2 | 10 | 0 | ||
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 0 | 8 | 0 | ||
| E. coli, colony forming units [CFU] | 3 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Flow, total | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Number of Events | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| BOD, carb-5 day, 20 deg C, percent removal | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Solids, suspended percent removal | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Flow, wastewater by-passing trtmnt plant | 0 | 1 | 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 IN0020681.
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.