Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES IN0021270
RUSHVILLE WWTP, Rushville, IN: NPDES IN0021270 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 18Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 8Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
RUSHVILLE WWTP holds NPDES permit IN0021270, which discharges to Or/E Fk White River/Flatrock River. EPA’s file records it issued March 20, 2019 and expiring March 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 | RUSHVILLE WWTP |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | RUSHVILLE WWTP |
| NPDES ID | IN0021270 |
| 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 | March 20, 2019 |
| Expiration date | March 31, 2024 |
| Issuing agency | IDEM |
| Address | Rushville, IN 46173 |
| Receiving water | OR/E FK WHITE RIVER/FLATROCK RIVER |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Harrigan Branch-Flatrock River (HUC 051202050403) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 40Pollutants on file
- 18Under a numeric limit
- 40With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 8 | 119 | 37 | October 31, 1995 | 201% over the limit |
| Chlorine, total residual | 0 | 23 | 23 | April 30, 2017 | 300% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 4 | 97 | 9 | September 30, 2025 | 137% over the limit |
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 2 | 43 | 6 | October 31, 2025 | 33% over the limit |
| E. coli, colony forming units [CFU] | 3 | 24 | 5 | April 30, 2025 | 26,794% over the limit |
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 2 | 16 | 5 | July 31, 2026 | 30% over the limit |
| pH | 2 | 7 | 1 | July 31, 2021 | |
| Toxicity [chronic], Ceriodaphnia dubia | 1 | 2 | 1 | November 30, 2023 | 1,500% over the limit |
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 4 | 88 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 3 | 47 | 0 | ||
| Flow, total | 2 | 27 | 0 | ||
| Duration | 1 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Overflow volume [SS0 volume, CSO volume] | 1 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Discharge event observation [Visual Monitoring] | 1 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Number of Events | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Precipitation, monthly accumulation | 1 | 4 | 0 | ||
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Arsenic, dry weight | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Selenium, dry weight | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Copper, dry weight | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Cadmium, dry weight | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, sludge, total, dry weight [as Zn] | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Nickel, sludge, total, dry weight [as Ni] | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Mercury, sludge, total, dry weight [as Hg] | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Molybdenum, sludge, total, dry weight [as Mo] | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Toxicity [acute], Ceriodaphnia dubia | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Toxicity [acute], Pimephales promelas [Fathead Minnow] | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Toxicity [chronic], Pimephales promelas [Fathead Minnow] | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Ann. amt sludge disposed by other method | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Annual amt of sludge incinerated | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Annual sludge production, total | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Annual amount of sludge land applied | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Annual amt. sludge disposed surface unit | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Annual amt sludge disposed in landfill | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Annual amt sludge transported interstate | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Flow, wastewater by-passing trtmnt plant | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Pollutant table from 503.13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Level of pathogen requirements achieved | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Description of pathogen option used | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Vector attraction reduction alternative used | 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 IN0021270.
Velarion’s copy of EPA’s ICIS-NPDES files does not yet 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.