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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES IN0039705

ADVANCE WWTP, TOWN OF, Advance, IN: NPDES IN0039705 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

ADVANCE WWTP, TOWN OF holds NPDES permit IN0039705, which discharges to Raccoon Cr (Big) Via Brinegar Ditch. EPA’s file records it issued May 11, 2016 and expiring September 30, 2021. 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 filedADVANCE WWTP, TOWN OF
Permittee as filedADVANCE WWTP, TOWN OF
NPDES IDIN0039705
Permit statusAdministratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit typeIndividual permit
Discharger classMinor discharger
Facility typePublicly owned treatment works
ProgramPublicly owned treatment works
IssuedMay 11, 2016
Expiration dateSeptember 30, 2021
Issuing agencyIDEM
AddressAdvance, IN 46102
Receiving waterRACCOON CR (BIG) VIA BRINEGAR DITCH
Receiving water impaired303(D) Listed
SubwatershedHeadwaters Big Racoon Creek (HUC 051201081201)

Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).

Effluent limits and exceedances

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 measureLimitsViolations, any kindEffluent exceedancesLatest exceedanceLargest exceedance, as filed
Chlorine, total residual45919April 30, 2019100% over the limit
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]87814April 30, 2016390% over the limit
Solids, suspended percent removal11414November 30, 2018409% over the limit
Solids, total suspended47810February 28, 20221,014% over the limit
E. coli, colony forming units [CFU]3145May 31, 2017247% over the limit
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]2183March 31, 200646% over the limit
BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C]4680
pH2320
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant1320
Flow, total1130
Flow, wastewater by-passing trtmnt plant070
Bypass valve030
Number of Events220
BOD, carb-5 day, 20 deg C, percent removal100

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

EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES IN0039705.

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.