Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES IN0040801
WORTHINGTON MUNICIPAL WWTP, Worthington, IN: NPDES IN0040801 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 16Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 11Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
WORTHINGTON MUNICIPAL WWTP holds NPDES permit IN0040801, which discharges to W Fk White R To White R To Wabash R. EPA’s file records it issued September 5, 2019 and expiring October 31, 2024. The status and dates are as EPA’s permit file stood when Velarion loaded it (September 15, 2026); EPA’s free Detailed Facility Report on ECHO carries the permit’s current standing.
Identity
| Facility as filed | WORTHINGTON MUNICIPAL WWTP |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | WORTHINGTON MUNICIPAL WWTP |
| NPDES ID | IN0040801 |
| 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 | September 5, 2019 |
| Expiration date | October 31, 2024 |
| Issuing agency | IDEM |
| Address | Worthington, IN 47471 |
| Receiving water | W FK WHITE R TO WHITE R TO WABASH R |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Sloan Ditch-Lattas Creek (HUC 051202020403) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 18Pollutants on file
- 16Under a numeric limit
- 17With a violation of any kind
- 11With 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 | 118 | 106 | May 31, 2025 | 184% over the limit |
| BOD, carb-5 day, 20 deg C, percent removal | 0 | 32 | 31 | June 30, 2011 | 261% over the limit |
| Chlorine, total residual | 4 | 18 | 14 | September 30, 2020 | 2,767% over the limit |
| E. coli, colony forming units [CFU] | 3 | 15 | 11 | April 30, 2019 | 21,857% over the limit |
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 4 | 17 | 9 | February 28, 2007 | 555% over the limit |
| Copper, total recoverable | 0 | 8 | 2 | August 31, 2010 | 365% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 4 | 9 | 1 | January 31, 2007 | 7% over the limit |
| Toxicity [acute], Ceriodaphnia dubia | 3 | 2 | 1 | April 30, 2020 | 99,999% over the limit |
| Toxicity [acute], Pimephales promelas [Fathead Minnow] | 3 | 2 | 1 | April 30, 2020 | 99,999% over the limit |
| TU Static 48Hr Acute Daphnia magna | 3 | 2 | 1 | April 30, 2020 | 99,999% over the limit |
| Zinc, total recoverable | 4 | 1 | 1 | February 28, 2019 | 89% over the limit |
| Chromium, total recoverable | 4 | 4 | 0 | ||
| pH | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 1 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Flow, total | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||
| TU Static 48Hr Acute Daphnia pulex | 3 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Number of Events | 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 IN0040801.
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 15, 2026.