Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES IN0053520
MAXWELL INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL WWTP, Maxwell, IN: NPDES IN0053520 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 11Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 10Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
MAXWELL INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL WWTP holds NPDES permit IN0053520, which discharges to Or/E Fk Wht R/Sugar Crk/Unnmd Ditch. EPA’s file records it issued June 24, 2016 and expiring November 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 filed | MAXWELL INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL WWTP |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | MAXWELL INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL WWTP |
| NPDES ID | IN0053520 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Minor discharger |
| Facility type | Not a publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | June 24, 2016 |
| Expiration date | November 30, 2021 |
| Issuing agency | IDEM |
| Address | Maxwell, IN 46154 |
| Receiving water | OR/E FK WHT R/SUGAR CRK/UNNMD DITCH |
| Subwatershed | Barrett Ditch-Sugar Creek (HUC 051202040403) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 15Pollutants on file
- 11Under a numeric limit
- 15With a violation of any kind
- 10With 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 | 139 | 106 | August 31, 2023 | 11,025% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 8 | 123 | 69 | August 31, 2023 | 2,937% over the limit |
| E. coli, colony forming units [CFU] | 3 | 33 | 22 | October 31, 2018 | 26,749% over the limit |
| Solids, suspended percent removal | 1 | 14 | 14 | July 31, 2019 | 567% over the limit |
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 2 | 18 | 7 | August 31, 2023 | 52% over the limit |
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 8 | 40 | 6 | May 31, 2019 | 287% over the limit |
| pH | 2 | 29 | 5 | November 30, 2018 | |
| E. coli, MTEC-MF | 0 | 5 | 3 | September 30, 1998 | 921% over the limit |
| BOD, carb-5 day, 20 deg C, percent removal | 1 | 3 | 3 | December 31, 2018 | 201% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 0 | 17 | 1 | December 31, 1997 | 46% over the limit |
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 1 | 23 | 0 | ||
| Flow, wastewater by-passing trtmnt plant | 0 | 9 | 0 | ||
| Number of Events | 2 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Flow, total | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Bypass valve | 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 IN0053520.
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.