Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES KS0038563
KANSAS CITY (PLANT NO. 1) WWTP (KAW POINT), Kansas City, KS: NPDES KS0038563 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 33Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 3Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
KANSAS CITY (PLANT NO. 1) WWTP (KAW POINT), held by UNIFIED GOV OF KC/WY CNTY, holds NPDES permit KS0038563, which discharges to Missouri R (102400119099). EPA’s file records it issued June 1, 2020 and expiring May 31, 2025. 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 | KANSAS CITY (PLANT NO. 1) WWTP (KAW POINT) |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | UNIFIED GOV OF KC/WY CNTY |
| NPDES ID | KS0038563 |
| 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 | June 1, 2020 |
| Expiration date | May 31, 2025 |
| Issuing agency | Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE) |
| Address | Kansas City, KS 66118 |
| Receiving water | Missouri R (102400119099) |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Goose Island-Missouri River (HUC 102400110608) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 34Pollutants on file
- 33Under a numeric limit
- 9With a violation of any kind
- 3With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BOD, nitrogen inhib 5-day [20 deg. C] | 0 | 9 | 9 | November 30, 2015 | 43% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 12 | 9 | 4 | February 29, 2008 | 63% over the limit |
| pH | 8 | 3 | 1 | February 28, 2006 | |
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 10 | 3 | 0 | ||
| E. coli | 98 | 2 | 0 | ||
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 10 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 4 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 4 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Duration of discharge | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| LC50 Static 48Hr Acute Ceriodaphnia dubia | 24 | 0 | 0 | ||
| LC50 Static 48Hr Acute Pimephales promelas | 24 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, total [as N] | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N] | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N] | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Arsenic, total recoverable | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, Total As N | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, Total As P | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Temperature, water deg. fahrenheit | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Hardness, total [as CaCO3] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Selenium, total recoverable | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Thallium, total recoverable | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Beryllium, total recoverable [as Be] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nickel, total recoverable | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Silver total recoverable | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, total recoverable | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Cadmium, total recoverable | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Lead, total recoverable | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, total recoverable | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Copper, total recoverable | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Antimony, total recoverable | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rainfall | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Priority Pollutants | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mercury, total [as Hg] | 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 KS0038563.
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.