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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES KS0047279

EFFINGHAM, CITY OF (WWTP), Effingham, KS: NPDES KS0047279 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

EFFINGHAM, CITY OF (WWTP), held by EFFINGHAM, CITY OF, holds NPDES permit KS0047279, which discharges to Stranger Cr (102701049). EPA’s file records it issued January 1, 2018 and expiring December 31, 2021. 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 filedEFFINGHAM, CITY OF (WWTP)
Permittee as filedEFFINGHAM, CITY OF
NPDES IDKS0047279
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
IssuedJanuary 1, 2018
Expiration dateDecember 31, 2021
Issuing agencyKansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE)
AddressEffingham, KS 66023
Receiving waterStranger Cr (102701049)
SubwatershedHeadwaters Stranger Creek (HUC 102701040301)

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
Solids, total suspended6235December 31, 2024104% over the limit
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C6213September 30, 2021233% over the limit
E. coli293March 31, 2026238% over the limit
Phosphorus, total [as P]2100
pH270
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]260
Lead, total recoverable010
Copper, total recoverable010

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 KS0047279.

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.