Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES KS0048135
GALENA, CITY OF (WWTP), Galena, KS: NPDES KS0048135 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 9Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 2Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
GALENA, CITY OF (WWTP), held by GALENA, CITY OF, holds NPDES permit KS0048135, which discharges to Spring R (110702073). EPA’s file records it issued January 1, 2019 and expiring December 31, 2023. 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 | GALENA, CITY OF (WWTP) |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | GALENA, CITY OF |
| NPDES ID | KS0048135 |
| 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 | January 1, 2019 |
| Expiration date | December 31, 2023 |
| Issuing agency | Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE) |
| Address | Galena, KS 66739 |
| Receiving water | Spring R (110702073) |
| Subwatershed | Short Creek-Spring River (HUC 110702070904) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 12Pollutants on file
- 9Under a numeric limit
- 12With a violation of any kind
- 2With 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] | 1 | 16 | 9 | April 30, 2026 | 88% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 3 | 10 | 1 | March 31, 2021 | 1% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 3 | 11 | 0 | ||
| Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N] | 1 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N] | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| pH | 1 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Lead, total recoverable | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Copper, total recoverable | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| E. coli | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, total [as N] | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, total recoverable | 0 | 2 | 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 KS0048135.
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.