Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES KS0078891
USD #288 CENTRAL HEIGHTS (WWTP), Richmond, KS: NPDES KS0078891 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 6Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 1Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
USD #288 CENTRAL HEIGHTS (WWTP), held by USD #288 CENTRAL HEIGHTS SCHOOL, holds NPDES permit KS0078891, which discharges to Sac Branch, N Fk (102901019054). EPA’s file records it issued September 1, 2019 and expiring August 31, 2024. 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 | USD #288 CENTRAL HEIGHTS (WWTP) |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | USD #288 CENTRAL HEIGHTS SCHOOL |
| NPDES ID | KS0078891 |
| 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 1, 2019 |
| Expiration date | August 31, 2024 |
| Issuing agency | Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE) |
| Address | Richmond, KS 66080 |
| Receiving water | Sac Branch, N Fk (102901019054) |
| Subwatershed | Sac Branch-Pottawatomie Creek (HUC 102901010603) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 6Pollutants on file
- 6Under a numeric limit
- 6With a violation of any kind
- 1With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Solids, total suspended | 3 | 25 | 1 | March 31, 2023 | 1% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 3 | 24 | 0 | ||
| Water level at sample collection time | 1 | 17 | 0 | ||
| pH | 1 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 1 | 8 | 0 | ||
| E. coli | 1 | 8 | 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 KS0078891.
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.