Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES KS0092151
JUNCTION CITY, CITY OF (SOUTHWEST WWTP), Junction City, KS: NPDES KS0092151 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 34Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 6Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
JUNCTION CITY, CITY OF (SOUTHWEST WWTP), held by JUNCTION CITY, CITY OF, holds NPDES permit KS0092151, which discharges to Smoky Hill R (102600082). 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 15, 2026); EPA’s free Detailed Facility Report on ECHO carries the permit’s current standing.
Identity
| Facility as filed | JUNCTION CITY, CITY OF (SOUTHWEST WWTP) |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | JUNCTION CITY, CITY OF |
| NPDES ID | KS0092151 |
| 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 | Junction City, KS 66441 |
| Receiving water | Smoky Hill R (102600082) |
| Subwatershed | Kansas Falls-Smoky Hill River (HUC 102600080805) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 37Pollutants on file
- 34Under a numeric limit
- 15With a violation of any kind
- 6With 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 | 8 | 50 | 42 | June 30, 2026 | 568% over the limit |
| Chloride [as Cl] | 4 | 40 | 40 | October 31, 2023 | 36% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 8 | 43 | 36 | June 30, 2026 | 800% over the limit |
| Oil & Grease | 4 | 28 | 26 | June 30, 2026 | 357% over the limit |
| E. coli | 48 | 26 | 26 | June 30, 2026 | 11,507% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 48 | 12 | 9 | December 31, 2022 | 237% over the limit |
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 8 | 9 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, total [as N] | 4 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N] | 6 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, Total As P | 4 | 4 | 0 | ||
| BOD, nitrogen inhib 5-day [20 deg. C] | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Cyanide, total [as CN] | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, Total As N | 4 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N] | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Sulfate, total [as SO4] | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| pH | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Conductivity | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Hardness, total [as CaCO3] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Arsenic, total recoverable | 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 | ||
| Priority Pollutants | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chlorine, total residual | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mercury, total [as Hg] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| IC25 Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| IC25 Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Chrpimephales | 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 KS0092151.
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.