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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES KS0095486

INDEPENDENCE, CITY OF (WWTP), Independence, KS: NPDES KS0095486 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

INDEPENDENCE, CITY OF (WWTP), held by INDEPENDENCE, CITY OF, holds NPDES permit KS0095486, which discharges to Verdigris R (1107010335). EPA’s file records it issued January 1, 2017 and expiring December 31, 2021. 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 filedINDEPENDENCE, CITY OF (WWTP)
Permittee as filedINDEPENDENCE, CITY OF
NPDES IDKS0095486
Permit statusAdministratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit typeIndividual permit
Discharger classMajor discharger
Facility typePublicly owned treatment works
ProgramPublicly owned treatment works
IssuedJanuary 1, 2017
Expiration dateDecember 31, 2021
Issuing agencyKansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE)
AddressIndependence, KS 67301
Receiving waterVerdigris R (1107010335)
SubwatershedChoteau Creek-Verdigris River (HUC 110701030102)

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
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]482317September 30, 2025271% over the limit
Solids, total suspended6186May 31, 2025150% over the limit
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C50175January 31, 202476% over the limit
E. coli4852June 30, 2021357% over the limit
Nitrogen, total [as N]4100
Phosphorus, total [as P]680
pH460
Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N]460
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant260
Nitrogen, nitrite total [as N]060
Nitrogen, nitrate total [as N]060
Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N]200
Hardness, total [as CaCO3]200
Arsenic, total recoverable200
Selenium, total recoverable200
Thallium, total recoverable200
Beryllium, total recoverable [as Be]200
Nickel, total recoverable200
Silver total recoverable200
Zinc, total recoverable200
Cadmium, total recoverable200
Lead, total recoverable200
Chromium, total recoverable200
Copper, total recoverable200
Antimony, total recoverable200
Priority Pollutants200
Mercury, total [as Hg]200
IC25 Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia200
IC25 Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Chrpimephales200

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 KS0095486.

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.