Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES KY0020095
RWRA MAX RHOADS WWTP, Owensboro, KY: NPDES KY0020095 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 13Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 8Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
RWRA MAX RHOADS WWTP, held by Rwra Max Rhoads WWTP, holds NPDES permit KY0020095, which discharges to Ohio River. EPA’s file records it issued January 8, 2010 and expiring February 28, 2015. 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 | RWRA MAX RHOADS WWTP |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Rwra Max Rhoads WWTP |
| NPDES ID | KY0020095 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Major discharger |
| Facility type | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Program | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | January 8, 2010 |
| Expiration date | February 28, 2015 |
| Address | Owensboro, KY 42301 |
| Receiving water | OHIO RIVER |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Jackson Creek-Ohio River (HUC 051402011202) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 47Pollutants on file
- 13Under a numeric limit
- 46With a violation of any kind
- 8With 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 | 35 | 19 | December 31, 2019 | 802% over the limit |
| Solids, suspended percent removal | 1 | 12 | 9 | January 31, 2020 | 333% over the limit |
| Chlorine, total residual | 1 | 6 | 5 | May 31, 2018 | 953% over the limit |
| E. coli | 2 | 8 | 4 | October 31, 2024 | 908% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 8 | 18 | 2 | July 31, 2019 | 189% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, percent removal | 1 | 4 | 1 | January 31, 2010 | 664% over the limit |
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 1 | 3 | 1 | April 30, 2001 | 50% over the limit |
| Coliform, fecal general | 0 | 1 | 1 | August 31, 2002 | 21% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 4 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 4 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 2 | 8 | 0 | ||
| pH | 2 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, total [as N] | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Cyanide, free [amenable to chlorination] | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Chloride [as Cl] | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Arsenic, total recoverable | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Iron, total recoverable | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Selenium, total recoverable | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Nickel, total recoverable | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Silver total recoverable | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, total recoverable | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Cadmium, total recoverable | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Lead, total recoverable | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, total recoverable | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Copper, total recoverable | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Oil and grease | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Phenolics, total | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Mercury, total recoverable | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, hexavalent tot recoverable | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Selenium, sludge, total, dry weight [as Se] | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Silver, total dry weight, sludge mt | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Arsenic total, dry weight, sludge | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total, sludge, percent | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Molybdenum, sludge, total, dry weight [as Mo] | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, sludge, total, dry weight [as Zn] | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Lead, sludge, total, dry weight [as Pb] | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Nickel, sludge, total, dry weight [as Ni] | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Mercury, sludge, total, dry weight [as Hg] | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, sludge, total, dry weight [as Cr] | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Copper, sludge, total, dry weight [as Cu] | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Cadmium, sludge, total, dry weight [as Cd] | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, sludge, total, dry weight [as P] | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Ann. amt sludge disposed by other method | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Annual amt of sludge incinerated | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Annual amount of sludge land applied | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Annual amt sludge disposed in landfill | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Toxicity, final conc toxicity units | 1 | 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 KY0020095.
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.