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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES KY0021261

AUGUSTA WWTP, Augusta, KY: NPDES KY0021261 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

AUGUSTA WWTP, held by Augusta WWTP, holds NPDES permit KY0021261, which discharges to Ohio River. EPA’s file records it issued July 7, 2014 and expiring August 31, 2019. 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 filedAUGUSTA WWTP
Permittee as filedAugusta WWTP
NPDES IDKY0021261
Permit statusAdministratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit typeIndividual permit
Discharger classMinor discharger
Facility typePublicly owned treatment works
ProgramPublicly owned treatment works
IssuedJuly 7, 2014
Expiration dateAugust 31, 2019
AddressAugusta, KY 41002
Receiving waterOHIO RIVER
Receiving water impaired303(D) Listed
SubwatershedTurtle Creek-Ohio River (HUC 050902011102)

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
Chlorine, total residual2120118September 30, 20249,584% over the limit
E. coli24947February 28, 202599,999% over the limit
Coliform, fecal general03535May 31, 200914,900% over the limit
Solids, suspended percent removal13433January 31, 2025567% over the limit
Solids, total suspended84327November 30, 20226,967% over the limit
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C8248May 31, 2024438% over the limit
pH2128September 30, 2020
BOD, 5-day, percent removal154May 31, 2024300% over the limit
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]153April 30, 200644% over the limit
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]4262November 30, 202438% over the limit
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant4250
Nitrogen, total [as N]260
Phosphorus, total [as P]240
Hardness, total [as CaCO3]020
Zinc, total recoverable020
Cadmium, total recoverable020
Lead, total recoverable020
Copper, total recoverable020

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 KY0021261.

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.