Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES KY0021296
PROVIDENCE WWTP, Providence, KY: NPDES KY0021296 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 18Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 11Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
PROVIDENCE WWTP, held by Providence WWTP, holds NPDES permit KY0021296, which discharges to Owens Crk / Ut. EPA’s file records it issued May 28, 2019 and expiring June 30, 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 | PROVIDENCE WWTP |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Providence WWTP |
| NPDES ID | KY0021296 |
| 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 | May 28, 2019 |
| Expiration date | June 30, 2024 |
| Address | Providence, KY 42450 |
| Receiving water | OWENS CRK / UT |
| Subwatershed | Wolf Creek-Tradewater River (HUC 051402050307) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 20Pollutants on file
- 18Under a numeric limit
- 19With a violation of any kind
- 11With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 4 | 115 | 95 | June 30, 2026 | 1,040% over the limit |
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 6 | 117 | 83 | June 30, 2026 | 1,230% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 6 | 103 | 81 | December 31, 2025 | 4,024% over the limit |
| E. coli | 2 | 76 | 70 | June 30, 2026 | 24,900% over the limit |
| Solids, suspended percent removal | 1 | 35 | 32 | June 30, 2026 | 567% over the limit |
| Chlorine, total residual | 2 | 16 | 12 | March 31, 2025 | 900% over the limit |
| BOD, carb-5 day, 20 deg C, percent removal | 1 | 15 | 12 | June 30, 2025 | 200% over the limit |
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 1 | 15 | 11 | February 28, 2025 | 99,999% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, percent removal | 0 | 10 | 9 | June 30, 2026 | 567% over the limit |
| Coliform, fecal general | 0 | 5 | 3 | January 31, 2008 | 99,999% over the limit |
| pH | 2 | 10 | 1 | December 31, 2015 | |
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 4 | 16 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 6 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, total [as N] | 4 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Temperature, water deg. fahrenheit | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Oil & Grease | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, Kjeldahl Total | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Nitrite Plus Nitrate Total | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total dissolved [TDS] | 2 | 2 | 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 KY0021296.
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.