Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES KY0023868
DAWSON SPRINGS STP, Dawson Springs, KY: NPDES KY0023868 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 19Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 10Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
DAWSON SPRINGS STP, held by Dawson Springs STP, holds NPDES permit KY0023868, which discharges to Tradewater River. EPA’s file records it issued February 20, 2018 and expiring March 31, 2023. 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 | DAWSON SPRINGS STP |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Dawson Springs STP |
| NPDES ID | KY0023868 |
| 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 | February 20, 2018 |
| Expiration date | March 31, 2023 |
| Address | Dawson Springs, KY 42408 |
| Receiving water | TRADEWATER RIVER |
| Subwatershed | Montgomery Creek-Tradewater River (HUC 051402050302) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 20Pollutants on file
- 19Under a numeric limit
- 19With a violation of any kind
- 10With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 6 | 154 | 138 | May 31, 2026 | 1,701% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 8 | 124 | 106 | February 28, 2026 | 733% over the limit |
| E. coli | 2 | 35 | 31 | March 31, 2026 | 1,762% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 6 | 37 | 19 | October 31, 2025 | 170% over the limit |
| Chlorine, total residual | 2 | 16 | 12 | April 30, 2012 | 1,374% over the limit |
| Solids, suspended percent removal | 1 | 10 | 8 | October 31, 2025 | 560% over the limit |
| Coliform, fecal general | 0 | 6 | 6 | July 31, 2005 | 50% over the limit |
| BOD, carb-5 day, 20 deg C, percent removal | 1 | 8 | 5 | April 30, 2024 | 560% over the limit |
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 1 | 4 | 2 | September 30, 2018 | 3% over the limit |
| pH | 2 | 5 | 1 | June 30, 2008 | |
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 18 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 6 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Temperature, water deg. fahrenheit | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Oil & Grease | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Hardness, total [as CaCO3] | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Cadmium, total recoverable | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, Kjeldahl Total | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Nitrite Plus Nitrate Total | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total dissolved [TDS] | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, total [as N] | 4 | 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 KY0023868.
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.