Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES KY0028801
SILVER HEIGHTS WQTC MSD, Louisville, KY: NPDES KY0028801 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 9Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 4Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
SILVER HEIGHTS WQTC MSD holds NPDES permit KY0028801, which discharges to Mud Crk. EPA’s file records it issued February 20, 2003 and expiring December 31, 2007. 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 | SILVER HEIGHTS WQTC MSD |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | SILVER HEIGHTS WQTC MSD |
| NPDES ID | KY0028801 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Minor discharger |
| Facility type | Not a publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | February 20, 2003 |
| Expiration date | December 31, 2007 |
| Address | Louisville, KY 41572 |
| Receiving water | MUD CRK |
| Subwatershed | Upper Southern Ditch (HUC 051401021202) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 10Pollutants on file
- 9Under a numeric limit
- 10With a violation of any kind
- 4With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coliform, fecal general | 2 | 10 | 8 | September 30, 2013 | 5,750% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 8 | 8 | 4 | June 30, 2007 | 218% over the limit |
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 4 | 5 | 1 | January 31, 2006 | 60% over the limit |
| E. coli | 0 | 1 | 1 | March 31, 2014 | 321% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 4 | 4 | 0 | ||
| pH | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Chlorine, total residual | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 1 | 1 | 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 KY0028801.
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.