Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES KY0110795
GRAND RIVERS WWTP, Grand Rivers, KY: NPDES KY0110795 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 17Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 3Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
GRAND RIVERS WWTP, held by Grand Rivers WWTP, holds NPDES permit KY0110795, which discharges to Cumberland River. EPA’s file records it issued April 25, 2019 and expiring May 31, 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 | GRAND RIVERS WWTP |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Grand Rivers WWTP |
| NPDES ID | KY0110795 |
| 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 | April 25, 2019 |
| Expiration date | May 31, 2024 |
| Address | Grand Rivers, KY 42045 |
| Receiving water | Cumberland River |
| Subwatershed | Demumbers Creek-Cumberland River (HUC 051302050708) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 23Pollutants on file
- 17Under a numeric limit
- 18With a violation of any kind
- 3With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| E. coli | 2 | 9 | 7 | May 31, 2026 | 489% over the limit |
| BOD, carb-5 day, 20 deg C, percent removal | 0 | 2 | 1 | April 30, 2018 | 7% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, percent removal | 1 | 1 | 1 | February 28, 2025 | 33% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 6 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total suspended | 6 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 4 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, total recoverable | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Cadmium, total recoverable | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Lead, total recoverable | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Copper, total recoverable | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 6 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, total [as N] | 4 | 2 | 0 | ||
| pH | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Chlorine, total residual | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Hardness, total [as CaCO3] | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Solids, suspended percent removal | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Temperature, water deg. fahrenheit | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Oil & Grease | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, Kjeldahl Total | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrite Plus Nitrate Total | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total dissolved [TDS] | 2 | 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
- 1Single-event violations
| Date | What EPA recorded | Agency |
|---|---|---|
| August 20, 2025 | Permit Violations - Violation Specified in Comment | ST6 |
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.