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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES LA0101648

SWE, INC. - SOUTHWEST ENGINEERS, Slidell, LA: NPDES LA0101648 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

SWE, INC. - SOUTHWEST ENGINEERS, held by SWE, Inc. - Southwest Engineers, holds NPDES permit LA0101648. EPA’s file records it issued August 30, 2017 and expiring September 30, 2022. 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 filedSWE, INC. - SOUTHWEST ENGINEERS
Permittee as filedSWE, Inc. - Southwest Engineers
NPDES IDLA0101648
Permit statusAdministratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit typeIndividual permit
Discharger classMinor discharger
Facility typeNot a publicly owned treatment works
IssuedAugust 30, 2017
Expiration dateSeptember 30, 2022
AddressSlidell, LA 70459
Receiving water impaired303(D) Listed
SubwatershedSalt Bayou (HUC 080902010307)

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
Solids, total suspended81313June 30, 2024223% over the limit
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C6139December 31, 202451% over the limit
Coliform, fecal general677March 31, 202499,999% over the limit
Enterococci055March 31, 202499,999% over the limit
Carbon, tot organic [TOC]033April 30, 2025118% over the limit
pH800
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant800

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 LA0101648.

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.