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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES MN0030147

WINONA WWTP, Winona, MN: NPDES MN0030147 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

WINONA WWTP, held by Winona WWTP, holds NPDES permit MN0030147, which discharges to Miss R. EPA’s file records it issued March 4, 2010 and expiring February 28, 2015. 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 filedWINONA WWTP
Permittee as filedWinona WWTP
NPDES IDMN0030147
Permit statusAdministratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit typeIndividual permit
Discharger classMajor discharger
Facility typePublicly owned treatment works
ProgramPublicly owned treatment works
IssuedMarch 4, 2010
Expiration dateFebruary 28, 2015
AddressWinona, MN 55987
Receiving waterMISS R
Receiving water impaired303(D) Listed
SubwatershedPleasant Valley Creek (HUC 070400030607)

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 suspended699June 30, 2024138% over the limit
BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C]655May 31, 202065% over the limit
Chlorine, total residual144May 31, 2020163% over the limit
Solids, suspended percent removal144May 31, 202439% over the limit
pH422December 31, 2023
Sodium, total [as Na]020
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]110
Bicarbonate ion- [as HCO3]010
Calcium, total [as Ca]010
Magnesium, total [as Mg]010
Potassium, total [as K]010
Hardness, Ca Mg Calculated [mg/L as CaCO3]010
Phosphorus, total [as P]300
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant300
Mercury, total [as Hg]200
Precipitation, total defined period/in100
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]100
Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N]100
Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N]100
Copper, total [as Cu]100
Zinc, total [as Zn]100
Coliform, fecal MPN + membrane ftl 44.5 C100
Solids, total dissolved100
BOD, carb-5 day, 20 deg C, percent removal100

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

DateWhat EPA recordedAgency
March 14, 2017Biosolids - Land Application: Facility Failed to Keep Records for Preparers and AppliersST6
March 14, 2017Biosolids - Land Application: Failure to Notify State Permitting AuthorityST6
March 14, 2017Biosolids - Land Application: Applied to Land at Greater than the Agronomic Rate ViolationST6

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.