Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES MO0024961
KC TODD CREEK WWTP, Kansas City, MO: NPDES MO0024961 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- EffectivePermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 16Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 4Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
KC TODD CREEK WWTP, held by City of Kansas City, holds NPDES permit MO0024961, which discharges to Todd Creek. EPA’s file records it issued February 8, 2022 and expiring September 30, 2026. 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 | KC TODD CREEK WWTP |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | City of Kansas City |
| NPDES ID | MO0024961 |
| Permit status | Effective |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Major discharger |
| Facility type | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Program | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | February 8, 2022 |
| Expiration date | September 30, 2026 |
| Address | Kansas City, MO 64163 |
| Receiving water | Todd Creek |
| Subwatershed | Todd Creek (HUC 102400120710) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 29Pollutants on file
- 16Under a numeric limit
- 19With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Solids, total suspended | 3 | 23 | 17 | January 31, 2026 | 235% over the limit |
| E. coli | 2 | 7 | 7 | August 31, 2025 | 3,974% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 26 | 143 | 3 | July 31, 2025 | 689% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 3 | 3 | 3 | January 31, 2026 | 300% over the limit |
| CBOD5+NH3-N | 0 | 272 | 0 | ||
| Oil and grease [soxhlet extr.] tot. | 2 | 142 | 0 | ||
| pH | 4 | 82 | 0 | ||
| Cyanide, free [amenable to chlorination] | 0 | 44 | 0 | ||
| Hardness, total [as CaCO3] | 0 | 44 | 0 | ||
| Nickel, total recoverable | 0 | 43 | 0 | ||
| Silver total recoverable | 0 | 43 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, total recoverable | 0 | 43 | 0 | ||
| Cadmium, total recoverable | 0 | 43 | 0 | ||
| Lead, total recoverable | 0 | 43 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, total recoverable | 0 | 43 | 0 | ||
| Copper, total recoverable | 0 | 43 | 0 | ||
| Organics, total toxic [TTO] | 0 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Pass/Fail Static 48Hr Acute Ceriodaphnia dubia | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||
| LC50 Static 48Hr Acute Pimephales promelas | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N] | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N] | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Temperature, water deg. centigrade | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Iron, total recoverable | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Selenium, total recoverable | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Aluminum, total recoverable | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| BOD, 5-day, percent removal | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Solids, suspended percent removal | 1 | 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
- 6Single-event violations
| Date | What EPA recorded | Agency |
|---|---|---|
| October 31, 2019 | Effluent Violations - Numeric effluent violation | ST6 |
| October 31, 2019 | Permit Violations - Violation Specified in Comment | ST6 |
| October 31, 2019 | Effluent Violations - Narrative Effluent Violation | ST6 |
| October 31, 2019 | Management Practice Violations - Improper Operation and Maintenance | ST6 |
| October 31, 2019 | Reporting Violations - Improper/ Incorrect Reporting | ST6 |
| August 15, 2019 | Effluent Violations - Numeric effluent violation | 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.