Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES MO0025216
LEXINGTON WWTF, Lexington, MO: NPDES MO0025216 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 11Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 6Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
LEXINGTON WWTF, held by City of Lexington, holds NPDES permit MO0025216, which discharges to Missouri River. EPA’s file records it issued October 9, 2013 and expiring October 31, 2018. 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 | LEXINGTON WWTF |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | City of Lexington |
| NPDES ID | MO0025216 |
| 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 | October 9, 2013 |
| Expiration date | October 31, 2018 |
| Address | Lexington, MO 64067 |
| Receiving water | Missouri River |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Little Sni-A-Bar Creek-Missouri River (HUC 103001010802) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 16Pollutants on file
- 11Under a numeric limit
- 13With a violation of any kind
- 6With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oil and grease [soxhlet extr.] tot. | 2 | 19 | 15 | October 31, 2022 | 1,040% over the limit |
| pH | 2 | 13 | 9 | April 30, 2024 | |
| Chlorine, total residual | 2 | 6 | 6 | June 30, 2021 | 54% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 4 | 10 | 4 | July 31, 2022 | 95% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 4 | 6 | 2 | October 31, 2010 | 150% over the limit |
| E. coli | 0 | 2 | 2 | April 30, 2019 | 119% over the limit |
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 2 | 30 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, total [as N] | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| BOD, 5-day, percent removal | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Solids, suspended percent removal | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| E. coli, colony forming units [CFU] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Toxicity [acute], Ceriodaphnia dubia | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Toxicity [acute], Pimephales promelas [Fathead Minnow] | 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
- 1Single-event violations
| Date | What EPA recorded | Agency |
|---|---|---|
| January 26, 2022 | 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.