Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES MO0035742

LAKE FOREST CLEAN WATER DISTRICT WWTF, Ste. Genevieve, MO: NPDES MO0035742 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

Administratively continuedPermit status
MinorDischarger class
9Pollutants under a numeric limit
7Pollutants with an effluent exceedance

LAKE FOREST CLEAN WATER DISTRICT WWTF, held by Lake Forest Estates Community, holds NPDES permit MO0035742, which discharges to Big Bottom Cr.. EPA’s file records it issued January 12, 2016 and expiring January 31, 2021. 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 filed	LAKE FOREST CLEAN WATER DISTRICT WWTF
Permittee as filed	Lake Forest Estates Community
NPDES ID	MO0035742
Permit status	Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit type	Individual permit
Discharger class	Minor discharger
Facility type	Not a publicly owned treatment works
Program	Publicly owned treatment works
Issued	January 12, 2016
Expiration date	January 31, 2021
Address	Ste. Genevieve, MO 63670
Receiving water	Big Bottom Cr.
Subwatershed	Headwaters Establishment Creek (HUC 071401010907)

Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).

Effluent limits and exceedances

13Pollutants on file
9Under a numeric limit
8With a violation of any kind
7With 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
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]	8	105	105	March 31, 2026	1,150% over the limit
Solids, total suspended	2	51	50	May 31, 2026	410% over the limit
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C	2	46	45	June 30, 2026	281% over the limit
E. coli	0	34	34	July 31, 2026	99,999% over the limit
Ammonia [as N] + unionized ammonia	0	26	26	December 31, 2015	879% over the limit
Solids, suspended percent removal	0	19	19	April 30, 2026	99,999% over the limit
BOD, 5-day, percent removal	0	9	9	April 30, 2026	186% over the limit
pH	5	11	0
Temperature, water deg. centigrade	4	0	0
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]	4	0	0
Nitrogen, total [as N]	2	0	0
Phosphorus, total [as P]	2	0	0
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant	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

0Single-event violations

EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES MO0035742.

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.