Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES NC0058378
ELK RIVER WWTP, Banner Elk, NC: NPDES NC0058378 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 9Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 2Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
ELK RIVER WWTP, held by Carolina Water Service Inc of North Carolina, holds NPDES permit NC0058378. EPA’s file records it issued July 21, 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 filed | ELK RIVER WWTP |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Carolina Water Service Inc of North Carolina |
| NPDES ID | NC0058378 |
| 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 |
| Issued | July 21, 2017 |
| Expiration date | September 30, 2022 |
| Address | Banner Elk, NC 28604 |
| Subwatershed | Buffalo Creek (HUC 030401010101) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 11Pollutants on file
- 9Under a numeric limit
- 11With a violation of any kind
- 2With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 2 | 108 | 3 | June 30, 2024 | 15% over the limit |
| Coliform, fecal MF, MFC broth, 44.5 C | 2 | 103 | 1 | June 30, 2008 | 1,400% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 2 | 95 | 0 | ||
| Temperature, water deg. centigrade | 1 | 92 | 0 | ||
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 1 | 92 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 1 | 92 | 0 | ||
| Chlorine, total residual | 1 | 92 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, total [as N] | 0 | 90 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 0 | 90 | 0 | ||
| pH | 2 | 64 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 1 | 62 | 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 NC0058378.
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.