Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES ND0020681
DEVILS LAKE CITY OF, Devils Lake, ND: NPDES ND0020681 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 31Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 4Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
DEVILS LAKE CITY OF, held by Devils Lake City Of, holds NPDES permit ND0020681, which discharges to Devils Lake. EPA’s file records it issued March 19, 2018 and expiring March 31, 2023. 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 | DEVILS LAKE CITY OF |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Devils Lake City Of |
| NPDES ID | ND0020681 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Major discharger |
| Facility type | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Program | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | March 19, 2018 |
| Expiration date | March 31, 2023 |
| Issuing agency | North Dakota Department of Environmental Quality |
| Address | Devils Lake, ND 58301 |
| Receiving water | Devils Lake |
| Subwatershed | Creel Bay (HUC 090202011202) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 34Pollutants on file
- 31Under a numeric limit
- 28With 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 | 8 | 20 | 17 | May 31, 2022 | 330% over the limit |
| pH | 6 | 13 | 12 | April 30, 2021 | |
| E. coli | 6 | 8 | 5 | June 30, 2023 | 122% over the limit |
| Coliform, fecal general | 0 | 3 | 3 | October 31, 2010 | 80% over the limit |
| Hardness, total [as CaCO3] | 6 | 24 | 0 | ||
| Antimony, total [as Sb] | 6 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Cyanide, total [as CN] | 6 | 9 | 0 | ||
| Arsenic, total [as As] | 6 | 9 | 0 | ||
| Beryllium, total [as Be] | 6 | 9 | 0 | ||
| Cadmium, total [as Cd] | 6 | 9 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, total [as Cr] | 6 | 9 | 0 | ||
| Copper, total [as Cu] | 6 | 9 | 0 | ||
| Lead, total [as Pb] | 6 | 9 | 0 | ||
| Thallium, total [as Tl] | 6 | 9 | 0 | ||
| Nickel, total [as Ni] | 6 | 9 | 0 | ||
| Silver, total [as Ag] | 6 | 9 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, total [as Zn] | 6 | 9 | 0 | ||
| Selenium, total [as Se] | 6 | 9 | 0 | ||
| Total phenols | 6 | 9 | 0 | ||
| Mercury, total [as Hg] | 6 | 9 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 6 | 6 | 0 | ||
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 8 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, total [as N] | 6 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 6 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorous, in total orthophosphate | 6 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Pass/Fail Static Renewal 96Hr Acute Pimephales Promelas | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Oil and grease visual | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Pass/Fail Static Renewal 48Hr Acute Ceriodaphnia dubia | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Flow, total | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Oil & Grease | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Toxic Units Static 48HR Acute Ceriodaphnia dubia | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| TU LC50 Static Renewal 96Hr Acute Pimephales promelas | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Duration | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| May 15, 2019 | Reporting Violations - Improper/ Incorrect Reporting | 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 15, 2026.