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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES NE0021199

DAVID CITY WASTEWATER TREATMENT FACILITY, David City, NE: NPDES NE0021199 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

DAVID CITY WASTEWATER TREATMENT FACILITY, held by DAVID CITY WWTF, holds NPDES permit NE0021199, which discharges to Keysor Creek. EPA’s file records it issued June 30, 2021 and expiring June 30, 2026. 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 filedDAVID CITY WASTEWATER TREATMENT FACILITY
Permittee as filedDAVID CITY WWTF
NPDES IDNE0021199
Permit statusAdministratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit typeIndividual permit
Discharger classMinor discharger
Facility typePublicly owned treatment works
ProgramPublicly owned treatment works
IssuedJune 30, 2021
Expiration dateJune 30, 2026
AddressDavid City, NE 68632
Receiving waterKEYSOR CREEK
SubwatershedMiddle North Branch Big Blue River (HUC 102702010405)

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

Effluent limits and exceedances

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 measureLimitsViolations, any kindEffluent exceedancesLatest exceedanceLargest exceedance, as filed
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]24578392June 30, 20225,678% over the limit
Chlorine, total residual014240May 31, 200899,999% over the limit
Solids, total suspended921638April 30, 2026242% over the limit
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C513628March 31, 2022390% over the limit
BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C]412912April 30, 202651% over the limit
pH61905May 31, 2017
Toxicity [acute], Pimephales promelas [Fathead Minnow]411June 30, 201539% over the limit
Phosphorus, total [as P]41060
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant5870
Temperature, water deg. fahrenheit4760
Nitrogen, total [as N]4760
Coliform, fecal general0760
Solids, total dissolved0420
Nitrogen, nitrate total [as N]0380
Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N]0380
Duration of discharge1360
Application weekly spray irrigation0340
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]0330
Sodium adsorption ratio0300
Chloride [as Cl]0300
Flow, total1280
E. coli, MTEC-MF0200
Nickel, sludge, total, dry weight [as Ni]1140
Zinc, sludge, total, dry weight [as Zn]1120
Lead, sludge, total, dry weight [as Pb]1120
Nitrogen, sludge, total, dry weight [as N]1120
Mercury, sludge, total, dry weight [as Hg]1120
Copper, sludge, total, dry weight [as Cu]1120
Cadmium, sludge, total, dry weight [as Cd]1120
Solids, sludge, total, dry weight1120
Nitrogen, ammonia, sludge, tot dry wgt1120
Selenium, sludge solid0120
Nitrogen [as NO3] sludge solid0120
Chromium, sludge, total, dry weight [as Cr]1100
Arsenic, sludge tot. dry wt [as As]0100
Molybdenum, sludge, total, dry weight [as Mo]180
Oil and grease, hexane extr method080
Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N]080
Cadmium, dissolved [as Cd]400
Chromium, dissolved [as Cr]400
Copper, dissolved [as Cu]400
Lead, dissolved [as Pb]400
Nickel, dissolved [as Ni]400
Zinc, dissolved [as Zn]400
Toxicity [acute], Ceriodaphnia dubia400
Mercury, total recoverable400
Nitrate nitrogen, dry weight100
Selenium, sludge, total, dry weight [as Se]100
Arsenic total, dry weight, sludge100

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

DateWhat EPA recordedAgency
June 26, 2024Dry-weather SSO discharge to waters of the U.S. that may endanger health or the environmentST6
May 27, 2024PR: Failure to submit noncompliance report - CSO, SSO, or Bypass [40 CFR 122.41(l)(6) & (m)(3)(ii)]ST6
May 21, 2024Wet-weather unanticipated prohibited bypass discharge to waters of the U.S. - endangermentST6
May 21, 2024Wet-weather unanticipated prohibited bypass discharge to waters of the U.S. - endangermentST6

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.