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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES NE0024007

FRIEND WASTEWATER TREATMENT FACILITY, Friend, NE: NPDES NE0024007 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

FRIEND WASTEWATER TREATMENT FACILITY, held by FRIEND WWTF, holds NPDES permit NE0024007, which discharges to Dt To Turkey Cr. EPA’s file records it issued June 20, 2017 and expiring June 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 filedFRIEND WASTEWATER TREATMENT FACILITY
Permittee as filedFRIEND WWTF
NPDES IDNE0024007
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 20, 2017
Expiration dateJune 30, 2022
AddressFriend, NE 68359
Receiving waterDT TO TURKEY CR
SubwatershedCity of Friend (HUC 102702040305)

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
Solids, total suspended59515January 31, 20202,803% over the limit
BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C]59111May 31, 2022247% over the limit
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]12819January 31, 2024163% over the limit
E. coli, MTEC-MF2124June 30, 202599,999% over the limit
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]083June 30, 199880% over the limit
pH4621July 31, 1998
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant3440
Temperature, water deg. fahrenheit2240
Chlorine, total residual0140
Nitrogen, total [as N]2120
Phosphorus, total [as P]2120
E. coli, thermotol, MF, MTEC0120
Molybdenum, sludge, total, dry weight [as Mo]170
Zinc, sludge, total, dry weight [as Zn]160
Lead, sludge, total, dry weight [as Pb]160
Nickel, sludge, total, dry weight [as Ni]160
Nitrogen, sludge, total, dry weight [as N]160
Mercury, sludge, total, dry weight [as Hg]160
Chromium, sludge, total, dry weight [as Cr]160
Copper, sludge, total, dry weight [as Cu]160
Cadmium, sludge, total, dry weight [as Cd]160
Nitrogen, ammonia, sludge, tot dry wgt160
Selenium, sludge solid150
Arsenic, sludge tot. dry wt [as As]150
Nitrogen [as NO3] sludge solid150
Solids, sludge, total, dry weight140
Nitrate nitrogen, dry weight020
Selenium, sludge, total, dry weight [as Se]020
Arsenic total, dry weight, sludge020
Priority pollutants scan [yes/no]100

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

EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES NE0024007.

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.