Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES NE0024228
LOUISVILLE WASTEWATER TREATMENT FACILITY, Louisville, NE: NPDES NE0024228 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 30Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 7Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
LOUISVILLE WASTEWATER TREATMENT FACILITY, held by LOUISVILLE WWTF, holds NPDES permit NE0024228, which discharges to Platte River. EPA’s file records it issued March 26, 2021 and expiring March 31, 2026. 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 | LOUISVILLE WASTEWATER TREATMENT FACILITY |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | LOUISVILLE WWTF |
| NPDES ID | NE0024228 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Minor discharger |
| Facility type | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Program | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | March 26, 2021 |
| Expiration date | March 31, 2026 |
| Address | Louisville, NE 68037 |
| Receiving water | PLATTE RIVER |
| Subwatershed | Mill Creek-Platte River (HUC 102002020205) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 36Pollutants on file
- 30Under a numeric limit
- 30With 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] | 12 | 38 | 24 | September 30, 2022 | 553% over the limit |
| Coliform, fecal general | 0 | 9 | 9 | September 30, 2009 | 870% over the limit |
| E. coli, MTEC-MF | 2 | 9 | 5 | August 31, 2022 | 175% over the limit |
| pH | 4 | 22 | 4 | March 31, 2019 | |
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 5 | 24 | 2 | January 31, 1995 | 60% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 5 | 23 | 1 | February 28, 1995 | 6% over the limit |
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 2 | 6 | 1 | June 30, 1999 | 10% over the limit |
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 3 | 14 | 0 | ||
| Selenium, dissolved [as Se] | 0 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Oil and grease, hexane extr method | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Selenium, sludge solid | 1 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Molybdenum, sludge, total, dry weight [as Mo] | 1 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, sludge, total, dry weight [as Zn] | 1 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Lead, sludge, total, dry weight [as Pb] | 1 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Nickel, sludge, total, dry weight [as Ni] | 1 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, sludge, total, dry weight [as N] | 1 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Mercury, sludge, total, dry weight [as Hg] | 1 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, sludge, total, dry weight [as Cr] | 1 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Copper, sludge, total, dry weight [as Cu] | 1 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Cadmium, sludge, total, dry weight [as Cd] | 1 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Solids, sludge, total, dry weight | 1 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, ammonia, sludge, tot dry wgt | 1 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Arsenic, sludge tot. dry wt [as As] | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen [as NO3] sludge solid | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, total [as N] | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N] | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N] | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Atrazine | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total dissolved [TDS] | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Temperature, water deg. fahrenheit | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| PCB, total, scan effluent | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total dissolved | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mercury, total recoverable | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrate nitrogen, dry weight | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Arsenic total, dry weight, sludge | 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
- 3Single-event violations
| Date | What EPA recorded | Agency |
|---|---|---|
| July 2, 2024 | Wet-weather unanticipated prohibited bypass discharge to waters of the U.S. - endangerment | ST6 |
| October 15, 2021 | Dry-weather unanticipated bypass to waters of the U.S., not permit compliant, no endangerment | ST6 |
| June 24, 2021 | WW SSO - Discharge to Waters | 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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