Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES NE0024287
NICKERSON WWTF, Nickerson, NE: NPDES NE0024287 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 11Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 3Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
NICKERSON WWTF, held by VILLAGE OF NICKERSON, holds NPDES permit NE0024287, which discharges to Elkhorn River. EPA’s file records it issued December 31, 2020 and expiring December 31, 2025. 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 | NICKERSON WWTF |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | VILLAGE OF NICKERSON |
| NPDES ID | NE0024287 |
| 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 | December 31, 2020 |
| Expiration date | December 31, 2025 |
| Address | Nickerson, NE 68044 |
| Receiving water | ELKHORN RIVER |
| Subwatershed | City of Nickerson-Maple Creek (HUC 102200030604) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 13Pollutants on file
- 11Under a numeric limit
- 13With a violation of any kind
- 3With 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 | 150 | 14 | November 30, 2019 | 900% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 5 | 145 | 5 | April 30, 2025 | 69% over the limit |
| pH | 4 | 80 | 4 | September 30, 2015 | |
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 0 | 74 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 3 | 72 | 0 | ||
| Selenium, total recoverable | 0 | 67 | 0 | ||
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 5 | 66 | 0 | ||
| Duration of discharge | 1 | 34 | 0 | ||
| Flow, total | 1 | 34 | 0 | ||
| Temperature, water deg. fahrenheit | 2 | 32 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, total [as N] | 2 | 32 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 2 | 32 | 0 | ||
| E. coli, MTEC-MF | 2 | 8 | 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 NE0024287.
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.