Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES NE0030911
TECUMSEH WASTEWATER TREATMENT FACILITY, Tecumseh, NE: NPDES NE0030911 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 27Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 7Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
TECUMSEH WASTEWATER TREATMENT FACILITY, held by TECUMSEH WWTF, holds NPDES permit NE0030911, which discharges to N Fk Nemaha. EPA’s file records it issued December 20, 2016 and expiring December 31, 2021. 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 | TECUMSEH WASTEWATER TREATMENT FACILITY |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | TECUMSEH WWTF |
| NPDES ID | NE0030911 |
| 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 | December 20, 2016 |
| Expiration date | December 31, 2021 |
| Address | Tecumseh, NE 68450 |
| Receiving water | N FK NEMAHA |
| Subwatershed | Badger Branch-North Fork Big Nemaha River (HUC 102400080202) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 37Pollutants on file
- 27Under a numeric limit
- 33With 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] | 24 | 118 | 96 | April 30, 2026 | 3,169% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 9 | 119 | 95 | February 28, 2022 | 1,167% over the limit |
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 5 | 88 | 60 | June 30, 2018 | 2,367% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 4 | 37 | 36 | June 30, 1994 | 87% over the limit |
| pH | 6 | 36 | 15 | June 30, 2024 | |
| E. coli, MTEC-MF | 4 | 3 | 3 | July 31, 2025 | 251% over the limit |
| Oil and grease, hexane extr method | 0 | 12 | 2 | March 31, 2007 | 15% over the limit |
| Chlorine, total residual | 0 | 40 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 5 | 28 | 0 | ||
| Toxicity [acute], Ceriodaphnia dubia | 2 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Toxicity [acute], Pimephales promelas [Fathead Minnow] | 2 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Cadmium, dissolved [as Cd] | 0 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, dissolved [as Cr] | 0 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Copper, dissolved [as Cu] | 0 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Lead, dissolved [as Pb] | 0 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Nickel, dissolved [as Ni] | 0 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, dissolved [as Zn] | 0 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Coliform, fecal general | 0 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Selenium, sludge solid | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Arsenic, sludge tot. dry wt [as As] | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen [as NO3] sludge solid | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Molybdenum, sludge, total, dry weight [as Mo] | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, sludge, total, dry weight [as Zn] | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Lead, sludge, total, dry weight [as Pb] | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Nickel, sludge, total, dry weight [as Ni] | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, sludge, total, dry weight [as N] | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Mercury, sludge, total, dry weight [as Hg] | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, sludge, total, dry weight [as Cr] | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Copper, sludge, total, dry weight [as Cu] | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Cadmium, sludge, total, dry weight [as Cd] | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Solids, sludge, total, dry weight | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, ammonia, sludge, tot dry wgt | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Temperature, water deg. fahrenheit | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, total [as N] | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Priority pollutants scan [yes/no] | 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
- 0Single-event violations
EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES NE0030911.
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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