Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES NE0042048
PAWNEE CITY WASTEWATER TREATMENT FACILITY, Pawnee City, NE: NPDES NE0042048 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 25Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 8Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
PAWNEE CITY WASTEWATER TREATMENT FACILITY, held by Pawnee City WWTF, holds NPDES permit NE0042048, which discharges to Turkey Creek. EPA’s file records it issued March 18, 2020 and expiring March 31, 2025. 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 filed | PAWNEE CITY WASTEWATER TREATMENT FACILITY |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Pawnee City WWTF |
| NPDES ID | NE0042048 |
| 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 18, 2020 |
| Expiration date | March 31, 2025 |
| Address | Pawnee City, NE 68420 |
| Receiving water | TURKEY CREEK |
| Subwatershed | Chatawa Creek-Turkey Creek (HUC 102400070105) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 29Pollutants on file
- 25Under a numeric limit
- 13With a violation of any kind
- 8With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Solids, total suspended | 5 | 39 | 16 | March 31, 2023 | 201% over the limit |
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 5 | 38 | 16 | May 31, 2015 | 452% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 0 | 10 | 9 | September 30, 1989 | 53% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 12 | 28 | 4 | February 28, 2017 | 85% over the limit |
| Toxicity [acute], Pimephales promelas [Fathead Minnow] | 0 | 3 | 3 | March 31, 2008 | 41% over the limit |
| E. coli, MTEC-MF | 2 | 2 | 2 | August 31, 2019 | 463% over the limit |
| pH | 4 | 15 | 1 | June 30, 1989 | |
| Toxicity [acute], Ceriodaphnia dubia | 0 | 1 | 1 | March 31, 2007 | 36% over the limit |
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 3 | 15 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, total [as N] | 2 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 2 | 6 | 0 | ||
| E. coli | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Temperature, water deg. fahrenheit | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Oil and grease, hexane extr method | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrate nitrogen, dry weight | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Selenium, sludge, total, dry weight [as Se] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Arsenic total, dry weight, sludge | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Priority pollutants scan [yes/no] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Molybdenum, sludge, total, dry weight [as Mo] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, sludge, total, dry weight [as Zn] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Lead, sludge, total, dry weight [as Pb] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nickel, sludge, total, dry weight [as Ni] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, sludge, total, dry weight [as N] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mercury, sludge, total, dry weight [as Hg] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, sludge, total, dry weight [as Cr] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Copper, sludge, total, dry weight [as Cu] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Cadmium, sludge, total, dry weight [as Cd] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Solids, sludge, total, dry weight | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, ammonia, sludge, tot dry wgt | 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 NE0042048.
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.