Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES NE0042366
BRAINARD WASTEWATER TREATMENT FACILITY, Brainard, NE: NPDES NE0042366 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 14Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 4Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
BRAINARD WASTEWATER TREATMENT FACILITY, held by BRAINARD WWTF, holds NPDES permit NE0042366, which discharges to Middle Oak Creek. EPA’s file records it issued October 1, 2004 and expiring September 30, 2009. 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 | BRAINARD WASTEWATER TREATMENT FACILITY |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | BRAINARD WWTF |
| NPDES ID | NE0042366 |
| 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 | October 1, 2004 |
| Expiration date | September 30, 2009 |
| Address | Brainard, NE 68626 |
| Receiving water | MIDDLE OAK CREEK |
| Subwatershed | Middle Oak Creek-North Oak Creek (HUC 102002030401) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 20Pollutants on file
- 14Under a numeric limit
- 20With a violation of any kind
- 4With 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] | 7 | 96 | 6 | June 30, 2007 | 325% over the limit |
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 6 | 67 | 3 | May 31, 2007 | 8% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 6 | 121 | 1 | June 30, 2006 | 2% over the limit |
| pH | 6 | 96 | 1 | June 30, 1997 | |
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 4 | 72 | 0 | ||
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 0 | 56 | 0 | ||
| Duration of discharge | 1 | 22 | 0 | ||
| Flow, total | 1 | 22 | 0 | ||
| E. coli | 0 | 18 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, nitrate total [as N] | 1 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N] | 1 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Sodium adsorption ratio | 1 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Chloride [as Cl] | 1 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Application weekly spray irrigation | 1 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total dissolved | 1 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Duration | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Coliform, fecal general | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Toxicity [acute], Ceriodaphnia dubia | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Toxicity [acute], Pimephales promelas [Fathead Minnow] | 0 | 1 | 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 NE0042366.
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.