Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES NE0137481
TIMBER LAKE WASTEWATER TREATMENT FACILITY, Otoe, NE: NPDES NE0137481 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 9Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 3Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
TIMBER LAKE WASTEWATER TREATMENT FACILITY, held by TIMBER LAKE HOME OWNERS ASSOCIATION, holds NPDES permit NE0137481, which discharges to Trib To The Little Nemaha River. EPA’s file records it issued June 30, 2021 and expiring June 30, 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 | TIMBER LAKE WASTEWATER TREATMENT FACILITY |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | TIMBER LAKE HOME OWNERS ASSOCIATION |
| NPDES ID | NE0137481 |
| 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 | June 30, 2021 |
| Expiration date | June 30, 2026 |
| Address | Otoe, NE 68516 |
| Receiving water | TRIB to the Little NEMAHA River |
| Subwatershed | Headwaters Little Nemaha River (HUC 102400060203) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 32Pollutants on file
- 9Under a numeric limit
- 32With 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 | 241 | 21 | June 30, 2026 | 348% over the limit |
| E. coli, MTEC-MF | 2 | 31 | 15 | September 30, 2025 | 99,999% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 5 | 128 | 9 | March 31, 2024 | 2,369% over the limit |
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 5 | 123 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 3 | 107 | 0 | ||
| pH | 3 | 82 | 0 | ||
| Coliform, fecal general | 0 | 22 | 0 | ||
| Temperature, water deg. fahrenheit | 2 | 18 | 0 | ||
| Toxicity [acute], Ceriodaphnia dubia | 0 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Toxicity [acute], Pimephales promelas [Fathead Minnow] | 0 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, total [as N] | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Cadmium, dissolved [as Cd] | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, dissolved [as Cr] | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Copper, dissolved [as Cu] | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Lead, dissolved [as Pb] | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Nickel, dissolved [as Ni] | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, dissolved [as Zn] | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Selenium, sludge solid | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Arsenic, sludge tot. dry wt [as As] | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen [as NO3] sludge solid | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Molybdenum, sludge, total, dry weight [as Mo] | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, sludge, total, dry weight [as Zn] | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Lead, sludge, total, dry weight [as Pb] | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Nickel, sludge, total, dry weight [as Ni] | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, sludge, total, dry weight [as N] | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Mercury, sludge, total, dry weight [as Hg] | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, sludge, total, dry weight [as Cr] | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Copper, sludge, total, dry weight [as Cu] | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Cadmium, sludge, total, dry weight [as Cd] | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Solids, sludge, total, dry weight | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, ammonia, sludge, tot dry wgt | 0 | 2 | 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 NE0137481.
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.