Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES OH0021971
SMITHVILLE WWTP, Smithville, OH: NPDES OH0021971 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 38Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 6Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
SMITHVILLE WWTP, held by Smithville Village of, holds NPDES permit OH0021971, which discharges to Sugar Creek. EPA’s file records it issued May 13, 2016 and expiring May 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 | SMITHVILLE WWTP |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Smithville Village of |
| NPDES ID | OH0021971 |
| 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 | May 13, 2016 |
| Expiration date | May 31, 2021 |
| Address | Smithville, OH 44677 |
| Receiving water | Sugar Creek |
| Subwatershed | Town of Smithville-Sugar Creek (HUC 050400010902) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 38Pollutants on file
- 38Under a numeric limit
- 12With a violation of any kind
- 6With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 8 | 51 | 51 | April 30, 2026 | 319% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 6 | 38 | 32 | May 31, 2026 | 375% over the limit |
| Copper, total recoverable | 4 | 26 | 26 | August 31, 2020 | 372% over the limit |
| E. coli, MTEC-MF | 6 | 20 | 14 | August 31, 2021 | 1,274% over the limit |
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 6 | 10 | 4 | February 28, 2025 | 49% over the limit |
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 3 | 2 | 1 | April 30, 2022 | 64% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 12 | 8 | 0 | ||
| pH | 8 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Temperature, water deg. centigrade | 6 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Overflows | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Oil and grease, hexane extr method | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N] | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mercury, total low level | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Cyanide, free available | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, ammonia in bottom deposits | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorous, total, in bottom deposits | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Potassium, in bottom deposits | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nickel, total recoverable | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, total recoverable | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Cadmium, total recoverable | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Lead, total recoverable | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, total recoverable | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, hexavalent dissolved [as Cr] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Biosolids weight indluding admixtures | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Sludge weight, dry | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total dissolved- 180 deg. C | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Sludge waste from secondary clarifiers | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Arsenic, dry weight | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Cadmium, in bottom deposits [dry wgt] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Copper in bottom deposits [dry wgt] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Lead, total dry weight [as Pb] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nickel, tot in bottom deposits [dry wgt] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Zinc in bottom deposits [dry wgt] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Selenium, dry weight | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mercury, tot in bot deposits [dry wgt] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Molybdenum, sludge, total, dry weight [as Mo] | 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 OH0021971.
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.