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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES OH0027324

CITY OF SALEM - WASTEWATER PLANT, Salem, OH: NPDES OH0027324 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

CITY OF SALEM - WASTEWATER PLANT, held by Salem, City of, holds NPDES permit OH0027324, which discharges to Little Beaver Creek. EPA’s file records it issued September 12, 2016 and expiring September 30, 2021. 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 filedCITY OF SALEM - WASTEWATER PLANT
Permittee as filedSalem, City of
NPDES IDOH0027324
Permit statusAdministratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit typeIndividual permit
Discharger classMajor discharger
Facility typePublicly owned treatment works
ProgramPublicly owned treatment works
IssuedSeptember 12, 2016
Expiration dateSeptember 30, 2021
AddressSalem, OH 44460
Receiving waterLittle Beaver Creek
Receiving water impaired303(D) Listed
SubwatershedHeadwaters Middle Fork Little Beaver Creek (HUC 050301010402)

Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).

Effluent limits and exceedances

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 measureLimitsViolations, any kindEffluent exceedancesLatest exceedanceLargest exceedance, as filed
Phosphorus, total [as P]10437437December 31, 20152,700% over the limit
Solids, total suspended65656April 30, 2019933% over the limit
pH, minimum24646May 31, 2020
Specific conductance104141September 30, 2021413% over the limit
Copper, total recoverable82727February 28, 2022197% over the limit
Mercury, total low level61814March 31, 2005769% over the limit
Chlorine, total residual11414June 30, 2026650% over the limit
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]1266June 30, 202649% over the limit
BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C]666April 30, 2011386% over the limit
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]444April 30, 201135% over the limit
pH, maximum222June 30, 2026
Oil and grease, hexane extr method122October 31, 201930% over the limit
E. coli, MTEC-MF660
Solids, total dissolved- 180 deg. C440
Phosphate, ortho, dissolved [as P]220
Overflows220
Temperature, water deg. centigrade800
pH600
Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N]600
Nickel, total recoverable600
Zinc, total recoverable600
Cadmium, total recoverable600
Lead, total recoverable600
Chromium, total recoverable600
Chromium, hexavalent dissolved [as Cr]600
Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N]400
Cyanide, total [as CN]400
Biosolids weight indluding admixtures400
%Effect Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia400
Nitrogen, ammonia in bottom deposits200
Phosphorous, total, in bottom deposits200
Hardness, total [as CaCO3]200
Potassium, in bottom deposits200
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant200
Cyanide, free available200
Sludge weight, dry200
Toxicity [acute], Ceriodaphnia dubia200
Toxicity [chronic], Ceriodaphnia dubia200
Toxicity [acute], Pimephales promelas [Fathead Minnow]200
Toxicity [chronic], Pimephales promelas [Fathead Minnow]200
%Effect Static Renewal 48Hr Acute Ceriodaphnia dubia200
%Effect Static Renewal 96Hr Acute Pimephales promelas200
%Effect Static Renewal 7Day Chronic Pimephales promelas200
Arsenic, dry weight100
Cadmium, in bottom deposits [dry wgt]100
Copper in bottom deposits [dry wgt]100
Lead, total dry weight [as Pb]100
Nickel, tot in bottom deposits [dry wgt]100
Zinc in bottom deposits [dry wgt]100
Selenium, dry weight100
Fecal coliform in sludge, CFU/gram100
Mercury, tot in bot deposits [dry wgt]100
Molybdenum, sludge, total, dry weight [as Mo]100

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

DateWhat EPA recordedAgency
August 8, 2024Biosolids: Other Management Practice ViolationST6
August 8, 2024Biosolids - Land Application: Invalid Monitoring or Unrepresentative Sample ViolationST6
August 8, 2024Biosolids - Land Application: Applied to Land at Greater than the Agronomic Rate ViolationST6
August 8, 2024Biosolids - Land Application: Facility Failed to Keep Records for Preparers and AppliersST6

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.