Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES OH0027880
URBANA WPCF, Urbana, OH: NPDES OH0027880 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 54Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 8Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
URBANA WPCF, held by Urbana, City of, holds NPDES permit OH0027880, which discharges to Mad River. EPA’s file records it issued November 3, 2015 and expiring November 30, 2020. 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 | URBANA WPCF |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Urbana, City of |
| NPDES ID | OH0027880 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Major discharger |
| Facility type | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Program | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | November 3, 2015 |
| Expiration date | November 30, 2020 |
| Address | Urbana, OH 43078 |
| Receiving water | Mad River |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Bogles Run-Mad River (HUC 050800011607) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 55Pollutants on file
- 54Under a numeric limit
- 23With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 22 | 31 | 23 | September 30, 2025 | 90% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 18 | 11 | 5 | July 31, 2015 | 61% over the limit |
| Coliform, fecal MF, MFC broth, 44.5 C | 0 | 4 | 4 | May 31, 2008 | 99,999% over the limit |
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 5 | 6 | 3 | April 30, 2018 | 63% over the limit |
| E. coli, MTEC-MF | 10 | 3 | 3 | August 31, 2024 | 99,999% over the limit |
| Zinc in bottom deposits [dry wgt] | 3 | 3 | 3 | September 30, 2010 | 63% over the limit |
| Nickel, tot in bottom deposits [dry wgt] | 3 | 2 | 2 | December 31, 2015 | 20% over the limit |
| Fecal coliform | 2 | 2 | 2 | September 30, 2010 | 380% over the limit |
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 22 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Temperature, water deg. centigrade | 10 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N] | 10 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 10 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Silver total recoverable | 6 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Mercury, total low level | 6 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N] | 8 | 4 | 0 | ||
| pH | 6 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Hardness, total [as CaCO3] | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 4 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Toxicity [chronic], Ceriodaphnia dubia | 4 | 2 | 0 | ||
| pH, maximum | 3 | 2 | 0 | ||
| pH, minimum | 3 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Overflows | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Oil and grease, hexane extr method | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Nickel, total recoverable | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, total recoverable | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Cadmium, total recoverable | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Lead, total recoverable | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, total recoverable | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Copper, total recoverable | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, hexavalent dissolved [as Cr] | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Biosolids weight indluding admixtures | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, ammonia in bottom deposits | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, nitrate total [as N] | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrite plus nitrate in bottom deposits | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorous, total, in bottom deposits | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Phosphate, ortho, dissolved [as P] | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Potassium, in bottom deposits | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Cyanide, free available | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Sludge weight, dry | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Toxicity [acute], Ceriodaphnia dubia | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Toxicity [acute], Pimephales promelas [Fathead Minnow] | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Toxicity [chronic], Pimephales promelas [Fathead Minnow] | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total dissolved- 180 deg. C | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| %Effect Static Renewal 48Hr Acute Ceriodaphnia dubia | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| %Effect Static Renewal 96Hr Acute Pimephales promelas | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| %Effect Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| %Effect Static Renewal 7Day Chronic Pimephales promelas | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Arsenic, dry weight | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Cadmium, in bottom deposits [dry wgt] | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Copper in bottom deposits [dry wgt] | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Lead, total dry weight [as Pb] | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Selenium, dry weight | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mercury, tot in bot deposits [dry wgt] | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Molybdenum, sludge, total, dry weight [as Mo] | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Cyanide, total [as CN] | 2 | 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
- 3Single-event violations
| Date | What EPA recorded | Agency |
|---|---|---|
| October 7, 2025 | Pretreatment - Failure to submit required report (non-DMR) | ST6 |
| August 5, 2024 | Pretreatment - Failure to Develop/Enforce Standards | ST6 |
| September 2, 2022 | Pretreatment - IU Violation of Pretreatment Standards | ST6 |
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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