Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES OK0020052
CHEROKEE WTF, Cherokee, OK: NPDES OK0020052 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- EffectivePermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 7Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 3Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
CHEROKEE WTF, held by City of Cherokee, holds NPDES permit OK0020052, which discharges to 621010010090_00 Clay Creek. EPA’s file records it issued December 9, 2022 and expiring December 31, 2027. 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 | CHEROKEE WTF |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | City of Cherokee |
| NPDES ID | OK0020052 |
| Permit status | Effective |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Minor discharger |
| Facility type | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Program | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | December 9, 2022 |
| Expiration date | December 31, 2027 |
| Issuing agency | OKDEQ |
| Address | Cherokee, OK 73728 |
| Receiving water | 621010010090_00 Clay Creek |
| Subwatershed | Great Salt Plains Lake (HUC 110600040308) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 7Pollutants on file
- 7Under a numeric limit
- 3With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| pH | 4 | 36 | 36 | July 31, 2026 | |
| Solids, total suspended | 6 | 6 | 6 | July 31, 2026 | 46% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 6 | 2 | 2 | April 30, 2023 | 18% over the limit |
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| E. coli | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chlorine, total residual | 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 OK0020052.
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.