Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES SD0020079
BERESFORD, CITY OF, Beresford, SD: NPDES SD0020079 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 27Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 3Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
BERESFORD, CITY OF, held by Beresford, City of, holds NPDES permit SD0020079, which discharges to Unnamed Tributary Of Blind Creek. EPA’s file records it issued April 23, 2020 and expiring June 30, 2025. 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 | BERESFORD, CITY OF |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Beresford, City of |
| NPDES ID | SD0020079 |
| 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 | April 23, 2020 |
| Expiration date | June 30, 2025 |
| Issuing agency | SDDANR |
| Address | Beresford, SD 57004 |
| Receiving water | Unnamed Tributary of Blind Creek |
| Subwatershed | Blind Creek (HUC 101701021301) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 27Pollutants on file
- 27Under a numeric limit
- 5With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Solids, total suspended | 2 | 19 | 15 | March 31, 2005 | 100% over the limit |
| pH | 2 | 17 | 11 | May 31, 2024 | |
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 2 | 10 | 4 | July 31, 2025 | 31% over the limit |
| Flow rate | 2 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Duration of discharge | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Temperature, water deg. centigrade | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| E. coli, colony forming units [CFU] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, total [as N] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Arsenic, total recoverable | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Selenium, total recoverable | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Thallium, total recoverable | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Beryllium, total recoverable [as Be] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nickel, total recoverable | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Silver total recoverable | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, total recoverable | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Aluminum, total recoverable | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Cadmium, total recoverable | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Lead, total recoverable | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, total recoverable | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Copper, total recoverable | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Molybdenum, total recoverable | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Antimony, total recoverable | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Phenols | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Flow, total | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mercury, total recoverable | 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
- 1Single-event violations
| Date | What EPA recorded | Agency |
|---|---|---|
| April 11, 2023 | Effluent Violations - Unauthorized Discharge | 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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Figures from EPA’s ICIS-NPDES download, loaded September 14, 2026.