Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES SD0020460
WESSINGTON SPRINGS, CITY OF, Wessington Springs, SD: NPDES SD0020460 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 7Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 3Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
WESSINGTON SPRINGS, CITY OF, held by Wessington Springs, City of, holds NPDES permit SD0020460, which discharges to Unnamed Tributary Of Firesteel Creek. EPA’s file records it issued June 3, 2013 and expiring June 30, 2018. 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 | WESSINGTON SPRINGS, CITY OF |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Wessington Springs, City of |
| NPDES ID | SD0020460 |
| 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 | June 3, 2013 |
| Expiration date | June 30, 2018 |
| Issuing agency | SDDENR |
| Address | Wessington Springs, SD 57382 |
| Receiving water | Unnamed Tributary of Firesteel Creek |
| Subwatershed | Bakers Lake-Firesteel Creek (HUC 101600110902) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 9Pollutants on file
- 7Under a numeric limit
- 9With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 2 | 24 | 5 | May 31, 2026 | 91% over the limit |
| pH | 2 | 23 | 1 | May 31, 2014 | |
| Solids, total suspended | 2 | 22 | 1 | October 31, 2012 | 22% over the limit |
| Temperature, water deg. centigrade | 2 | 22 | 0 | ||
| Flow rate | 2 | 20 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, total [as N] | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Flow, total | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Duration of discharge | 1 | 2 | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| August 11, 2025 | Dry-weather SSO, no discharge to waters of the U.S., not permit compliant, no endangerment | 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 15, 2026.