Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES SD0020800
LOWER BRULE LAGOON SYSTEM, Lower Brule, SD: NPDES SD0020800 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 12Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 3Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
LOWER BRULE LAGOON SYSTEM, held by Lower Brule Wastewater Lagoon System, holds NPDES permit SD0020800, which discharges to Missouri River (Lake Sharpe). EPA’s file records it issued December 21, 2015 and expiring December 31, 2020. 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 | LOWER BRULE LAGOON SYSTEM |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Lower Brule Wastewater Lagoon System |
| NPDES ID | SD0020800 |
| 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 | December 21, 2015 |
| Expiration date | December 31, 2020 |
| Issuing agency | U.S. EPA Region 8 |
| Address | Lower Brule, SD 57548 |
| Receiving water | MISSOURI RIVER (LAKE SHARPE) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 19Pollutants on file
- 12Under a numeric limit
- 19With 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 | 2 | 149 | 1 | September 30, 2009 | |
| E. coli | 2 | 69 | 1 | September 30, 2009 | 21% over the limit |
| Solids, suspended percent removal | 0 | 3 | 1 | December 31, 2023 | 183% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 2 | 148 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total suspended | 2 | 148 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 0 | 97 | 0 | ||
| Oil & Grease | 1 | 72 | 0 | ||
| Oil and grease visual | 1 | 71 | 0 | ||
| Coliform, total general | 0 | 68 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 1 | 51 | 0 | ||
| Chlorine, total residual | 1 | 42 | 0 | ||
| Temperature, water deg. centigrade | 0 | 42 | 0 | ||
| Coliform, fecal general | 0 | 36 | 0 | ||
| Flow, total | 2 | 10 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, total [as N] | 1 | 9 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 1 | 9 | 0 | ||
| Duration of discharge | 1 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Flow | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| BOD, 5-day, percent removal | 0 | 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
- 0Single-event violations
EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES SD0020800.
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.