Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES TN0021717
DRESDEN- PRINTING FACTORY LAGOON, Dresden, TN: NPDES TN0021717 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 16Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 9Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
DRESDEN- PRINTING FACTORY LAGOON, held by Town of Dresden, holds NPDES permit TN0021717, which discharges to Obion-South Fork. EPA’s file records it issued March 23, 2020 and expiring April 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 | DRESDEN- PRINTING FACTORY LAGOON |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Town of Dresden |
| NPDES ID | TN0021717 |
| 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 | March 23, 2020 |
| Expiration date | April 30, 2025 |
| Issuing agency | TDEC - DWR |
| Address | Dresden, TN 38225 |
| Receiving water | Obion-South Fork |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Middle Fork Obion River Middle (HUC 080102030404) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 24Pollutants on file
- 16Under a numeric limit
- 19With a violation of any kind
- 9With 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, percent removal | 1 | 102 | 89 | June 30, 2026 | 666% over the limit |
| pH | 2 | 70 | 46 | February 28, 2025 | |
| Solids, total suspended | 6 | 114 | 27 | January 31, 2015 | 362% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 7 | 131 | 18 | October 31, 2020 | 355% over the limit |
| Carbonaceous oxygen demand, % removal | 0 | 3 | 3 | May 31, 2009 | 186% over the limit |
| E. coli | 2 | 2 | 2 | February 28, 2025 | 19% over the limit |
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 1 | 13 | 1 | September 30, 2002 | 30% over the limit |
| Solids, settleable | 1 | 13 | 1 | April 30, 2016 | 80% over the limit |
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 0 | 1 | 1 | March 31, 2008 | 3% over the limit |
| Overflows | 0 | 28 | 0 | ||
| Bypass valve | 0 | 28 | 0 | ||
| E. coli, MTEC-MF | 0 | 24 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 3 | 17 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 16 | 0 | ||
| Chlorine, total residual | 1 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 0 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N] | 0 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N] | 0 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, total [as N] | 3 | 5 | 0 | ||
| SSO, Dry Weather | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| SSO, Wet Weather | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Release [Sewer], Dry Weather | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Release [Sewer], Wet Weather | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bypass of Treatment Facility | 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
- 0Single-event violations
EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES TN0021717.
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.