Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES TN0023353
FIRST UTILITY DISTRICT OF KNOX COUNTY - TURKEY CREEK STP, Farragut, TN: NPDES TN0023353 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 19Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 11Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
FIRST UTILITY DISTRICT OF KNOX COUNTY - TURKEY CREEK STP, held by First Utility District of Knox County, holds NPDES permit TN0023353, which discharges to Ft. Loudoun/Little River. EPA’s file records it issued January 31, 2018 and expiring April 30, 2022. 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 | FIRST UTILITY DISTRICT OF KNOX COUNTY - TURKEY CREEK STP |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | First Utility District of Knox County |
| NPDES ID | TN0023353 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Major discharger |
| Facility type | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Program | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | January 31, 2018 |
| Expiration date | April 30, 2022 |
| Issuing agency | TDEC - DWR |
| Address | Farragut, TN 37934 |
| Receiving water | Ft. Loudoun/Little River |
| Subwatershed | Turkey Creek (HUC 060102010208) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 23Pollutants on file
- 19Under a numeric limit
- 17With a violation of any kind
- 11With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SSO, Dry Weather | 3 | 42 | 42 | July 31, 2026 | 2,147,483,650% over the limit |
| SSO, Wet Weather | 3 | 26 | 26 | March 31, 2026 | 2,147,483,650% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 7 | 31 | 10 | August 31, 2025 | 611% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 7 | 26 | 5 | December 31, 2015 | 240% over the limit |
| Solids, settleable | 1 | 8 | 5 | February 28, 2022 | 4,400% over the limit |
| E. coli, MTEC-MF | 0 | 18 | 4 | September 30, 2016 | 59% over the limit |
| Solids, suspended percent removal | 2 | 12 | 4 | January 31, 2006 | 51% over the limit |
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 1 | 5 | 2 | July 31, 2013 | 24% over the limit |
| Chlorine, total residual | 1 | 5 | 2 | May 31, 2009 | 82% over the limit |
| Coliform, fecal MF, MFC broth, 44.5 C | 0 | 5 | 2 | September 30, 2003 | 97% over the limit |
| pH | 2 | 7 | 1 | January 31, 2017 | |
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 4 | 12 | 0 | ||
| BOD, 5-day, percent removal | 2 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Overflows | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
| IC25 Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 1 | 4 | 0 | ||
| IC25 Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Chrpimephales | 1 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Bypass valve | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, total [as N] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| E. coli | 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 TN0023353.
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.