Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES TN0023582
KUB - KUWAHEE STP, Knoxville, TN: NPDES TN0023582 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 18Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 11Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
KUB - KUWAHEE STP, held by KUB-KUWAHEE STP, holds NPDES permit TN0023582, which discharges to Tennessee River( Fort Loudon Lake) Mile 646.2. EPA’s file records it issued January 1, 2018 and expiring December 31, 2022. 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 | KUB - KUWAHEE STP |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | KUB-KUWAHEE STP |
| NPDES ID | TN0023582 |
| 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 1, 2018 |
| Expiration date | December 31, 2022 |
| Issuing agency | TDEC - DWR |
| Address | Knoxville, TN 37916 |
| Receiving water | TENNESSEE RIVER( FORT LOUDON LAKE) Mile 646.2 |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Fort Louden Lake Upper (HUC 060102010204) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 19Pollutants on file
- 18Under a numeric limit
- 11With 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 | 1 | 31 | 31 | July 31, 2026 | 2,147,483,650% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 7 | 20 | 20 | June 30, 2026 | 211% over the limit |
| SSO, Wet Weather | 1 | 16 | 16 | July 31, 2026 | 2,147,483,650% over the limit |
| Solids, settleable | 1 | 10 | 10 | March 31, 2026 | 1,700% over the limit |
| Solids, suspended percent removal | 2 | 6 | 6 | February 28, 2025 | 133% over the limit |
| E. coli | 2 | 5 | 5 | March 31, 2025 | 393% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 10 | 3 | 3 | July 31, 2020 | 39% over the limit |
| E. coli, MTEC-MF | 0 | 3 | 2 | September 30, 2017 | 393% over the limit |
| BOD, carbonaceous, percent removal | 2 | 1 | 1 | February 28, 2018 | 7% over the limit |
| Chlorine, total residual | 1 | 1 | 1 | November 30, 2013 | 113% over the limit |
| IC25 Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 1 | 1 | 1 | August 31, 2010 | 54% over the limit |
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 7 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| pH | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, total [as N] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bypass of Treatment Facility | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| IC25 Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Chrpimephales | 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
- 0Single-event violations
EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES TN0023582.
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.