Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES UT0021725
SALT LAKE CITY WATER RECLAMATION FACILITY, Salt Lake City, UT: NPDES UT0021725 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 30Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 1Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
SALT LAKE CITY WATER RECLAMATION FACILITY, held by SLC WATER RECLAMATION FACILITY, holds NPDES permit UT0021725, which discharges to Oil Drain Canal Then To Great Salt Lake. EPA’s file records it issued December 6, 2019 and expiring December 31, 2024. 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 | SALT LAKE CITY WATER RECLAMATION FACILITY |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | SLC WATER RECLAMATION FACILITY |
| NPDES ID | UT0021725 |
| 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 | December 6, 2019 |
| Expiration date | December 31, 2024 |
| Issuing agency | UTAH DEQ DIVISION OF WATER QUALITY |
| Address | Salt Lake City, UT 84116 |
| Receiving water | OIL DRAIN CANAL THEN TO GREAT SALT LAKE |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Outlet Jordan River-Frontal Great Salt Lake (HUC 160202040405) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 31Pollutants on file
- 30Under a numeric limit
- 15With a violation of any kind
- 1With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| E. coli | 2 | 1 | 1 | January 31, 2024 | 332% over the limit |
| Mercury, total [as Hg] | 4 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Cyanide, total [as CN] | 4 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Arsenic, total [as As] | 4 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Cadmium, total [as Cd] | 4 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, total [as Cr] | 4 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Copper, total [as Cu] | 4 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Lead, total [as Pb] | 4 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Molybdenum, total [as Mo] | 4 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Nickel, total [as Ni] | 4 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Silver, total [as Ag] | 4 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, total [as Zn] | 4 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Selenium, total [as Se] | 4 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Aluminum, total [as Al] | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Pass/Fail Static Renewal 96Hr Acute Pimephales Promelas | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Ammonia nitrogen, total, [as N] 30 day | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total suspended | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| pH | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Organics, total toxic [TTO] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Pass/Fail Static Renewal 48Hr Acute Ceriodaphnia dubia | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, nitrite total [as N] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, nitrate total [as N] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Phosphate, ortho [as P] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chlorine, total residual | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| BOD, 5-day, percent removal | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Solids, suspended percent removal | 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 UT0021725.
Velarion’s copy of EPA’s ICIS-NPDES files does not yet 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.