Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES WA0044831
ROCKFORD WWTP, Rockford, WA: NPDES WA0044831 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 0Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 9Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
ROCKFORD WWTP, held by Town of Rockford, holds NPDES permit WA0044831. EPA’s file records it issued October 30, 2013 and expiring November 30, 2018. 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 | ROCKFORD WWTP |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Town of Rockford |
| NPDES ID | WA0044831 |
| 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 | October 30, 2013 |
| Expiration date | November 30, 2018 |
| Issuing agency | State |
| Address | Rockford, WA 99030 |
| Subwatershed | Lower Rock Creek (HUC 170103060207) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 16Pollutants on file
- 0Under a numeric limit
- 16With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Solids, total suspended | 0 | 98 | 71 | May 31, 2025 | 1,450% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 0 | 59 | 40 | August 31, 2016 | 292% over the limit |
| Solids, suspended percent removal | 0 | 32 | 32 | April 30, 2026 | 786% over the limit |
| Coliform, fecal general | 0 | 31 | 28 | January 31, 2024 | 3,600% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 0 | 35 | 10 | March 31, 2020 | 311% over the limit |
| pH, minimum | 0 | 4 | 4 | January 31, 2009 | |
| BOD, percent removal [total] | 0 | 112 | 3 | April 30, 2025 | 136% over the limit |
| pH | 0 | 15 | 3 | May 31, 2025 | |
| pH, maximum | 0 | 2 | 2 | March 31, 2012 | |
| Flow | 0 | 203 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 0 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Alkalinity, total [as CaCO3] | 0 | 7 | 0 | ||
| Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N] | 0 | 7 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, dissolved reactive [drp as P] | 0 | 7 | 0 | ||
| Hardness, total [as CaCO3] | 0 | 7 | 0 | ||
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 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
- 1Single-event violations
| Date | What EPA recorded | Agency |
|---|---|---|
| June 10, 2019 | Effluent Violations - Numeric effluent violation | ST6 |
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.