Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES WI0023272
AUGUSTA WASTEWATER TREATMENT FACILITY, Augusta, WI: NPDES WI0023272 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 7Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 3Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
AUGUSTA WASTEWATER TREATMENT FACILITY, held by Augusta City, holds NPDES permit WI0023272, which discharges to Bridge Cr. EPA’s file records it issued April 16, 2013 and expiring March 31, 2018. 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 | AUGUSTA WASTEWATER TREATMENT FACILITY |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Augusta City |
| NPDES ID | WI0023272 |
| 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 | April 16, 2013 |
| Expiration date | March 31, 2018 |
| Address | Augusta, WI 54722 |
| Receiving water | BRIDGE CR |
| Subwatershed | Bridge Creek (HUC 070500060502) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 10Pollutants on file
- 7Under a numeric limit
- 9With a violation of any kind
- 3With 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, 20 deg. C | 2 | 65 | 3 | July 31, 1992 | 70% over the limit |
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 1 | 17 | 1 | September 30, 2023 | 108% over the limit |
| Chlorine, total residual | 0 | 1 | 1 | December 31, 1989 | 733% over the limit |
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 4 | 64 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total suspended | 2 | 62 | 0 | ||
| Coliform, fecal general | 0 | 57 | 0 | ||
| pH | 2 | 32 | 0 | ||
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 1 | 16 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 0 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Temperature, water deg. fahrenheit | 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
- 1Single-event violations
| Date | What EPA recorded | Agency |
|---|---|---|
| February 12, 2018 | WW SSO - Discharge to Waters | 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 15, 2026.