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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES WI0028321

SHULLSBURG WASTEWATER TREATMENT FACILITY, Shullsburg, WI: NPDES WI0028321 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

SHULLSBURG WASTEWATER TREATMENT FACILITY, held by CITY OF SHULLSBURG, holds NPDES permit WI0028321, which discharges to Galena R Via Shu. EPA’s file records it issued October 1, 2012 and expiring September 30, 2017. 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 filedSHULLSBURG WASTEWATER TREATMENT FACILITY
Permittee as filedCITY OF SHULLSBURG
NPDES IDWI0028321
Permit statusAdministratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit typeIndividual permit
Discharger classMinor discharger
Facility typePublicly owned treatment works
ProgramPublicly owned treatment works
IssuedOctober 1, 2012
Expiration dateSeptember 30, 2017
AddressShullsburg, WI 53586
Receiving waterGALENA R VIA SHU
SubwatershedShullsburg Branch (HUC 070600050303)

Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).

Effluent limits and exceedances

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 measureLimitsViolations, any kindEffluent exceedancesLatest exceedanceLargest exceedance, as filed
pH423916November 30, 1993
Phosphorus, total [as P]223415January 31, 2026109% over the limit
Chloride [as Cl]215512June 30, 202353% over the limit
Chlorine, total residual21216November 30, 199273% over the limit
Solids, total suspended42802May 31, 202533% over the limit
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]21152September 30, 201712% over the limit
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C42780
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant62580
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]0740
Temperature, water deg. fahrenheit1730
Coliform, fecal general1700

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

DateWhat EPA recordedAgency
February 1, 2025Permit Violations - Violation Specified in CommentST6
December 1, 2024Permit Violations - Violation Specified in CommentST6
November 1, 2024Permit Violations - Violation Specified in CommentST6
February 22, 2024Permit Violations - Violation Specified in CommentST6
October 31, 2023Reporting Violations - Failure to Submit DMRsST6

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.