Santa Fernwood WWTF
65290 Id-3, Fernwood, ID 83830 · Benewah County · Publicly Owned Treatment Works
- Average flow
- 0.17 MGD
- Design flow
- 0.1 MGD
- NPDES permit
- ID0022845
- Administratively continued
- Permit expires
- May 2025
- Population served
- 687
- CWNS 2022
Santa Fernwood WWTF is a publicly owned wastewater treatment works in Fernwood, Benewah County, Idaho treating an average of 0.17 million gallons per day against a permitted design capacity of 0.1 MGD, serving about 687 residents. It discharges under NPDES permit ID0022845 (administratively continued), which expires in May 2025, with 7 recorded violations in the last three years. EPA has recorded 1 formal enforcement action naming the plant, the latest in January 1998.
Treatment technology
One treatment structure or unit process identified at Santa Fernwood WWTF.
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Compliance snapshot (last 3 years)
- Total violations
- 7
- Effluent violations
- 1
Based on NPDES Discharge Monitoring Reports. Full violation history, parameters and discharge data available in the Klarifi platform.
EPA enforcement history
Federal civil enforcement cases, compliance inspections and informal actions recorded for Santa Fernwood WWTF in EPA's ICIS system.
- Formal actions
- 1
- 0 since FY2020
- EPA inspections
- 0
- none on record
Latest case · Jan 1998
SANTA WATER & SEWER DISTRICT
Administrative order · SDWA, PWS - Violation of 1414(g) AO · Final Order No Penalty
Source: EPA ECHO, civil enforcement case 10-1997-0048.
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Santa Fernwood WWTF: frequently asked questions
Sources and methodology
Flow, permit and violation figures come from the EPA's ICIS-NPDES discharge monitoring records. Population served comes from the Clean Watersheds Needs Survey 2022. Treatment structures are identified by Klarifi's review of aerial imagery, and capital improvement projects are extracted from published municipal budget documents. Violations are counted over the last three years of monitoring reports.
Data refreshed October 26, 2026; facility record last updated November 6, 2025.
Wastewater terms: POTW · MGD · NPDES permit · Inflow and infiltration · Lift station · Sludge dewatering · all terms