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Independence, Town Of- Wastewater Treatment Plant

Cason Road, Independence, LA 70443 · Tangipahoa County · Publicly Owned Treatment Works

Average flow
0.41 MGD
Design flow
0.7 MGD
NPDES permit
LA0042544
Effective
Permit expires
October 2027
Population served
3,070
CWNS 2022

Independence, Town Of- Wastewater Treatment Plant is a publicly owned wastewater treatment works in Independence, Tangipahoa County, Louisiana treating an average of 0.41 million gallons per day against a permitted design capacity of 0.7 MGD, serving about 3,070 residents. It discharges under NPDES permit LA0042544 (effective), which expires in October 2027, with 55 recorded violations in the last three years. EPA has recorded 2 formal enforcement actions naming the plant, the latest in October 2001.

Treatment technology

Treatment structures and unit processes at Independence, Town Of- Wastewater Treatment Plant.

Treatment structure data not yet analyzed for this facility.

Compliance snapshot (last 3 years)

Total violations
55
Effluent violations
55

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 Independence, Town Of- Wastewater Treatment Plant in EPA's ICIS system.

Formal actions
2
0 since FY2020
Compliance actions
$1M
required by EPA orders
EPA inspections
0
none on record

Latest case · Oct 2001

INDEPENDENCE, THE TOWN OF, A LOUISIANA MUNICIPALITY

Administrative order · CWA, NPDES Discharge without a Permit · Unilateral Administrative Order Without Adjudication

Source: EPA ECHO, civil enforcement case 06-2000-0362.

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Independence, Town Of- Wastewater Treatment Plant: 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 July 18, 2023.

Wastewater terms: POTW · MGD · NPDES permit · Inflow and infiltration · Centrate · Ozonation · all terms


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