865 14th Ave, Columbus, NE 68601 · Platte County · Publicly Owned Treatment Works
City Of Columbus - Wastewater Treatment Facility is a publicly owned wastewater treatment works in Columbus, Platte County, Nebraska treating an average of 3.02 million gallons per day against a permitted design capacity of 5.2 MGD, serving about 24,123 residents. It discharges under NPDES permit NE0035025 (effective), which expires in June 2030, with 4 recorded violations in the last three years. EPA has recorded 1 formal enforcement action naming the plant, the latest in May 2010.
3 treatment structures and unit processes identified at City Of Columbus - Wastewater Treatment Facility.
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Federal civil enforcement cases, compliance inspections and informal actions recorded for City Of Columbus - Wastewater Treatment Facility in EPA's ICIS system.
Latest case · May 2010
CITY OF COLUMBUS WASTEWATER TREATMENT FACILITY
Administrative order · CAA, Prevention of Accidental Release/Risk Management Plans (RMPs) · Final Order With Penalty · Penalty $21,124 · Compliance actions $500
Source: EPA ECHO, civil enforcement case 07-2010-0158.
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Columbus · 3 mi away
0.0049 MGD
Richland · 7 mi away
0.14 MGD
Monroe · 14 mi away
0.04 MGD
Rising City · 15 mi away
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Schuyler · 15 mi away
2.1 MGD
David City · 16 mi away
0.7 MGD
Silver Creek · 18 mi away
0.1 MGD
Genoa · 20 mi away
0.06 MGD
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 March 5, 2025.
Wastewater terms: POTW · MGD · NPDES permit · Inflow and infiltration · Sludge dewatering · Biological nutrient removal · all terms