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City Of Columbus - Wastewater Treatment Facility

865 14th Ave, Columbus, NE 68601 · Platte County · Publicly Owned Treatment Works

Average flow
3.02 MGD
Design flow
5.2 MGD
NPDES permit
NE0035025
Effective
Permit expires
June 2030
Population served
24,123
CWNS 2022

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.

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Compliance snapshot (last 3 years)

Total violations
4
Effluent violations
0

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 City Of Columbus - Wastewater Treatment Facility in EPA's ICIS system.

Formal actions
1
0 since FY2020
Penalties assessed
$21,124
all cases
Compliance actions
$500
required by EPA orders
EPA inspections
1
latest Aug 2007

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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Key contacts

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Sid 1 Butler Co -Clear Lake Residential Assn

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Richland Wastewater Treatment

Richland · 7 mi away

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Monroe Wastewater Treatment

Monroe · 14 mi away

0.04 MGD

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Schuyler Wastewater Treatment

Schuyler · 15 mi away

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0.7 MGD

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Genoa Wastewater Treatment

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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


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