Falls City Wastewater Treatment Facility
Off Of Highway 73 South On Fulton Street, Falls City, NE 68355 · Richardson County · Publicly Owned Treatment Works
- Average flow
- 0.6 MGD
- Design flow
- 1.4 MGD
- NPDES permit
- NE0021148
- Effective
- Permit expires
- March 2031
- Population served
- 4,325
- CWNS 2022
Falls City Wastewater Treatment Facility is a publicly owned wastewater treatment works in Falls City, Richardson County, Nebraska treating an average of 0.6 million gallons per day against a permitted design capacity of 1.4 MGD, serving about 4,325 residents. It discharges under NPDES permit NE0021148 (effective), which expires in March 2031, with 7 recorded violations in the last three years. EPA has recorded 2 formal enforcement actions naming the plant, the latest in January 2010.
Treatment technology
Treatment structures and unit processes at Falls City Wastewater Treatment Facility.
Treatment structure data not yet analyzed for this facility.
Compliance snapshot (last 3 years)
- Total violations
- 7
- Effluent violations
- 5
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 Falls City Wastewater Treatment Facility in EPA's ICIS system.
- Formal actions
- 2
- 0 since FY2020
- Compliance actions
- $660
- required by EPA orders
- EPA inspections
- 0
- none on record
Latest case · Jan 2010
FALLS CITY, NEBRASKA, A MUNICIPALITY
Administrative order · CWA, Sewage Sludge Disposal · Final Order No Penalty · Compliance actions $160
Source: EPA ECHO, civil enforcement case 07-2009-0246.
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Every action against Falls City Wastewater Treatment Facility with dates, milestones, violation types and EPA's complete case summaries, plus inspections and informal actions.
Key contacts
2 verified contacts for Falls City Wastewater Treatment Facility, with validated emails and direct phone numbers.
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Names, validated emails and direct phone numbers for decision-makers at Falls City Wastewater Treatment Facility, plus the full compliance history and discharge data.
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Falls City Wastewater Treatment Facility: 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 September 14, 2026.
Wastewater terms: POTW · MGD · NPDES permit · Inflow and infiltration · Lift station · Sludge dewatering · all terms