Holdrege Wastewater Treatment
2501 E 4th Ave, Holdrege, NE 68949 · Phelps County · Publicly Owned Treatment Works
- Average flow
- 0.47 MGD
- Design flow
- 2 MGD
- NPDES permit
- NE0021202
- Effective
- Permit expires
- March 2030
- Population served
- 5,406
- CWNS 2022
Holdrege Wastewater Treatment is a publicly owned wastewater treatment works in Holdrege, Phelps County, Nebraska treating an average of 0.47 million gallons per day against a permitted design capacity of 2 MGD, serving about 5,406 residents. It discharges under NPDES permit NE0021202 (effective), which expires in March 2030, with 70 recorded violations in the last three years. EPA has recorded 1 formal enforcement action naming the plant, the latest in August 2023.
Treatment technology
2 treatment structures and unit processes identified at Holdrege Wastewater Treatment.
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Compliance snapshot (last 3 years)
- Total violations
- 70
- Effluent violations
- 26
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 Holdrege Wastewater Treatment in EPA's ICIS system.
- Formal actions
- 1
- 1 since FY2020
- Compliance actions
- $10,000
- required by EPA orders
- EPA inspections
- 0
- none on record
Latest case · Aug 2023
Holdrege WWTP
Administrative order · CWA, NPDES Permit Violations · Final Order No Penalty · Compliance actions $10,000
EPA's description of the case:
“NPDES permit violations, inoperable UV disinfection system, bypasses and influent samples not properly cooled.”
Source: EPA ECHO, civil enforcement case 07-2023-0131.
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Every action against Holdrege Wastewater Treatment with dates, milestones, violation types and EPA's complete case summaries, plus inspections and informal actions.
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Holdrege Wastewater Treatment: 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 January 23, 2025.
Wastewater terms: POTW · MGD · NPDES permit · Inflow and infiltration · Oxidation ditch · Anaerobic digester · all terms