Kearney Wastewater Treatment
560 Cherry Ave, Kearney, NE 68847 · Buffalo County · Publicly Owned Treatment Works
- Average flow
- 3.57 MGD
- Design flow
- 4.8 MGD
- NPDES permit
- NE0052647
- Effective
- Permit expires
- June 2028
- Population served
- 33,959
- CWNS 2022
Kearney Wastewater Treatment is a publicly owned wastewater treatment works in Kearney, Buffalo County, Nebraska treating an average of 3.57 million gallons per day against a permitted design capacity of 4.8 MGD, serving about 33,959 residents. It discharges under NPDES permit NE0052647 (effective), which expires in June 2028, with 4 recorded violations in the last three years. EPA has recorded 1 formal enforcement action naming the plant, the latest in April 2012.
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Compliance snapshot (last 3 years)
- Total violations
- 4
- Effluent violations
- 4
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 Kearney Wastewater Treatment in EPA's ICIS system.
- Formal actions
- 1
- 0 since FY2020
- Compliance actions
- $2,000
- required by EPA orders
- EPA inspections
- 0
- none on record
Latest case · Apr 2012
CITY OF KEARNEY
Administrative order · CWA, Sewage Sludge Disposal · Final Order No Penalty · Compliance actions $2,000
Source: EPA ECHO, civil enforcement case 07-2011-0203.
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Kearney 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 March 4, 2025.
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