32 NPDES permits · 10 MGD combined average flow
32 publicly owned wastewater treatment plants in Nebraska hold NPDES permits that expire during 2028, issued by Nebraska Department of Water, Energy, and Environment. The table lists each plant with its permit number, expiry month, average flow, treatment technology and three-year violation count, in order of expiry.
An NPDES permit runs for five years. To keep discharging, a plant must apply for renewal at least 180 days before the expiry date, and the renewed permit usually arrives with tighter effluent limits, new monitoring requirements or a compliance schedule. That is why the year a permit expires is the year a plant starts budgeting for upgrades: nutrient removal, disinfection, capacity or controls.
| Facility | City | Avg flow (MGD) | NPDES permit | Expires | Violations (3y) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| City Of South Sioux City | South Sioux City | 2.27 | NE0139904 | Mar 2028 | 96 |
| Aurora Burn Site | Aurora | 0.78 | NE0031810 | Mar 2028 | 0 |
| Sidney Wastewater Treatment Facility | Sidney | 0.52 | NE0023884 | Mar 2028 | 4 |
| St Paul Wastewater Treatment Facility | St Paul | 0.17 | NE0027324 | Mar 2028 | 17 |
| Randolph Wastewater Treatment Facility | Randolph | 0.09 | NE0029149 | Mar 2028 | 44 |
| Newcastle Wastewater Treatment Facility | Newcastle | 0.03 | NE0049077 | Mar 2028 | 14 |
| Meadow Grove Wastewater Treatment Facility | Meadow Grove | 0.01 | NE0030741 | Mar 2028 | 0 |
| Springfield Creek Cooling Water Blowdown (cwb) System | Springfield | 0.0064 | NE0139891 | Mar 2028 | 20 |
| Oakdale Wastewater Treatment Facility | Oakdale | — | NE0049069 | Mar 2028 | 10 |
| Kearney Wastewater Treatment | Kearney | 3.57 | NE0052647 | Jun 2028 | 4 |
| Beatrice Wastewater Treatment | Beatrice | 1.13 | NE0020915 | Jun 2028 | 9 |
| Ashland Wastewater Treatment Facility | Ashland | 0.29 | NE0026107 | Jun 2028 | 17 |
| Snyder Wastewater Treatment Facility | Snyder | 0.06 | NE0046311 | Jun 2028 | 3 |
| Ponca Wastewater Treatment | Ponca | 0.05 | NE0021687 | Jun 2028 | 6 |
| Coleridge Wastewater Treatment Facility | Coleridge | 0.04 | NE0025429 | Jun 2028 | 57 |
| Table Rock Wastewater Treatment Facility | Table Rock | 0.02 | NE0023868 | Jun 2028 | 269 |
| Avoca Burn Site | Avoca | 0.01 | NE0113131 | Jun 2028 | 0 |
| Sid 1 Butler Co -Clear Lake Residential Assn | Columbus | 0.0049 | NE0114901 | Jun 2028 | 20 |
| Harbine Wastewater Treatment | Harbine | 0.003 | NE0114171 | Jun 2028 | 16 |
| Valentine Water & Sewer Department | Valentine | 0.27 | NE0051489 | Sep 2028 | 0 |
| Auburn Wastewater Treatment Facility | Auburn | 0.22 | NE0027774 | Sep 2028 | 11 |
| Sid #3, Dodge County, Lake Ventura WWTF | Fremont | 0.01 | NE0113441 | Sep 2028 | 0 |
| Burchard Wastewater Treatment Facility | Burchard | — | NE0113638 | Sep 2028 | 8 |
| Garland Wastewater Treatment | Garland | — | NE0023931 | Sep 2028 | 3 |
| Greenwood Burn Site | Greenwood | — | NE0027367 | Sep 2028 | 103 |
| Rosebud Casino And Hotel | Valentine | — | SD0034584 | Sep 2028 | 531 |
| Richland Wastewater Treatment | Richland | 0.14 | NE0132195 | Dec 2028 | 0 |
| Johnson Wastewater Treatment Facility | Johnson | 0.12 | NE0037001 | Dec 2028 | 2 |
| Decatur Wastewater Treatment Facility | Decatur | 0.04 | NE0049123 | Dec 2028 | 16 |
| Weston Wastewater Treatment Facility | Weston | 0.03 | NE0046337 | Dec 2028 | 0 |
| Centura Public School | Cairo | 0.0013 | NE0139971 | Dec 2028 | 211 |
| Lindsay Wastewater Treatment | Lindsay | — | NE0027278 | Dec 2028 | 0 |
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.
Wastewater terms: NPDES permit · POTW · Biological nutrient removal · Tertiary treatment · Ozonation · Activated sludge · all terms
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Klarifi. “NPDES permits expiring in 2028: Nebraska wastewater plants.” Updated October 26, 2026. https://klarifi.io/facilities/nebraska/permits-expiring/2028Need a custom cut of the data for a state, a county or a list of plants? Email info@klarifi.io.