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Columbus WWTP

Ncsr 1532 (Levi Road Ext.), Columbus, NC 28722 · Polk County · Publicly Owned Treatment Works

Average flow
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Design flow
0.8 MGD
NPDES permit
NC0021369
Administratively continued
Permit expires
July 2023
Population served
1,243
CWNS 2022

Columbus WWTP is a publicly owned wastewater treatment works in Columbus, Polk County, North Carolina, serving about 1,243 residents. It discharges under NPDES permit NC0021369 (administratively continued), which expires in July 2023, with 0 recorded violations in the last three years. EPA has recorded 2 formal enforcement actions naming the plant, the latest in June 1999.

Treatment technology

3 treatment structures and unit processes identified at Columbus WWTP.

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Compliance snapshot (last 3 years)

Total violations
0
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 Columbus WWTP in EPA's ICIS system.

Formal actions
2
0 since FY2020
EPA inspections
0
none on record

Latest case · Jun 1999

COLUMBUS, NC, TOWN OF

Administrative order · CWA, Sewage Sludge Disposal · Unilateral Administrative Order Without Adjudication

Source: EPA ECHO, civil enforcement case 04-1999-0021.

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Key contacts

Decision-makers at Columbus WWTP.

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Columbus WWTP: 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 12, 2025.

Wastewater terms: POTW · MGD · NPDES permit · Inflow and infiltration · Activated sludge · Oxidation ditch · all terms


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