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Covington Wastewater Treatment Plant

298 Whitherington Dr, Covington, TN 38019 · Tipton County · Publicly Owned Treatment Works

Average flow
1.63 MGD
Design flow
3.62 MGD
NPDES permit
TN0020982
Effective
Permit expires
March 2029
Population served
8,863
CWNS 2022

Covington Wastewater Treatment Plant is a publicly owned wastewater treatment works in Covington, Tipton County, Tennessee treating an average of 1.63 million gallons per day against a permitted design capacity of 3.62 MGD, serving about 8,863 residents. It discharges under NPDES permit TN0020982 (effective), which expires in March 2029, with 1 recorded violation in the last three years. EPA has recorded 1 formal enforcement action naming the plant, the latest in February 2005.

Treatment technology

2 treatment structures and unit processes identified at Covington Wastewater Treatment Plant.

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Compliance snapshot (last 3 years)

Total violations
1
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 Covington Wastewater Treatment Plant in EPA's ICIS system.

Formal actions
1
0 since FY2020
Penalties assessed
$1,020
all cases
EPA inspections
3
latest Oct 2004

Latest case · Feb 2005

Covington Waste Water Treatment Plant

Administrative order · CAA, Prevention of Accidental Release/Risk Management Plans (RMPs) · Final Order With Penalty · Penalty $1,020

EPA's description of the case:

“Expedited Settlement Agreement - 2/3/2005, assessed penalty $1,020. Alleged Violations: Failure to document the hazards of the process as part of the process hazard analysis (40 C.F.R. Section…”

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Source: EPA ECHO, civil enforcement case 04-2005-8010.

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Covington Wastewater Treatment Plant: 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 May 25, 2025.

Wastewater terms: POTW · MGD · NPDES permit · Inflow and infiltration · Centrate · Ozonation · all terms


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