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Kentucky Utilities - Ghent Generating Station

Electric Services, major discharger, Ghent, Kentucky. NPDES permit KY0002038, in force until Jun 30, 2029. Last 12 months: no values over a limit. Source: EPA ECHO, Oct 22, 2026.

Reports due
About 28 days after each period: outfall 001 form 1 monthly (11 values), outfall 001 form 2 quarterly (10 values), outfall 002 form 1 monthly (13 values), outfall 003 form 1 monthly (13 values), outfall 005 form 1 monthly (6 values), outfall 0061 form 1 monthly (7 values), and 13 more forms
Last report on file
September 2026
Oct 2024 – Sep 2025
0 values over a limit, 0 required values missing, 0 of 132 reports late

Limits in force (182)

ParameterStatisticLimitMonthsOutfall
Temperature, water deg. fahrenheitmonthly averagereport only (deg F)all year001
Temperature, water deg. fahrenheitdaily maximum≤ 110 deg Fall year001
pHminimum≥ 6 SUall year001
pHdaily maximum≤ 9 SUall year001
Solids, total suspendedmonthly average≤ 30 mg/Lall year001
Solids, total suspendeddaily maximum≤ 71.1 mg/Lall year001
Oil & Greasemonthly average≤ 9.3 mg/Lall year001
Oil & Greasedaily maximum≤ 11.5 mg/Lall year001
Hardness, total [as CaCO3]monthly averagereport only (mg/g)all year001
Hardness, total [as CaCO3]daily maximumreport only (mg/g)all year001
Selenium, total recoverablemonthly averagereport only (mg/L)all year001
Selenium, total recoverabledaily maximumreport only (mg/L)all year001
Copper, total recoverablemonthly average≤ .429 mg/Lall year001
Copper, total recoverabledaily maximum≤ .429 mg/Lall year001
Selenium, dry weightdaily maximum≤ 8.6 mg/kgall year001
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plantmonthly averagereport only (MGD)all year001
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plantdaily maximumreport only (MGD)all year001
Chlorine, total residualmonthly average≤ 467 mg/Lall year001
Chlorine, total residualdaily maximum≤ 467 mg/Lall year001
Flow, process wastewaterrolling average≤ 104786 gal/dall year001
Toxicity, Acutedaily maximum≤ 7.38 tox acuteall year001
Temperature, water deg. fahrenheitmonthly averagereport only (deg F)all year002
Temperature, water deg. fahrenheitdaily maximum≤ 110 deg Fall year002
pHminimum≥ 6 SUall year002
pHdaily maximum≤ 9 SUall year002
Oxidants, total residualmonthly averagereport only (mg/L)all year002
Oxidants, total residualdaily maximum≤ .2 mg/Lall year002
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plantmonthly averagereport only (MGD)all year002
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plantdaily maximumreport only (MGD)all year002
Chlorine, total residualmonthly averagereport only (mg/L)all year002
Chlorine, total residualdaily maximum≤ .019 mg/Lall year002
Chlorine, free availablemonthly average≤ .2 mg/Lall year002
Chlorine, free availabledaily maximum≤ .5 mg/Lall year002
Duration of Oxidant Additiondaily maximum≤ 120 min/dall year002
Temperature, water deg. fahrenheitmonthly averagereport only (deg F)all year003
Temperature, water deg. fahrenheitdaily maximum≤ 110 deg Fall year003
pHminimum≥ 6 SUall year003
pHdaily maximum≤ 9 SUall year003
Oxidants, total residualmonthly averagereport only (mg/L)all year003
Oxidants, total residualdaily maximum≤ .2 mg/Lall year003
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plantmonthly averagereport only (MGD)all year003
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plantdaily maximumreport only (MGD)all year003
Chlorine, total residualmonthly averagereport only (mg/L)all year003
Chlorine, total residualdaily maximum≤ .019 mg/Lall year003
Chlorine, free availablemonthly average≤ .2 mg/Lall year003
Chlorine, free availabledaily maximum≤ .5 mg/Lall year003
Duration of Oxidant Additiondaily maximum≤ 120 min/dall year003
Iron, total recoverablemonthly average≤ 1 mg/Lall year005
Iron, total recoverabledaily maximum≤ 1 mg/Lall year005
Copper, total recoverablemonthly average≤ 1 mg/Lall year005
Copper, total recoverabledaily maximum≤ 1 mg/Lall year005
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plantmonthly averagereport only (MGD)all year005
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plantdaily maximumreport only (MGD)all year005
Zinc, total recoverablemonthly average≤ 1 mg/Lall year0061
Zinc, total recoverabledaily maximum≤ 1 mg/Lall year0061
Chromium, total recoverablemonthly average≤ .2 mg/Lall year0061
Chromium, total recoverabledaily maximum≤ .2 mg/Lall year0061
Oxidants, total residualmonthly averagereport only (mg/L)all year0061
Oxidants, total residualdaily maximum≤ .2 mg/Lall year0061
Priority Pollutantsmaximum≤ 0 mg/Lall year0061
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plantmonthly averagereport only (MGD)all year0061
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plantdaily maximumreport only (MGD)all year0061
Chlorine, free availablemonthly average≤ .2 mg/Lall year0061
Chlorine, free availabledaily maximum≤ .5 mg/Lall year0061
Duration of Oxidant Additiondaily maximum≤ 120 min/dall year0061
Zinc, total recoverablemonthly average≤ 1 mg/Lall year0062
Zinc, total recoverabledaily maximum≤ 1 mg/Lall year0062
Chromium, total recoverablemonthly average≤ .2 mg/Lall year0062
Chromium, total recoverabledaily maximum≤ .2 mg/Lall year0062
Oxidants, total residualmonthly averagereport only (mg/L)all year0062
Oxidants, total residualdaily maximum≤ .2 mg/Lall year0062
Priority Pollutantsmaximum≤ 0 mg/Lall year0062
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plantmonthly averagereport only (MGD)all year0062
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plantdaily maximumreport only (MGD)all year0062
Chlorine, free availablemonthly average≤ .2 mg/Lall year0062
Chlorine, free availabledaily maximum≤ .5 mg/Lall year0062
Duration of Oxidant Additiondaily maximum≤ 120 min/dall year0062
Zinc, total recoverablemonthly average≤ 1 mg/Lall year0063
Zinc, total recoverabledaily maximum≤ 1 mg/Lall year0063
Chromium, total recoverablemonthly average≤ .2 mg/Lall year0063
Chromium, total recoverabledaily maximum≤ .2 mg/Lall year0063
Oxidants, total residualmonthly averagereport only (mg/L)all year0063
Oxidants, total residualdaily maximum≤ .2 mg/Lall year0063
Priority Pollutantsmaximum≤ 0 mg/Lall year0063
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plantmonthly averagereport only (MGD)all year0063
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plantdaily maximumreport only (MGD)all year0063
Chlorine, free availablemonthly average≤ .2 mg/Lall year0063
Chlorine, free availabledaily maximum≤ .5 mg/Lall year0063
Duration of Oxidant Additiondaily maximum≤ 120 min/dall year0063
Zinc, total recoverablemonthly average≤ 1 mg/Lall year0064
Zinc, total recoverabledaily maximum≤ 1 mg/Lall year0064
Chromium, total recoverablemonthly average≤ .2 mg/Lall year0064
Chromium, total recoverabledaily maximum≤ .2 mg/Lall year0064
Oxidants, total residualmonthly averagereport only (mg/L)all year0064
Oxidants, total residualdaily maximum≤ .2 mg/Lall year0064
Priority Pollutantsmaximum≤ 0 mg/Lall year0064
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plantmonthly averagereport only (MGD)all year0064
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plantdaily maximumreport only (MGD)all year0064
Chlorine, free availablemonthly average≤ .2 mg/Lall year0064
Chlorine, free availabledaily maximum≤ .5 mg/Lall year0064
Duration of Oxidant Additiondaily maximum≤ 120 min/dall year0064
Temperature, water deg. fahrenheitmonthly averagereport only (deg F)all year007
Temperature, water deg. fahrenheitdaily maximumreport only (deg F)all year007
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plantmonthly averagereport only (MGD)all year007
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plantdaily maximumreport only (MGD)all year007
Cooling Water Intake Inspectiondaily maximumreport only (pass=0;fail=1)all year007
Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N]monthly average≤ 3 mg/Lall year008
Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N]daily maximum≤ 4 mg/Lall year008
Arsenic, total recoverablemonthly average≤ 8 ug/Lall year008
Arsenic, total recoverabledaily maximum≤ 18 ug/Lall year008
Selenium, total recoverablemonthly average≤ 29 ug/Lall year008
Selenium, total recoverabledaily maximum≤ 70 ug/Lall year008
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plantmonthly averagereport only (MGD)all year008
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plantdaily maximumreport only (MGD)all year008
Mercury, total recoverablemonthly average≤ 34 ng/Lall year008
Mercury, total recoverabledaily maximum≤ 103 ng/Lall year008
pHminimumreport only (SU)all year009
pHdaily maximumreport only (SU)all year009
Solids, total suspendedmonthly averagereport only (mg/L)all year009
Solids, total suspendeddaily maximumreport only (mg/L)all year009
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plantmonthly averagereport only (MGD)all year009
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plantdaily maximumreport only (MGD)all year009
pHminimumreport only (SU)all year010
pHdaily maximumreport only (SU)all year010
Solids, total suspendedmonthly averagereport only (mg/L)all year010
Solids, total suspendeddaily maximumreport only (mg/L)all year010
Hardness, total [as CaCO3]monthly averagereport only (mg/L)all year010
Hardness, total [as CaCO3]daily maximumreport only (mg/L)all year010
Arsenic, total recoverablemonthly averagereport only (mg/L)all year010
Arsenic, total recoverabledaily maximumreport only (mg/L)all year010
Nickel, total recoverablemonthly averagereport only (mg/L)all year010
Nickel, total recoverabledaily maximumreport only (mg/L)all year010
Silver total recoverablemonthly averagereport only (mg/L)all year010
Silver total recoverabledaily maximumreport only (mg/L)all year010
Zinc, total recoverablemonthly averagereport only (mg/L)all year010
Zinc, total recoverabledaily maximumreport only (mg/L)all year010
Cadmium, total recoverablemonthly averagereport only (mg/L)all year010
Cadmium, total recoverabledaily maximumreport only (mg/L)all year010
Lead, total recoverablemonthly averagereport only (mg/L)all year010
Lead, total recoverabledaily maximumreport only (mg/L)all year010
Chromium, total recoverablemonthly averagereport only (mg/L)all year010
Chromium, total recoverabledaily maximumreport only (mg/L)all year010
Copper, total recoverablemonthly averagereport only (mg/L)all year010
Copper, total recoverabledaily maximumreport only (mg/L)all year010
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plantmonthly averagereport only (MGD)all year010
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plantdaily maximumreport only (MGD)all year010
Mercury, total recoverablemonthly averagereport only (mg/L)all year010
Mercury, total recoverabledaily maximumreport only (mg/L)all year010
pHminimumreport only (SU)all year011
pHdaily maximumreport only (SU)all year011
Solids, total suspendedmonthly averagereport only (mg/L)all year011
Solids, total suspendeddaily maximumreport only (mg/L)all year011
Hardness, total [as CaCO3]monthly averagereport only (mg/L)all year011
Hardness, total [as CaCO3]daily maximumreport only (mg/L)all year011
Arsenic, total recoverablemonthly averagereport only (mg/L)all year011
Arsenic, total recoverabledaily maximumreport only (mg/L)all year011
Nickel, total recoverablemonthly averagereport only (mg/L)all year011
Nickel, total recoverabledaily maximumreport only (mg/L)all year011
Silver total recoverablemonthly averagereport only (mg/L)all year011
Silver total recoverabledaily maximumreport only (mg/L)all year011
Zinc, total recoverablemonthly averagereport only (mg/L)all year011
Zinc, total recoverabledaily maximumreport only (mg/L)all year011
Cadmium, total recoverablemonthly averagereport only (mg/L)all year011
Cadmium, total recoverabledaily maximumreport only (mg/L)all year011
Lead, total recoverablemonthly averagereport only (mg/L)all year011
Lead, total recoverabledaily maximumreport only (mg/L)all year011
Chromium, total recoverablemonthly averagereport only (mg/L)all year011
Chromium, total recoverabledaily maximumreport only (mg/L)all year011
Copper, total recoverablemonthly averagereport only (mg/L)all year011
Copper, total recoverabledaily maximumreport only (mg/L)all year011
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plantmonthly averagereport only (MGD)all year011
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plantdaily maximumreport only (MGD)all year011
Mercury, total recoverablemonthly averagereport only (mg/L)all year011
Mercury, total recoverabledaily maximumreport only (mg/L)all year011
pHminimumreport only (SU)all year012
pHdaily maximumreport only (SU)all year012
Solids, total suspendedmonthly averagereport only (mg/L)all year012
Solids, total suspendeddaily maximum≤ 100 mg/Lall year012
Iron, total recoverablemonthly averagereport only (mg/L)all year012
Iron, total recoverabledaily maximumreport only (mg/L)all year012
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plantmonthly averagereport only (MGD)all year012
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plantdaily maximumreport only (MGD)all year012

How strict are these limits?

Cited limits by parameter: Kentucky's rules and the federal ones.

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