MoWIN: Spring River Basin - Point Source Pollution

Spring River Basin - Point Source Pollution

Point source pollution in the Spring River Basin comes from many different sources. Factories and businesses release their wastewater into local streams. Sewage treatment plants throughout the basin also release treated water into the streams. Businesses, sewage treatment plants, apartment complexes, and mobile home parks may have permits to release wastes into rivers in the Spring River Basin.

Information about point and non-point pollution in the Spring River Basin can be found at EPA’s Surf Your Watershed site at: http://cfpub.epa.gov/surf/huc.cfm?huc_code=11070207

Fish Kills
Permitted Point Source Discharges
Facilities Involved with Toxic Chemicals, Hazardous Wastes, Airborne Pollutants and Superfund Sites

Fish Kills

If the water in a river is too hot or if there is not enough dissolved oxygen, large numbers of fish can die. When large mortality events occur, these events are called “fish kills”.

From 1979 to 1994, eighty two fish kills were investigated in the Spring River Basin. Of these fish kills, the cause of the fish kill was most commonly industrial and municipal waste or chemicals that entered the water. For more fishing information visit: http://mdc.mo.gov/fish/

Permitted Point Source Discharges

Wastewater treatment plants, industries, and concentrated animal feeding operations must have a National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permit in order to release wastewaters into receiving waters in accordance with the Clean Water Act. These permits specify pollution limits and monitoring and reporting requirements of the facilities that are discharging wastewater. See the table below for a list of industries in the Spring River Basin that have NPDES permits.

Permitted point source discharges in the Spring River Basin

FACILITY NAME	RECEIVING STREAM	LOCATION	COUNTY
MONETT WWTF	CLEAR CREEK	SE,SE 26N 28W 36	BARRY
PURDY WASTE LAGOON	SOUTH FORK CAPPS CR	SW,SW 24N 28W 2	BARRY
ANGEL EST AND COURTESY CT	MUDDY CR/N FK SPRING RIVER	NE,SW 32N 31W 24	BARTON
BLUE TOP MOTEL AND CAFE	N FORK SPRING RIVER	NE,SE 32N 31W 26	BARTON
GOLDEN CITY WWTF	TRIB TO N FK SPRING R	NW,SW 31N 29W 26	BARTON
LAMAR WWTF	N FORK SPRING RIVER	N,NE 32N 31W 36	BARTON
LAMAR WWTP	TRIB TO N FK SPRING R	NE,NE 32N 30W 31	BARTON
MACKIE CLEMENS FUEL CO	BLACKBERRY CREEK	SE,SW 30N 33W 8	BARTON
MINDEN ACRES	ABANDONED STRIP MINE	NE 31N 33W 6	BARTON
ALBA WWTP	TRIB TO BUCK BRANCH	NE,NW 29N 32W 15	JASPER
BUTTERBALL TURKEY CO	SPRING RIVER	SW,SW 29N 31W 34	JASPER
CARTHAGE WWTF	SPRING RIVER	NW,NE 28N 31W 5	JASPER
CARL JUNCTION WWTF	CENTER CREEK	SW,NW 28N 33W 8	JASPER
CENTERVILLE LIFT STATION	TRIB TO CENTER CREEK	S 28N 33W 1	JASPER
DOSKOCIL SPECIALTY BRANDS	TRIB TO CENTER CREEK	NW,SE 28N 31W 33	JASPER
EAGLE-PICHER INDUSTRIES	ELM CREEK	NW,NW 27N 33W 3	JASPER
EMPIRE, ASBURY	BLACKBERRY CREEK	NE,NW 30N 33W 17	JASPER
EMPIRE, ASBURY	BLACKBERRY CREEK	NE,NW 30N 33W 17	JASPER
FAIRVIEW GREENHOUSE INC	TRIB TO SPRING RIVER	SE,NE 28N 31W 10	JASPER
FARMERS CHEMICAL CO	SHORT CREEK	SW,NW 27N 34W 2	JASPER
FIBREX INC, JOPLIN PLANT	TRIB TO LONE ELM HOL	NW,NW 27N 33W 3	JASPER
FIBREX INC, JOPLIN PLANT	TRIB TO LONE ELM HOL	NW,NW 27N 33W 3	JASPER
FOUNTAIN ROAD PARK VILLAGE	TRIB TO CENTER CREEK	NE,NW 28N 32W 26	JASPER
HICKORY LANE MHP	TRIB TO GROVE CREEK	SE,NW 27N 32W 13	JASPER
ICI EXPLOSIVES USA INC	GROVE CREEK	W 28N 32W 36	JASPER
ICI EXPLOSIVES USA INC	GROVE CREEK	W 28N 32W 36	JASPER
ICI EXPLOSIVES USA INC	GROVE CREEK	W 28N 32W 36	JASPER
ICI EXPLOSIVES ENVIRONMENTAL	GROVE CREEK	NW 28N 32W 36	JASPER
INLAND PRODUCTS INC	SPRING RIVER	SE,SE 29N 31W 33	JASPER
IRECO INC	CENTER CREEK	SE,NW 28N 32W 13	JASPER
IRECO INC	CENTER CREEK	SE,NW 28N 32W 13	JASPER
JASPER WWTF	TRIB TO OPOSSUM CREEK	NW,SE 30N 31W 23	JASPER
JOPLIN , TURKEY CREEK WWTP	TURKEY CREEK	SE 28N 33W 29	JASPER
SARCOXIE WWTF	CENTER CREEK	NE,NE 27N 29W 8	JASPER
TAMKO ASPHALT PRODUCTS	TURKEY CREEK	SE,SE 28N 33W 35	JASPER
TAMKO ASPHALT PRODUCTS	TURKEY CREEK	SE,SE 28N 33W 35	JASPER
VICKERS INCORPORATED	SHORT CREEK	E,NE 27N 33W 8	JASPER
VICKERS INCORPORATED	TRIB TO TURKEY CREEK	E,NE 27N 33W 8	JASPER
AURORA WWTP	CHAT CREEK/DOUGER BR	SE,NW 26N 26W 11	LAWRENCE
CONOCO , MT VERNON	TRIB TO TRUITT CREEK	SW,SW 29N 26W 28	LAWRENCE
FREISTATT WWTF	TRIB TO SPRING RIVER	SW,NE 27N 27W 29	LAWRENCE
MARIONVILLE WWTF	HONEY CREEK	NE,NE 27N 25W 27	LAWRENCE
MILLER WWTF	TRIB TO STAHL CREEK	NE,SW 29N 27W 23	LAWRENCE
MT VERNON WWTF	WILLIAMS CREEK	NE,SE 28N 27W 25	LAWRENCE
NICKERSON FARMS	TRIB TO DRY HOLLOW CR	SW,SW 27N 28W 1	LAWRENCE
PIERCE CITY WWTP	CLEAR CREEK	NW,SE 26N 28W 29	LAWRENCE
STOTTS CITY WWTF	DRY HOLLOW CREEK	SW,SE 28N 28W 26	LAWRENCE
SYNTEX AGRIBUSINESS INC	SPRING RIVER	SE,NW 26N 26W 17	LAWRENCE
SYNTEX AGRIBUSINESS INC	SPRING RIVER	SE,NW 26N 26W 17	LAWRENCE
TRUCKSTOPS OF AMERICA	TRIB TO WILLIAMS CR	SE,NE 28N 26W 31	LAWRENCE
VERONA WWTF	SPRING RIVER	NW,NE 26N 26W 17	LAWRENCE
BLENDVILLE FILTER PLANT	SHOAL CREEK	NE,NE 27N 33W 15	NEWTON
DIAMOND MUNICIPAL WWTF	CARVER BRANCH	NE,NW 26N 31W 9	NEWTON
FAG BEARING CORP	SILVER CREEK	NW,SW 27N 32W 19	NEWTON
GRANBY WWTP	CULPEPPER BRANCH	SW,NW 26N 30W 31	NEWTON
JESSE'S TRUCK STOP	ROCK BRANCH	NE,SE 26N 33W 5	NEWTON
JOPLIN, SHOAL CREEK WWTF	SHOAL CREEK	SE,NE 27N 34W 25	NEWTON
JOPLIN TRANSPORT CENTER	ROCK BRANCH	SE,NE 26N 33W 5	NEWTON
LOMA LINDA ESTATES	ROCK BRANCH	SE,NE 26N 34W 12	NEWTON
MHTD, I-44 REST AREA	TRIB TO SHOAL CREEK	NW,SW 26N 33W 6	NEWTON
MISSOURI-NEBRASKA EXPRESS	SPRING CREEK	NE,NW 26N 33W 9	NEWTON
NEOSHO WTP	HICKORY CREEK	N,NW 25N 31W 18	NEWTON
NEOSHO , SHOAL CREEK WWTP	SHOAL CREEK	SE,SE 25N 32W 12	NEWTON
PILOT TRAVEL CENTER	TRIB TO ROCK BRANCH	NE,SE 26N 33W 5	NEWTON
PRONTO TRAVEL PLAZA	TRIB TO ROCK BRANCH	SW,NW 26N 33W 4	NEWTON
PRONTO TRAVEL PLAZA	TRIB TO ROCK BRANCH	SW,NW 26N 33W 4	NEWTON
SABRELINER CORP	TRIB TO HICKORY CREEK	NW,NW 24N 31W 30	NEWTON
SHELL DIAMOND STATION	TRIB TO BAYNHAM BR	SE,NE 26N 31W 15	NEWTON
TALBOT INDUSTRIES PLANT II	TRIB TO ELM SPRING BR	SE 24N 32W 1	NEWTON
TALBOT INDUSTRIES PLANT I	WEST HIGH SCHOOL BR	SE,SW 25N 32W 24	NEWTON
USFWS NEOSHO FISH HATCHERY	HICKORY CREEK	NW,NE 24N 31W 30	NEWTON
WINTER HAVEN MHP	SPRING CREEK	SE,NW 26N 33W 4	NEWTON

Source: http://www.conservation.mo.gov/fish/watershed/spring/watqual/370wqt12.htm

Facilities Involved with Toxic Chemicals, Hazardous Wastes, Airborne Pollutants and Superfund Sites

Businesses that use, manufacture, treat, transport, or release toxic chemicals are listed in the EPA’s Toxic Release Inventory. Under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA), state and federal agencies monitor facilities that generate, treat, transport, or dispose of hazardous wastes. Facilities that emit airborne pollutants are monitored by the EPA and/or state agencies and data is reported by the Aerometric Information Retrieval System (AIRS).

Information about point and non-point pollution in the Spring River Basin can be found at EPA’s Surf Your Watershed site at: http://cfpub.epa.gov/surf/huc.cfm?huc_code=11070207

For a list of facilities in the Spring River Basin that produce and release air pollutants and have toxic release and hazardous waste permits, see the following links:

Joplin :
http://oaspub.epa.gov/enviro/ef_home3.html?p_zipcode=Joplin%2C+MO&p_type=city&x=15&y=7

Lamar:
http://oaspub.epa.gov/enviro/ef_home3.html?p_zipcode=Lamar%2C+MO&p_type=city&x=12&y=5

Carthage :
http://oaspub.epa.gov/enviro/ef_home3.html?p_zipcode=Carthage%2C+MO&p_type=city&x=13&y=3

Webb City:
http://oaspub.epa.gov/enviro/ef_home3.html?p_zipcode=Webb+City%2C+MO&p_type=city&x=17&y=7

Monett:
http://oaspub.epa.gov/enviro/ef_home3.html?p_zipcode=Monett%2C+MO&p_type=city&x=6&y=4

Aurora:
http://oaspub.epa.gov/enviro/ef_home3.html?p_zipcode=Aurora%2C+MO&p_type=city&x=12&y=4

Marionville:
http://oaspub.epa.gov/enviro/ef_home3.html?p_zipcode=Marionville%2C+MO&p_type=city&x=16&y=5

Mount Vernon :
http://oaspub.epa.gov/enviro/ef_home3.html?p_zipcode=Mount+Vernon%2C+MO&p_type=city&x=9&y=3

Sarcoxie:
http://oaspub.epa.gov/enviro/ef_home3.html?p_zipcode=Sarcoxie%2C+MO&p_type=city&x=16&y=5

Granby :
http://oaspub.epa.gov/enviro/ef_home3.html?p_zipcode=Granby%2C+MO&p_type=city&x=12&y=4

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