The Reporter consolidates and summarizes sources for public use. Each linked original remains the controlling record. A missing item means “not located or not yet indexed,” not “does not exist.”
Measured records only
Wastewater tracker
Compliance and operating observations are reported without treating timing or association as proof that any person or facility caused a result.
Verified
Missouri legal benchmark
Rate Input · Missouri affordability benchmark — rate impact finding · Missouri RSMo §644.145 requires DNR, in specified permitting or enforcement circumstances involving publicly owned sewer systems or treatment works, to make an affordability finding addressing costs and the impact of rate changes on ratepayers, to the extent allowed by state and federal law.
Compliance status
Not Applicable
Operating status
Unknown
Current Missouri Revisor of Statutes text checked August 14, 2026.
This identifies a potential authoritative record and policy benchmark. It does not establish that a particular affordability finding was required or completed for Greentop without the underlying DNR permit or enforcement file.
Rate Input · Missouri sewer-rate benchmark — just and equitable charges · Missouri RSMo §71.715 authorizes a municipality with common sewers, if proceeding under that section, to establish by ordinance just and equitable sewer charges or rents. The section also permits charges based on water use and directs charges collected under an ordinance adopted under the section to a special sewer-purpose fund.
Compliance status
Not Applicable
Operating status
Unknown
Current Missouri Revisor of Statutes text checked August 14, 2026.
This is a current Missouri legal benchmark. The Reporter has not yet established whether Greentop’s present sewer-rate ordinance was adopted under §71.715 or another statutory authority.
Rate Input · Missouri sewer-rate benchmark — notice and public hearing · Missouri RSMo §250.233 allows a city, town, village, or sewer district operating a sewerage system or waterworks to establish sewer-service charges and requires a public hearing with at least 30 days notice before establishing charges under that section.
Compliance status
Not Applicable
Operating status
Unknown
Current Missouri Revisor of Statutes text checked August 14, 2026.
This is a current Missouri legal benchmark. The Reporter has not yet obtained Greentop’s January 2026 hearing notice, minutes, adopted ordinance, or evidence identifying the statutory authority used for any rate action.
Rate Input · Missouri sewer-accounting benchmark — separate records and annual audit · Missouri RSMo §250.150 requires, when applicable under Chapter 250, sewer-system revenues to be segregated, proper separate books and accounts to be maintained, and those accounts to be audited at least annually by a public accountant; the statute makes such audits open to taxpayers, system users, and bondholders.
Compliance status
Not Applicable
Operating status
Unknown
Current Missouri Revisor of Statutes text checked August 14, 2026.
This is a legal records benchmark, not a finding that Greentop violated the statute. Applicability depends on Greentop’s system financing and statutory framework, which the Reporter is still documenting.
Rate Input · DNR Financial Questionnaire captures current sewer rate · Missouri DNR states that Financial Questionnaire MO 780-2511 is required with permit-renewal applications for publicly owned treatment works and requests information including the current monthly residential sewer rate and property-tax collection rate. DNR also requires updated financial information with permit renewal or modification requests.
Compliance status
Not Applicable
Operating status
Unknown
Missouri DNR Finding of Affordability and wastewater planning guidance, checked August 14, 2026.
This identifies an authoritative record source for Greentop’s historical/current rate data; it does not state what Greentop’s actual sewer rate was or is until the City/DNR questionnaire is obtained.
Rate Input · State Auditor Schuyler County valuation listing · 6064656 The Missouri State Auditor’s current Schuyler County dashboard lists City of Greentop assessed valuation at $6,064,656 and an actual property-tax rate of 1.0000. USD assessed valuation
Compliance status
Not Applicable
Operating status
Unknown
Missouri State Auditor Show-Me Local Government dashboard for Schuyler County, checked August 14, 2026.
This is property-tax/valuation context, not sewer revenue. It should not be substituted for the Adair County portion, a future 2027 assessed valuation, or the City’s sewer-rate schedule.
Missouri Clean Water Engineering Report Grant program
Rate Input · Disadvantaged-community funding criteria · Missouri DNR states qualifying disadvantaged communities may receive up to 100% of eligible engineering-report grant costs, up to $62,500. Eligibility requires population at or below 3,300, median household income at or below 75% of the state average, and user rates at or above 2% of median household income; eligibility may be based on the decennial census or an income survey overseen by a state or federal agency.
Compliance status
Not Applicable
Operating status
Unknown
Current Missouri DNR CWSRF Engineering Report Grant eligibility page checked August 14, 2026.
Industrial Schedule · Current advertised weekday processing shifts · Current Greentop job postings advertise first-shift processing at approximately 5:30 a.m.–2 p.m. Monday–Friday and second-shift processing at approximately 2:30 p.m.–11 p.m. Monday–Friday.
Compliance status
Not Applicable
Operating status
Normal
Current employer-provided Greentop job descriptions reproduced by Indeed and Glassdoor were checked Aug. 14, 2026. They independently show Monday–Friday first- and second-shift processing hours.
Job postings describe normal advertised shifts, not actual plant output. They do not prove production occurred on a particular date and do not identify holiday, vacation, maintenance, sanitation-only, or reduced-production periods.
Treatment Status · UV treatment system status reported at council meeting · A new or replacement UV treatment system was reported in production with expected delivery in mid-to-late September 2026. Greentop’s 2023 operating permit already describes UV disinfection as part of the permitted treatment train, so the meeting statement does not establish that the facility lacked UV disinfection before the new unit arrived.
Compliance status
Not Applicable
Operating status
Not stated
Fieldy-derived meeting summary supplied by the recorder in the Reporter collaboration. The raw Fieldy transcript was not retrievable through the current tool connection. Cross-checked against Missouri DNR permit MO-0091642, effective July 1, 2023, which lists bar screen / four-cell lagoon / UV disinfection.
Transcript-derived and not yet matched to purchase, replacement, failure, delivery, installation, or operating records. The 2023 DNR permit already lists UV disinfection, so this item must not be interpreted as the first installation of UV treatment at Greentop.
Other · E. coli result reported at council meeting · The most recent E. coli testing was reported as compliant. Actual laboratory sample date, numeric result, units, and applicable permit limit have not yet been obtained.
Compliance status
Unknown
Operating status
Not stated
Fieldy-derived meeting summary supplied by the recorder in the Reporter collaboration. The raw Fieldy transcript was not retrievable through the current tool connection.
Transcript-derived and not yet matched to the laboratory report or official city minutes. It records only that the latest E. coli test was described as compliant.
Rate Input · State Auditor received City of Greentop financial report · The Missouri State Auditor’s Schuyler County local-government dashboard lists a City of Greentop municipal financial report as received June 25, 2026.
Compliance status
Not Applicable
Operating status
Unknown
Missouri State Auditor Show-Me Local Government dashboard for Schuyler County, checked August 14, 2026.
The dashboard confirms receipt of a municipal financial filing; the underlying report file has not yet been extracted into the Reporter, so no sewer-fund figures are inferred from the filing date alone.
Treatment Status · UV system review scheduled amid high E. coli · The Schuyler County Times reported that the board was told E. coli levels remained high and that a 10 a.m. meeting was scheduled to review the City’s UV system.
Compliance status
Unknown
Operating status
Unknown
Schuyler County Times report of the June 4, 2026 Greentop Board of Aldermen meeting.
This establishes that a UV-system review was reported as scheduled while E. coli was high. It does not establish a UV failure in June 2026; maintenance, alarm, lamp, repair, and inspection records are still needed.
Other · E. coli condition reported at council meeting · The council was reported to have been told that E. coli levels remained high. No numeric result or laboratory sample date is supplied by this source.
Compliance status
Unknown
Operating status
Not stated
Schuyler County Times report published June 18, 2026, describing the June 4 Greentop Board of Aldermen meeting.
This is a meeting report that E. coli levels remained high; the underlying laboratory result, numeric value, sample date, and permit limit have not yet been obtained.
Infrastructure Change · Clean Water Engineering Report Grant · $50,000 Missouri DNR Clean Water Engineering Report Grant awarded to Greentop to evaluate wastewater-system improvements, including reducing stormwater inflow and infiltration. DNR states the Greentop facility plan is expected in January 2028.
Compliance status
Not Applicable
Operating status
Unknown
Missouri Department of Natural Resources award notice dated June 3, 2026.
Rate Input · Engineering RFQ included user-rate analysis · A third-party project listing reproduces a City of Greentop RFQ description for wastewater treatment improvements. The listed scope includes facility planning, treatment/collection upgrades, regulatory compliance, financing assistance, and user-rate analysis; statements of qualifications were listed due January 15, 2026.
Compliance status
Not Applicable
Operating status
Unknown
ConstructConnect project listing published Dec. 5, 2025 and updated Dec. 10, 2025, presenting the Greentop engineering RFQ scope.
This is a third-party reproduction of the RFQ, not the City-issued RFQ document. The listed conceptual project value is not treated as an official City cost estimate.
Treatment Status · Lagoon sludge depth reported at council meeting · 4.5 The Schuyler County Times reported that a Heartland Environmental representative discussed Greentop wastewater challenges and described approximately 4.5 feet of sludge in the lagoon. Biological treatment for lift stations and lagoons was recommended for consideration while the City was also evaluating dredging. feet (reported)
Compliance status
Unknown
Operating status
Unknown
Schuyler County Times report of the Dec. 4, 2025 Greentop council meeting.
The 4.5-foot figure is attributed to the council-meeting report. The Reporter has not yet obtained a lagoon survey, sludge-depth measurement record, consultant report, or official minutes confirming the measurement method or date.
Rate Input · Sewer-rate public hearing scheduled · A public hearing for sewer rate increases was reported as scheduled for January 12, 2026. The rate ordinance, notice, hearing record, and adopted amounts still need to be obtained.
Compliance status
Not Applicable
Operating status
Not stated
Schuyler County Times report published Dec. 11, 2025, describing the Dec. 4 Greentop council meeting and a Jan. 12, 2026 sewer-rate hearing.
The hearing was reported as scheduled; the Reporter has not yet obtained the hearing notice, minutes, rate ordinance, or final adopted rate schedule.
Other · Wastewater improvement Letter of Intent reported · A Letter of Intent regarding a wastewater improvement proposal was reported as presented to the Greentop council by Westerns leadership. The LOI terms, cost allocation, and any subsequent agreement have not yet been obtained.
Compliance status
Not Applicable
Operating status
Unknown
Schuyler County Times report published Dec. 11, 2025, describing the Dec. 4 Greentop council meeting.
Reported by the Schuyler County Times from the council meeting; the underlying Letter of Intent/agreement has not yet been obtained from the City.
Other · Sewer ordinance and wastewater planning discussion reported · The Schuyler County Times index reports that the July 10, 2025 Greentop council meeting addressed sewer ordinances, wastewater planning, infrastructure improvements, and a potential future grant.
Compliance status
Not Applicable
Operating status
Unknown
Schuyler County Times author archive entry published July 17, 2025 for the July 10 council meeting.
Only the indexed article summary is presently accessible to the Reporter; official minutes and the actual sewer ordinances discussed have not yet been obtained.
Other · Company-reported Greentop production scale · 95000 Western Smokehouse Partners published a company-history video transcript describing its Greentop plant as approximately 95,000 square feet, with 14 smokehouses, capacity above 800,000 meat sticks in a day, and more than 180 employees. square feet
Compliance status
Not Applicable
Operating status
Unknown
Western Smokehouse Partners company LinkedIn history post. The date used for the tracker is derived from the LinkedIn activity identifier.
These are company-reported scale and capacity figures. They are not measurements of wastewater discharge volume, BOD, TSS, E. coli, or treatment cost.
Wastewater Flow · Derived hydraulic utilization at permit issuance · 17.5347 Using the permit’s stated actual flow of 13,151 gallons/day and design flow of 75,000 gallons/day, actual flow at permit issuance was approximately 17.5% of the listed hydraulic design flow. percent of design flow
This is a hydraulic-flow comparison only. It does not establish spare treatment capacity for BOD, TSS, pathogens, peak wet-weather flow, solids accumulation, UV performance, or controlled-discharge conditions and must not be used by itself to judge whether any customer is overloading the system.
Wastewater Flow · Permitted design and actual flow baseline · 13151 Missouri DNR permit MO-0091642 lists design flow at 75,000 gallons per day and actual flow at 13,151 gallons per day when the current permit was issued. gallons/day
Compliance status
Not Applicable
Operating status
Unknown
Missouri DNR State Operating Permit MO-0091642, facility description, effective July 1, 2023.
The 13,151 gallons/day figure is the permit’s stated actual-flow baseline at issuance, not a measurement of Western Smokehouse Partners or any individual customer’s contribution.
Other · Required twice-weekly operational monitoring · Greentop’s current operating permit requires twice-weekly precipitation monitoring and twice-weekly influent-or-effluent flow monitoring, along with twice-weekly primary-cell pH and dissolved-oxygen measurements. Operational monitoring reports are submitted with DMR reporting.
Compliance status
Not Applicable
Operating status
Unknown
Missouri DNR State Operating Permit MO-0091642 fact sheet and operational-monitoring requirements, effective July 1, 2023.
These are required monitoring records, not the actual measurements. The Reporter is still seeking the underlying 2023-present values so rainfall, flow and treatment status can be compared with E. coli results.
Other · Industrial-user disclosure and change-notice requirements · The standard POTW conditions incorporated into Greentop’s permit require identification by character and volume of Significant Industrial Users subject to pretreatment standards, require industrial-discharge information in permit renewal/modification applications, and require adequate notice to DNR of substantial changes in the volume or character of pollutants introduced by an indirect discharger.
Compliance status
Not Applicable
Operating status
Unknown
Missouri DNR State Operating Permit MO-0091642, incorporated Standard Conditions Part II, Section A – Industrial Users.
The permit text does not name Western Smokehouse Partners. This is a records requirement and investigative lead, not a finding that Western’s is or is not a Significant Industrial User.
Other · Annual infiltration/inflow and collection-system report · Greentop’s permit requires an annual report, due January 28 for the previous calendar year, summarizing efforts to locate and eliminate excessive infiltration and inflow, collection-system maintenance and repairs, and planned maintenance and repairs.
Compliance status
Not Applicable
Operating status
Unknown
Missouri DNR State Operating Permit MO-0091642, Special Condition 9.
These annual reports are a key alternative explanation/control variable for wastewater performance; rainfall, inflow/infiltration and collection-system condition must be considered alongside industrial operating schedules.
Other · NPDES operating permit · MO0091642; effective July 1, 2023 through June 30, 2028
Compliance status
Not Applicable
Operating status
Not stated
Missouri Department of Natural Resources site-specific wastewater permit registry identifies the Greentop Wastewater Treatment Facility under permit MO0091642.
E Coli Sample · E. coli permit limits and recreational-season monitoring · 206 The current permit requires E. coli monitoring during the recreational season, April 1 through October 31. It sets a monthly geometric-mean limit of 206 #/100 mL and a weekly geometric-mean limit of 1,030 #/100 mL. #/100 mL monthly geometric mean
Compliance status
Not Applicable
Operating status
Unknown
Missouri DNR State Operating Permit MO-0091642, Table A-1 and Note 2, effective July 1, 2023.
This is the enforceable permit limit, not an E. coli test result. Actual 2026 laboratory/eDMR values are still being sought.
Controlled Discharge · Controlled-discharge sampling requirement · During a controlled lagoon discharge, the permit requires weekly effluent sampling with at least two sampling events: one near the beginning and one near the end of the discharge. The permit states effluent limits may not be violated at any time during a controlled discharge.
Compliance status
Not Applicable
Operating status
Unknown
Missouri DNR State Operating Permit MO-0091642, Special Condition 17.
This requirement means E. coli results should be compared with where the sample fell within a controlled discharge. A beginning-of-discharge result and an end-of-discharge result may not be directly comparable without that context.
Industrial Schedule · Historical regular production schedule reported · A 2022 MEAT+POULTRY interview reported that Western’s existing plants, including Greentop, operated two production shifts, with a third sanitation shift outsourced by Western’s, and described Monday-through-Friday scheduling as a recruiting and retention practice.
Compliance status
Not Applicable
Operating status
Normal
MEAT+POULTRY interview with Western Smokehouse Partners CEO Matt Bormann published Aug. 18, 2022.
This establishes a reported regular operating pattern in 2022. It does not establish whether the Greentop plant ran, reduced production, or shut down on any specific later holiday, vacation week, maintenance day, or sampling date.
Treatment Status · 2022 E. coli noncompliance linked by DNR to UV outage · Missouri DNR’s current permit fact sheet states that during the May 19, 2022 permit-renewal inspection, Greentop was failing to meet E. coli effluent limits because the UV system was temporarily offline. The inspection also identified O&M-manual, lagoon-berm vegetation, and record-retention deficiencies. DNR states the facility returned to compliance for all unsatisfactory features by October 31, 2022.
Compliance status
Exceedance
Operating status
Unknown
Missouri DNR State Operating Permit MO-0091642 fact sheet, permit-renewal inspection history.
This is a verified historical 2022 compliance event. It does not establish the cause of any 2025 or 2026 E. coli result, but it shows UV availability has affected Greentop E. coli compliance before.
Other · Retail showroom closure for snack-stick production expansion reported · An auction notice for Western’s July 10, 2018 showroom liquidation stated that after 40 years in retail sales, the family was closing the retail showroom to allow expansion of snack-stick production.
Compliance status
Not Applicable
Operating status
Unknown
McAfee Auction Service sale notice for Western Smokehouse showroom liquidation dated July 10, 2018.
This establishes a reported production-expansion milestone, not the magnitude of wastewater generated or any effect on municipal treatment performance.
Other · Western Greentop facility size reported in 2016 · 50000 A meat-industry trade publication described Western’s Greentop facility as approximately 50,000 square feet in 2016. square feet
Compliance status
Not Applicable
Operating status
Unknown
National Provisioner article dated Aug. 15, 2016 describing Western’s Smokehouse in Greentop.
Facility size is production-capacity context only. It is not a measurement of wastewater flow, pollutant strength, or sewer-system burden.
Infrastructure Change · EPA Step Two lagoon/sewer planning grant · 7500 EPA construction-grants records show a Step Two award to the City of Greentop for preparation of plans and specifications for a new secondary-treatment facility using lagoons or ponds. The EPA record identifies plant and outfall work; it does not establish that the present-day lagoon is unchanged from the 1975 project. USD
Compliance status
Not Applicable
Operating status
Unknown
U.S. EPA Public Law 92-500 construction-grants database, May 1975. Grant 290704-01-0; award date May 29, 1975; Step Two planning/specifications.