Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES IL0000299
ILLINOIS-AMERICAN WATER COMPANY, Alton, IL: NPDES IL0000299 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 6Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 2Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
ILLINOIS-AMERICAN WATER COMPANY holds NPDES permit IL0000299, which discharges to Mississippi River. EPA’s file records it issued August 28, 2015 and expiring August 31, 2020. The status and dates are as EPA’s permit file stood when Velarion loaded it (October 14, 2026); EPA’s free Detailed Facility Report on ECHO carries the permit’s current standing.
Identity
| Facility as filed | ILLINOIS-AMERICAN WATER COMPANY |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | ILLINOIS-AMERICAN WATER COMPANY |
| NPDES ID | IL0000299 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Minor discharger |
| Facility type | Not a publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | August 28, 2015 |
| Expiration date | August 31, 2020 |
| Address | Alton, IL 62002 |
| Receiving water | MISSISSIPPI RIVER |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | City of Alton-Mississippi River (HUC 071100090402) |
| SIC | 4941 – Water Supply |
| Other EPA IDs (FRS) | RCRA handler ILR000108787; ICIS-AIR source IL000119010ADU |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download) and EPA’s NAICS/SIC and component files, the same download; cross-program IDs from EPA’s FRS facility-registry crosswalk.
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 6Pollutants on file
- 6Under a numeric limit
- 6With a violation of any kind
- 2With an effluent exceedance
An effluent exceedance is a discharge monitoring report value over the permit’s numeric limit (EPA’s violation code E90). A violation of any kind also counts a report not filed. Each row is EPA’s own count for that pollutant.
| Pollutant or measure | Limits | Violations, any kind | Effluent exceedances | Latest exceedance | Largest exceedance, as filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chlorine, total residual | 1 | 8 | 3 | January 31, 2017 | 2,300% over the limit |
| Manganese, total [as Mn] | 2 | 1 | 1 | October 31, 2020 | 251% over the limit |
| Iron, total [as Fe] | 4 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total suspended | 4 | 10 | 0 | ||
| pH | 2 | 10 | 0 |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES limits and effluent violations files (ECHO download); up to 60 rows shown, most exceedances first.
Inspections, violations and enforcement
- 0Single-event violations
EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES IL0000299.
Velarion’s copy of EPA’s ICIS-NPDES files does not include the inspections, formal enforcement actions and informal enforcement actions files, so this page shows none of them. EPA’s free Detailed Facility Report on ECHO lists this permit’s inspections, enforcement actions and penalties.
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES violation, inspection and enforcement files (ECHO download); up to 50 rows of each shown, newest first.
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Figures from EPA’s ICIS-NPDES download, loaded October 14, 2026.