Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES IL0022543
BATAVIA WWTF, CITY OF, Batavia, IL: NPDES IL0022543 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 38Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 5Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
BATAVIA WWTF, CITY OF, held by BATAVIA, CITY OF, holds NPDES permit IL0022543, which discharges to Fox River. EPA’s file records it issued January 28, 2015 and expiring January 31, 2018. 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 | BATAVIA WWTF, CITY OF |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | BATAVIA, CITY OF |
| NPDES ID | IL0022543 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Major discharger |
| Facility type | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Program | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | January 28, 2015 |
| Expiration date | January 31, 2018 |
| Address | Batavia, IL 60510 |
| Receiving water | FOX RIVER |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Town of Geneva-Fox River (HUC 071200070106) |
| Program components on file | Biosolids, CSO, POTW, Pretreatment |
| SIC | 4952 – Sewerage Systems |
| Other EPA IDs (FRS) | RCRA handler ILR000008078 |
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
- 38Pollutants on file
- 38Under a numeric limit
- 11With a violation of any kind
- 5With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Copper, total [as Cu] | 2 | 7 | 7 | May 31, 2026 | 75% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 13 | 20 | 5 | February 28, 2022 | 129% over the limit |
| Coliform, fecal general | 4 | 9 | 5 | June 30, 2015 | 99,999% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 8 | 10 | 1 | June 30, 2015 | 13% over the limit |
| Coliform, fecal - % samples exceeding limit | 2 | 3 | 1 | June 30, 2015 | 900% over the limit |
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 6 | 16 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 5 | 14 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 6 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Chlorine, total residual | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, dissolved | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 7 | 0 | 0 | ||
| pH | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Oil & Grease | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Cyanide, weak acid, dissociable | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Cyanide, total [as CN] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Fluoride, total [as F] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Arsenic, total [as As] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Barium, total [as Ba] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Cadmium, total [as Cd] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, hexavalent [as Cr] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, total [as Cr] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Iron, total [as Fe] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Iron, dissolved [as Fe] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Lead, total [as Pb] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Manganese, total [as Mn] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nickel, total [as Ni] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Silver, total [as Ag] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, total [as Zn] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Selenium, total [as Se] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Phenolics, total recoverable | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mercury, total [as Hg] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Temperature, water deg. fahrenheit | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Alkalinity, total [as CaCO3] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, total [as N] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Flow, total | 1 | 0 | 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
- 1Single-event violations
| Date | What EPA recorded | Agency |
|---|---|---|
| February 20, 2025 | Dry-weather SSO discharge to waters of the U.S. that may endanger health or the environment | ST6 |
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.