Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES IL0028053
MWRDGC STICKNEY WRP, Chicago, IL: NPDES IL0028053 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 9Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 4Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
MWRDGC STICKNEY WRP, held by METRO WATER RECLAMATION DISTRICT OF GREATER CHICAGO, holds NPDES permit IL0028053, which discharges to Chicago Sanitary And Ship Canal. EPA’s file records it issued January 22, 2002 and expiring February 28, 2007. The status and dates are as EPA’s permit file stood when Velarion loaded it (September 15, 2026); EPA’s free Detailed Facility Report on ECHO carries the permit’s current standing.
Identity
| Facility as filed | MWRDGC STICKNEY WRP |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | METRO WATER RECLAMATION DISTRICT OF GREATER CHICAGO |
| NPDES ID | IL0028053 |
| 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 22, 2002 |
| Expiration date | February 28, 2007 |
| Address | Chicago, IL 60804 |
| Receiving water | CHICAGO SANITARY AND SHIP CANAL |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | South Branch Chicago River-Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal (HUC 071200030107) |
| Other EPA IDs (FRS) | RCRA handler ILT180014490; ICIS-AIR source IL000031300AAL |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download); cross-program IDs from EPA’s FRS facility-registry crosswalk.
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 15Pollutants on file
- 9Under a numeric limit
- 13With a violation of any kind
- 4With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Solids, total suspended | 8 | 60 | 18 | March 31, 2026 | 650% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 8 | 63 | 5 | March 31, 2026 | 262% over the limit |
| pH | 2 | 10 | 4 | August 31, 2025 | |
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 4 | 33 | 2 | March 31, 2026 | 33% over the limit |
| Chlorine, total residual | 1 | 73 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 0 | 65 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 4 | 60 | 0 | ||
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 4 | 19 | 0 | ||
| Cyanide, free [amenable to chlorination] | 0 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, total [as N] | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Hardness, total [as CaCO3] | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Cadmium, total [as Cd] | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Iron, dissolved [as Fe] | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 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
- 0Single-event violations
EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES IL0028053.
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 September 15, 2026.