Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES IL0028550
EAST MOLINE REGIONAL WWTP, East Moline, IL: NPDES IL0028550 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 33Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 5Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
EAST MOLINE REGIONAL WWTP, held by EAST MOLINE, CITY OF, holds NPDES permit IL0028550, which discharges to Mississippi River. EPA’s file records it issued August 13, 2020 and expiring August 31, 2025. 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 | EAST MOLINE REGIONAL WWTP |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | EAST MOLINE, CITY OF |
| NPDES ID | IL0028550 |
| 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 | August 13, 2020 |
| Expiration date | August 31, 2025 |
| Address | East Moline, IL 61244 |
| Receiving water | MISSISSIPPI RIVER |
| Subwatershed | Sugar Creek-Mississippi River (HUC 070801010406) |
| Program components on file | Biosolids, POTW, Pretreatment |
| SIC | 4952 – Sewerage Systems |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download) and EPA’s NAICS/SIC and component files, the same download.
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 34Pollutants on file
- 33Under a numeric limit
- 8With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coliform, fecal general | 1 | 66 | 66 | July 31, 2024 | 99,999% over the limit |
| Chlorine, total residual | 1 | 17 | 11 | January 31, 2012 | 30% over the limit |
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 0 | 7 | 7 | August 31, 2004 | 17% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 5 | 5 | 5 | December 31, 2012 | 668% over the limit |
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 4 | 4 | 4 | December 31, 2012 | 65% over the limit |
| pH | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, total [as N] | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Oil & Grease | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Cyanide, total [as CN] | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Cyanide, free [amenable to chlorination] | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Fluoride, total [as F] | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Arsenic, total [as As] | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Barium, total [as Ba] | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Beryllium, total [as Be] | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Cadmium, total [as Cd] | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, hexavalent [as Cr] | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, total [as Cr] | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Copper, total [as Cu] | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Iron, total [as Fe] | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Iron, dissolved [as Fe] | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Lead, total [as Pb] | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Manganese, total [as Mn] | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Thallium, total [as Tl] | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nickel, total [as Ni] | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Silver, total [as Ag] | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, total [as Zn] | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Antimony, total [as Sb] | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Selenium, total [as Se] | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Phenolics, total recoverable | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mercury, total [as Hg] | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 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
- 7Single-event violations
| Date | What EPA recorded | Agency |
|---|---|---|
| March 13, 2026 | Dry-weather unanticipated prohibited bypass discharge to waters of the U.S. - endangerment | ST6 |
| June 27, 2025 | Dry-weather SSO, no discharge to waters of the U.S., that may endanger health or the environment | ST6 |
| June 5, 2025 | Dry-weather SSO, no discharge to waters of the U.S., that may endanger health or the environment | ST6 |
| May 20, 2025 | Wet-weather SSO, no discharge to waters of the U.S., that may endanger health or the environment | ST6 |
| May 19, 2025 | Dry-weather SSO discharge to waters of the U.S. that may endanger health or the environment | ST6 |
| March 18, 2025 | Dry-weather SSO, no discharge to waters of the U.S., that may endanger health or the environment | ST6 |
| March 13, 2025 | Dry-weather SSO, no 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.