Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES IL0028967

GLENDALE HEIGHTS - WWTP, Glendale Heights, IL: NPDES IL0028967 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

Name: GLENDALE HEIGHTS - WWTP, NPDES IL0028967: Clean Water Act discharge permit record
Creator: Velarion Records
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Administratively continuedPermit status
MajorDischarger class
38Pollutants under a numeric limit
5Pollutants with an effluent exceedance

GLENDALE HEIGHTS - WWTP, held by GLENDALE HEIGHTS, VILLAGE OF, holds NPDES permit IL0028967, which discharges to Armitage Ditch. EPA’s file records it issued September 24, 2015 and expiring September 30, 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	GLENDALE HEIGHTS - WWTP
Permittee as filed	GLENDALE HEIGHTS, VILLAGE OF
NPDES ID	IL0028967
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	September 24, 2015
Expiration date	September 30, 2020
Address	Glendale Heights, IL 60139
Receiving water	ARMITAGE DITCH
Receiving water impaired	303(D) Listed
Subwatershed	Headwaters East Branch Du Page River (HUC 071200040803)
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

38Pollutants on file
38Under a numeric limit
10With 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	2	9	4	May 31, 2019	99,999% over the limit
Solids, total suspended	8	25	3	February 28, 2021	63% over the limit
Chlorine, total residual	3	11	2	May 31, 2004	580% over the limit
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]	17	25	1	August 31, 2025	229% over the limit
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C	4	7	1	February 28, 2001	57% over the limit
BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C]	4	16	0
pH	4	14	0
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant	4	12	0
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]	7	2	0
Flow, total	2	2	0
Phosphorus, total [as P]	5	0	0
Oil & Grease	2	0	0
Nitrogen, total [as N]	2	0	0
Cyanide, total [as CN]	2	0	0
Cyanide, free [amenable to chlorination]	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
Copper, total [as Cu]	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
Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N]	1	0	0
Phosphorus, dissolved	1	0	0
Chloride [as Cl]	1	0	0
Nitrogen, Kjeldahl 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

12Single-event violations

Date	What EPA recorded	Agency
August 1, 2026	Wet-weather SSO, no discharge to waters of the U.S., not permit compliant, no endangerment	ST6
August 1, 2026	Wet-weather SSO, no discharge to waters of the U.S., not permit compliant, no endangerment	ST6
August 1, 2026	Wet-weather SSO, no discharge to waters of the U.S., not permit compliant, no endangerment	ST6
May 9, 2026	Dry-weather SSO, no discharge to waters of the U.S., not permit compliant, no endangerment	ST6
February 19, 2026	Dry-weather SSO, no discharge to waters of the U.S., not permit compliant, no endangerment	ST6
February 10, 2026	Dry-weather SSO, no discharge to waters of the U.S., not permit compliant, no endangerment	ST6
October 17, 2025	Dry-weather SSO, no discharge to waters of the U.S., not permit compliant, no endangerment	ST6
April 6, 2025	Dry-weather SSO, no discharge to waters of the U.S., not permit compliant, no endangerment	ST6
March 12, 2025	Dry-weather SSO, no discharge to waters of the U.S., not permit compliant, no endangerment	ST6
March 8, 2025	Dry-weather SSO, no discharge to waters of the U.S., not permit compliant, no endangerment	ST6
January 18, 2025	Dry-weather SSO, no discharge to waters of the U.S., that may endanger health or the environment	ST6
January 16, 2025	Dry-weather SSO, no discharge to waters of the U.S., that may endanger health or the environment	ST6

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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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The page is a Velarion Records public-records entry for NPDES permit IL0028967, held by GLENDALE HEIGHTS, VILLAGE OF for the GLENDALE HEIGHTS - WWTP in Glendale Heights, IL, and it lists the permit as administratively continued, with 38 as its discharger class and 5 pollutants under a numeric limit, of which 5 had an effluent exceedance. The permit's file dates are issued September 24, 2015 and expiring September 30, 2020, with the program components on file being Biosolids, POTW, and Pretreatment.