Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES IL0030121

NEWTON STP, CITY OF, Newton, IL: NPDES IL0030121 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

Administratively continuedPermit status
MinorDischarger class
10Pollutants under a numeric limit
3Pollutants with an effluent exceedance

NEWTON STP, CITY OF, held by NEWTON, CITY OF, holds NPDES permit IL0030121, which discharges to Embarras River. EPA’s file records it issued May 27, 2021 and expiring May 31, 2026. 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	NEWTON STP, CITY OF
Permittee as filed	NEWTON, CITY OF
NPDES ID	IL0030121
Permit status	Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit type	Individual permit
Discharger class	Minor discharger
Facility type	Publicly owned treatment works
Program	Publicly owned treatment works
Issued	May 27, 2021
Expiration date	May 31, 2026
Address	Newton, IL 62448
Receiving water	EMBARRAS RIVER
Receiving water impaired	303(D) Listed
Subwatershed	Turkey Creek-Embarras River (HUC 051201120811)

Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).

Effluent limits and exceedances

10Pollutants on file
10Under a numeric limit
8With a violation of any kind
3With 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
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]	18	73	58	April 30, 2026	443% over the limit
Chlorine, total residual	2	20	11	October 31, 2004	25,300% over the limit
pH	2	5	1	October 31, 2005
Solids, total suspended	6	13	0
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant	4	9	0
BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C]	4	8	0
Phosphorus, total [as P]	1	4	0
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C	2	1	0
Coliform, fecal general	2	0	0
Flow	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 IL0030121.

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.

This public-records page covers Clean Water Act discharge permit NPDES IL0030121, held by NEWTON, CITY OF for the NEWTON STP, CITY OF facility in Newton, IL, which discharges to the Embarras River. The facts list 10 pollutants on file, 10 under a numeric limit, 8 with a violation of any kind, and 3 with an effluent exceedance.