Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES IL0030244
NSWRD-WAUKEGAN WATER RECLAMATION FACILITY, Waukegan, IL: NPDES IL0030244 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 12Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 4Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
NSWRD-WAUKEGAN WATER RECLAMATION FACILITY, held by NORTH SHORE SANITARY DISTRICT, holds NPDES permit IL0030244, which discharges to Des Plaines River; Lk Michigan(002). EPA’s file records it issued March 26, 2007 and expiring April 30, 2012. 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 | NSWRD-WAUKEGAN WATER RECLAMATION FACILITY |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | NORTH SHORE SANITARY DISTRICT |
| NPDES ID | IL0030244 |
| 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 | March 26, 2007 |
| Expiration date | April 30, 2012 |
| Address | Waukegan, IL 60085 |
| Receiving water | DES PLAINES RIVER; LK MICHIGAN(002) |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Waukegan River-Frontal Lake Michigan (HUC 040400020501) |
| Program components on file | Biosolids, POTW, Pretreatment |
| SIC | 4952 – Sewerage Systems |
| Other EPA IDs (FRS) | RCRA handler ILR000148403 |
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
- 19Pollutants on file
- 12Under 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coliform, fecal general | 4 | 13 | 11 | December 31, 2018 | 99,999% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 98 | 5 | 5 | August 31, 2019 | 333% over the limit |
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 8 | 5 | 1 | June 30, 2014 | 100% over the limit |
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 2 | 1 | 1 | January 31, 2015 | 55% over the limit |
| Temperature, water deg. fahrenheit | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Specific conductance | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Alkalinity, total [as CaCO3] | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, total [as N] | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N] | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N] | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Mercury, total [as Hg] | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Chlorine, total residual | 3 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Coliform, fecal - % samples exceeding limit | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total suspended | 10 | 0 | 0 | ||
| pH | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 2 | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| April 21, 2026 | Wet-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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