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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES IL0030783

ROCK ISLAND MAIN STP, CITY OF, Rock Island, IL: NPDES IL0030783 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

ROCK ISLAND MAIN STP, CITY OF, held by ROCK ISLAND, CITY OF, holds NPDES permit IL0030783, which discharges to Mississippi, Sylvan Sl, Blckhwk Ck. EPA’s file records it issued December 1, 2010 and expiring November 30, 2015. 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 filedROCK ISLAND MAIN STP, CITY OF
Permittee as filedROCK ISLAND, CITY OF
NPDES IDIL0030783
Permit statusAdministratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit typeIndividual permit
Discharger classMajor discharger
Facility typePublicly owned treatment works
ProgramPublicly owned treatment works
IssuedDecember 1, 2010
Expiration dateNovember 30, 2015
AddressRock Island, IL 61201
Receiving waterMISSISSIPPI, SYLVAN SL, BLCKHWK CK
Receiving water impaired303(D) Listed
SubwatershedSugar Creek-Mississippi River (HUC 070801010406)
Program components on filePOTW, Pretreatment
SIC4952 – Sewerage Systems
Other EPA IDs (FRS)ICIS-AIR source IL000161065AHC

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

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 measureLimitsViolations, any kindEffluent exceedancesLatest exceedanceLargest exceedance, as filed
Solids, total suspended93634August 31, 2019463% over the limit
Coliform, fecal general52217June 30, 202599,999% over the limit
Chlorine, total residual6147July 31, 2015100% over the limit
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C586July 31, 200287% over the limit
pH10100
Flow540
Flow, total440
Nitrogen, total [as N]110
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant400
BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C]400
Phosphorus, total [as P]100
Chlorine rate100

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

DateWhat EPA recordedAgency
August 27, 2026Dry-weather SSO, no discharge to waters of the U.S., that may endanger health or the environmentST6
August 18, 2026Dry-weather SSO, no discharge to waters of the U.S., that may endanger health or the environmentST6
August 17, 2026Wet-weather SSO, no discharge to waters of the U.S., that may endanger health or the environmentST6
June 17, 2026Wet-weather SSO, no discharge to waters of the U.S., that may endanger health or the environmentST6
May 20, 2026Dry-weather SSO, no discharge to waters of the U.S., that may endanger health or the environmentST6
April 3, 2026Wet-weather SSO, no discharge to waters of the U.S., that may endanger health or the environmentST6
March 11, 2025Dry-weather SSO discharge to waters of the U.S. that may endanger health or the environmentST6

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What this page shows

This public-records page covers NPDES permit IL0030783 held by Rock Island, City of, for the Rock Island Main STP, which discharges to the Mississippi, Sylvan Sl, and Blckhwk Ck and is listed as administratively continued. The page lists 12 pollutants under a numeric limit, 4 of which had an effluent exceedance, with the permit issued December 1, 2010 and expiring November 30, 2015.