Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES IL0031356
CHRISTIAN COUNTY WRD STP, Taylorville, IL: NPDES IL0031356 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 38Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 5Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
CHRISTIAN COUNTY WRD STP, held by CHRISTIAN COUNTY WRD, holds NPDES permit IL0031356, which discharges to Panther Creek. EPA’s file records it issued January 26, 2021 and expiring January 31, 2026. 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 | CHRISTIAN COUNTY WRD STP |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | CHRISTIAN COUNTY WRD |
| NPDES ID | IL0031356 |
| 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 | January 26, 2021 |
| Expiration date | January 31, 2026 |
| Address | Taylorville, IL 62568 |
| Receiving water | PANTHER CREEK |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Panther Creek-South Fork Sangamon River (HUC 071300070501) |
| Program components on file | Biosolids, CSO, 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
- 11With 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 | 4 | 99 | 90 | December 31, 2015 | 449,900% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 17 | 20 | 16 | July 31, 2017 | 217% over the limit |
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 4 | 17 | 5 | July 31, 2023 | 60% over the limit |
| Chlorine, total residual | 5 | 22 | 2 | September 30, 2012 | 39% over the limit |
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 5 | 5 | 2 | August 31, 2010 | 53% over the limit |
| pH | 8 | 26 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total suspended | 8 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 4 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Flow | 1 | 6 | 0 | ||
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 4 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Silver, total [as Ag] | 4 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Cyanide, free [amenable to chlorination] | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Oil & Grease | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Cyanide, total [as CN] | 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 | ||
| 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 | ||
| Mercury, total [as Hg] | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Overflows | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Flow, total | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, total [as N] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| .alpha.-BHC | 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 IL0031356.
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.