Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES IL0035891
FOX RIVER WRD - WEST WRF, Elgin, IL: NPDES IL0035891 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 17Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 4Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
FOX RIVER WRD - WEST WRF, held by FOX RIVER WATER RECLAMATION DISTRICT, holds NPDES permit IL0035891, which discharges to Fox River. EPA’s file records it issued September 30, 2014 and expiring October 31, 2017. 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 | FOX RIVER WRD - WEST WRF |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | FOX RIVER WATER RECLAMATION DISTRICT |
| NPDES ID | IL0035891 |
| 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 30, 2014 |
| Expiration date | October 31, 2017 |
| Address | Elgin, IL 60123 |
| Receiving water | FOX RIVER |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Poplar Creek (HUC 071200061205) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 18Pollutants on file
- 17Under a numeric limit
- 5With 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 | 2 | 15 | 15 | August 31, 2006 | 99,999% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 14 | 4 | 4 | April 30, 2020 | 49% over the limit |
| Copper, total [as Cu] | 0 | 3 | 3 | February 28, 2005 | 425% over the limit |
| Coliform, fecal - % samples exceeding limit | 1 | 2 | 2 | November 30, 2020 | 170% over the limit |
| Chlorine, total residual | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total suspended | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| pH | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Temperature, water deg. fahrenheit | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Alkalinity, total [as CaCO3] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, total [as N] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, dissolved | 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 IL0035891.
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.