Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES IL0037036
AQUA AMERICA - ELLWOOD GREENS STP, Genoa, IL: NPDES IL0037036 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 9Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 4Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
AQUA AMERICA - ELLWOOD GREENS STP, held by AQUA AMERICA - ELLWOOD GREENS UTILITY CORP, holds NPDES permit IL0037036, which discharges to South Branch Kishwaukee River. EPA’s file records it issued August 23, 2017 and expiring August 31, 2022. 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 | AQUA AMERICA - ELLWOOD GREENS STP |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | AQUA AMERICA - ELLWOOD GREENS UTILITY CORP |
| NPDES ID | IL0037036 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Minor discharger |
| Facility type | Not a publicly owned treatment works |
| Program | Biosolids |
| Issued | August 23, 2017 |
| Expiration date | August 31, 2022 |
| Address | Genoa, IL 60135 |
| Receiving water | SOUTH BRANCH KISHWAUKEE RIVER |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Town of Five Points-South Branch Kishwaukee River (HUC 070900060605) |
| 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
- 9Pollutants on file
- 9Under a numeric limit
- 7With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 4 | 312 | 90 | March 31, 2010 | 512% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 5 | 394 | 71 | March 31, 2012 | 1,559% over the limit |
| Coliform, fecal general | 1 | 68 | 34 | May 31, 2026 | 99,999% over the limit |
| pH | 2 | 154 | 1 | August 31, 2000 | |
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 4 | 314 | 0 | ||
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 1 | 76 | 0 | ||
| Chlorine, total residual | 2 | 75 | 0 | ||
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 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 IL0037036.
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.