Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES IL0038202
ILLINOIS AMERICAN WATER COMPANY, Crystal Lake, IL: NPDES IL0038202 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 30Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 7Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
ILLINOIS AMERICAN WATER COMPANY, held by IL AMERICAN WATER COMPANY, holds NPDES permit IL0038202, which discharges to Sleepy Hollow Creek. EPA’s file records it issued January 28, 2015 and expiring January 31, 2020. 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 | ILLINOIS AMERICAN WATER COMPANY |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | IL AMERICAN WATER COMPANY |
| NPDES ID | IL0038202 |
| 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 |
| Issued | January 28, 2015 |
| Expiration date | January 31, 2020 |
| Address | Crystal Lake, IL 60012 |
| Receiving water | SLEEPY HOLLOW CREEK |
| Subwatershed | Griswold Lake-Fox River (HUC 071200061102) |
| SIC | 6519 – Real Property Lessors |
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
- 31Pollutants on file
- 30Under a numeric limit
- 31With a violation of any kind
- 7With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Silver, total [as Ag] | 4 | 21 | 15 | July 31, 2000 | 500% over the limit |
| Copper, total [as Cu] | 6 | 22 | 14 | November 30, 2025 | 119% over the limit |
| Cadmium, total [as Cd] | 6 | 17 | 9 | January 31, 1999 | 233% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 14 | 41 | 5 | December 31, 2021 | 362% over the limit |
| Zinc, total [as Zn] | 6 | 8 | 3 | May 31, 2015 | 137% over the limit |
| Coliform, fecal general | 1 | 8 | 2 | August 31, 1997 | 863% over the limit |
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 4 | 21 | 1 | February 28, 2010 | 400% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 5 | 21 | 0 | ||
| Chlorine, total residual | 1 | 17 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 4 | 14 | 0 | ||
| pH | 2 | 14 | 0 | ||
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 5 | 9 | 0 | ||
| Nickel, total [as Ni] | 6 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Oil & Grease | 2 | 7 | 0 | ||
| Fluoride, total [as F] | 2 | 7 | 0 | ||
| Cyanide, total [as CN] | 2 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Arsenic, total [as As] | 2 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Barium, total [as Ba] | 2 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, hexavalent [as Cr] | 2 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, total [as Cr] | 2 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Iron, total [as Fe] | 2 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Iron, dissolved [as Fe] | 2 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Lead, total [as Pb] | 2 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Manganese, total [as Mn] | 2 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Cyanide, weak acid, dissociable | 2 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Selenium, total [as Se] | 2 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Phenolics, total recoverable | 2 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Mercury, total [as Hg] | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, total [as N] | 0 | 1 | 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 IL0038202.
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.