Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES IL0045411
ILLINOIS AMERICAN WATER COMPANY - FERSON CREEK STP, Saint Charles, IL: NPDES IL0045411 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 10Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 8Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
ILLINOIS AMERICAN WATER COMPANY - FERSON CREEK STP, held by FERSON CREEK UTILITIES INC, holds NPDES permit IL0045411, which discharges to Ferson Creek. EPA’s file records it issued August 9, 2018 and expiring August 31, 2023. 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 - FERSON CREEK STP |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | FERSON CREEK UTILITIES INC |
| NPDES ID | IL0045411 |
| 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 9, 2018 |
| Expiration date | August 31, 2023 |
| Address | Saint Charles, IL 60175 |
| Receiving water | FERSON CREEK |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Ferson Creek (HUC 071200070103) |
| 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
- 10Pollutants on file
- 10Under a numeric limit
- 10With a violation of any kind
- 8With 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 | 81 | 45 | September 30, 2023 | 99,999% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 18 | 70 | 32 | September 30, 2023 | 767% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 5 | 66 | 24 | April 30, 2022 | 183% over the limit |
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 5 | 30 | 22 | June 30, 2021 | 90% over the limit |
| Coliform, fecal general | 1 | 27 | 19 | December 31, 2022 | 99,999% over the limit |
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 2 | 35 | 8 | August 31, 2012 | 144% over the limit |
| Chlorine, total residual | 1 | 16 | 8 | November 30, 2019 | 400% over the limit |
| pH | 2 | 19 | 1 | June 30, 2022 | |
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 4 | 32 | 0 | ||
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 1 | 11 | 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 IL0045411.
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.