Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES IL0053457
CRYSTAL LAKE WWTP #3, Crystal Lake, IL: NPDES IL0053457 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 41Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 4Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
CRYSTAL LAKE WWTP #3, held by CRYSTAL LAKE, CITY OF, holds NPDES permit IL0053457, which discharges to Unnamed Trib Of Sleepy Hollow Creek. EPA’s file records it issued November 20, 2014 and expiring November 30, 2019. 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 | CRYSTAL LAKE WWTP #3 |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | CRYSTAL LAKE, CITY OF |
| NPDES ID | IL0053457 |
| 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 | November 20, 2014 |
| Expiration date | November 30, 2019 |
| Address | Crystal Lake, IL 60012 |
| Receiving water | UNNAMED TRIB OF SLEEPY HOLLOW CREEK |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Griswold Lake-Fox River (HUC 071200061102) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 43Pollutants on file
- 41Under a numeric limit
- 38With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dichlorobromomethane | 8 | 10 | 6 | October 31, 2015 | 835% over the limit |
| Coliform, fecal general | 2 | 5 | 5 | August 31, 2025 | 99,999% over the limit |
| Chlorine, total residual | 4 | 5 | 1 | October 31, 2011 | 50% over the limit |
| Peracetic Acid | 0 | 1 | 1 | April 30, 2024 | 175% over the limit |
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 8 | 16 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 28 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Barium, total [as Ba] | 2 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total suspended | 9 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 8 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 6 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Chloride [as Cl] | 4 | 4 | 0 | ||
| pH | 4 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Oil & Grease | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Cyanide, weak acid, dissociable | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Cyanide, total [as CN] | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Fluoride, total [as F] | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Arsenic, total [as As] | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Beryllium, total [as Be] | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Cadmium, total [as Cd] | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, hexavalent [as Cr] | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, total [as Cr] | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Copper, total [as Cu] | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Iron, total [as Fe] | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Iron, dissolved [as Fe] | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Lead, total [as Pb] | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Manganese, total [as Mn] | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Thallium, total [as Tl] | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Nickel, total [as Ni] | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Silver, total [as Ag] | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, total [as Zn] | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Antimony, total [as Sb] | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Selenium, total [as Se] | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Phenolics, total recoverable | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Mercury, total [as Hg] | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 10 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, total [as N] | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, dissolved | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total dissolved | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Temperature, water deg. fahrenheit | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Alkalinity, total [as CaCO3] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 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 IL0053457.
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.