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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES ILL032760

IL AMERICAN WTR CO-SANTA FE, Lemont, IL: NPDES ILL032760 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

IL AMERICAN WTR CO-SANTA FE, held by Santa Fe Water Reclamation Facility, holds NPDES permit ILL032760. EPA’s file records it issued January 1, 2021 and expiring December 31, 2025.

IL AMERICAN WTR CO-SANTA FE, Lemont, Illinois: Associated permit record ILL032760, held by Santa Fe Water Reclamation Facility; Biosolids; Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued); issued January 1, 2021, term to December 31, 2025.

  • Cadmium, dry weight: 0 limits, 2 violations of any kind, 2 effluent exceedances, latest December 31, 2012, largest 269% over the limit.

Illinois holds 270 Biosolids coverages of this permit type in EPA’s file; 0 were issued before ILL032760.

Coverages issued nearest ILL032760

IL AMERICAN WTR CO-SANTA FE among its neighbors

EPA’s permit file holds 121 discharge permits in the Goose Lake-Des Plaines River subwatershed (HUC 071200040706), ILL032760 among them. Its county holds 718, 9 of them major permits; ILL032760 is a minor permit.

Other permits in the Goose Lake-Des Plaines River subwatershed (HUC 071200040706)

Identity

Facility as filedIL AMERICAN WTR CO-SANTA FE
Permittee as filedSanta Fe Water Reclamation Facility
NPDES IDILL032760
Permit statusAdministratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit typeAssociated permit record
Discharger classMinor discharger
Facility typeNot a publicly owned treatment works
ProgramBiosolids
IssuedJanuary 1, 2021
Expiration dateDecember 31, 2025
AddressLemont, IL 60439
SubwatershedGoose Lake-Des Plaines River (HUC 071200040706)

Effluent limits and exceedances

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 measureLimitsViolations, any kindEffluent exceedancesLatest exceedanceLargest exceedance, as filed
Cadmium, dry weight022December 31, 2012269% over the limit

Inspections, violations and enforcement

EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES ILL032760.

Inspections

EPA’s inspection file holds no inspection for NPDES ILL032760.

Formal enforcement and penalties

0 formal actions, 0 of them with a penalty assessed. Federal and state penalties are separate figures from separate authorities and are shown as each was filed, never added together.

Informal enforcement

EPA’s informal enforcement file holds no action for NPDES ILL032760.

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Figures from EPA’s ICIS-NPDES download, loaded October 14, 2026.

What this page shows

This public-records page covers NPDES permit ILL032760, held by Santa Fe Water Reclamation Facility for IL AMERICAN WTR CO-SANTA FE in Lemont, IL, with the permit listed as administratively continued and a discharger class of Minor. The page lists 1 pollutant on file, 0 under a numeric limit, and 1 with an effluent exceedance.