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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES MI0026069

GRAND RAPIDS WRRF, Grand Rapids, MI: NPDES MI0026069 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

GRAND RAPIDS WRRF, held by City of Grand Rapids, holds NPDES permit MI0026069, which discharges to Grand River. EPA’s file records it issued September 29, 2017 and expiring October 1, 2021. 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 filedGRAND RAPIDS WRRF
Permittee as filedCity of Grand Rapids
NPDES IDMI0026069
Permit statusAdministratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit typeIndividual permit
Discharger classMajor discharger
Facility typePublicly owned treatment works
ProgramPublicly owned treatment works
IssuedSeptember 29, 2017
Expiration dateOctober 1, 2021
Issuing agencyState
AddressGrand Rapids, MI 49503
Receiving waterGrand River
Receiving water impaired303(D) Listed
SubwatershedLamberton Creek-Grand River (HUC 040500060507)
Program components on fileBiosolids, CSO, POTW, Pretreatment
NAICS221320 – Sewage Treatment Facilities
SIC4952 – Sewerage Systems
Other EPA IDs (FRS)RCRA handler MID980273668; ICIS-AIR source MI00000000000B1729

Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download) and EPA’s NAICS/SIC and component files, the same download; cross-program IDs from EPA’s FRS facility-registry crosswalk.

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
Coliform, fecal general42710October 31, 2019657% over the limit
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]8173July 31, 201951% over the limit
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]1113April 30, 2025100% over the limit
BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C]8261September 30, 20038% over the limit
Phosphorus, total [as P]6171March 31, 202310% over the limit
pH271January 31, 2003
Toxicity [acute], Ceriodaphnia dubia111July 31, 2009130% over the limit
Mercury, total [as Hg]62130
Solids, total suspended6280
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant4160
Chlorine, total residual160
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C240
Chloride [as Cl]010
Sulfate, total [as SO4]010
Solids, total300
Arsenic, dry weight300
Selenium, dry weight300
Copper, dry weight300
Cadmium, dry weight300
Nitrogen, total Kjeldahl300
Molybdenum, sludge, total, dry weight [as Mo]300
Zinc, sludge, total, dry weight [as Zn]300
Lead, sludge, total, dry weight [as Pb]300
Nickel, sludge, total, dry weight [as Ni]300
Nitrogen, sludge, total, dry weight [as N]300
Mercury, sludge, total, dry weight [as Hg]300
Potassium, sludge, total, dry weight [as K]300
Phosphorus, sludge, total, dry weight [as P]300
Toxicity, choice of species200
Static 48 Hr Chronic Pimphales Promelas200
TU Static 24 Hr Acute Pimephales promelas100

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

The newest 50 of 73.

DateWhat EPA recordedAgency
May 21, 2025Failure to enforce standards, local limits, and reporting requirements (>15% SNC SIU) (Level II)ST6
May 14, 2024Monitoring Violations - Improper Analysis or Lab ErrorST6
May 14, 2024Management Practice Violations - Improper Operation and MaintenanceST6
May 14, 2024Monitoring Violations - Invalid/Unrepresentative SampleST6
April 13, 2024Reporting Violations - Failure to NotifyST6
September 21, 2022Monitoring Violations - Invalid/Unrepresentative SampleST6
September 21, 2022Monitoring Violations - Improper Analysis or Lab ErrorST6
July 15, 2022Monitoring Violations - Analysis not ConductedST6
April 11, 2022Monitoring Violations - Analysis not ConductedST6
March 15, 2022WW SSO - Failure to report violation that may endanger public health 122.41(l)(7)ST6
March 15, 2022PR: Failure to submit noncompliance report - CSO, SSO, or Bypass [40 CFR 122.41(l)(6) & (m)(3)(ii)]ST6
August 24, 2020WW SSO - Discharge to WatersST6
August 24, 2020Wet-weather SSO discharge to waters of the U.S. that may endanger health or the environmentST6
May 18, 2020WW SSO - Discharge to WatersST6
May 18, 2020Monitoring Violations - Improper Analysis or Lab ErrorST6
May 18, 2020WW SSO - Failure to report violation that may endanger public health 122.41(l)(7)ST6
May 18, 2020Monitoring Violations - Failure to Monitor for Non-Toxicity RequirementsST6
May 18, 2020PR: Failure to submit noncompliance report - CSO, SSO, or Bypass [40 CFR 122.41(l)(6) & (m)(3)(ii)]ST6
May 18, 2020Wet-weather SSO discharge to waters of the U.S. that may endanger health or the environmentST6
April 30, 2020Effluent Violations - Narrative Effluent ViolationST6
April 14, 2020Effluent Violations - Narrative Effluent ViolationST6
July 30, 2019Reporting Violations - Failure to NotifyST6
April 9, 2019Permit Violations - Discharge Without a Valid PermitST6
April 9, 2019Monitoring Violations - Improper Analysis or Lab ErrorST6
February 25, 2019WW SSO - Failure to report violation that may endanger public health 122.41(l)(7)ST6
February 25, 2019PR: Failure to submit noncompliance report - CSO, SSO, or Bypass [40 CFR 122.41(l)(6) & (m)(3)(ii)]ST6
November 5, 2018WW SSO - Discharge to WatersST6
November 5, 2018Wet-weather SSO discharge to waters of the U.S. that may endanger health or the environmentST6
October 29, 2018WW SSO - Discharge to WatersST6
October 29, 2018Wet-weather SSO discharge to waters of the U.S. that may endanger health or the environmentST6
September 20, 2018WW SSO - Discharge to WatersST6
September 20, 2018Wet-weather SSO discharge to waters of the U.S. that may endanger health or the environmentST6
September 12, 2018Effluent Violations - Narrative Effluent ViolationST6
September 6, 2018WW SSO - Discharge to WatersST6
September 6, 2018Wet-weather SSO discharge to waters of the U.S. that may endanger health or the environmentST6
August 1, 2018WW SSO - Discharge to WatersST6
August 1, 2018Wet-weather SSO discharge to waters of the U.S. that may endanger health or the environmentST6
June 27, 2018WW SSO - Discharge to WatersST6
June 27, 2018Wet-weather SSO discharge to waters of the U.S. that may endanger health or the environmentST6
May 31, 2018Monitoring Violations - Failure to Monitor for Non-Toxicity RequirementsST6
April 20, 2018WW SSO - Discharge to WatersST6
April 20, 2018Wet-weather SSO discharge to waters of the U.S. that may endanger health or the environmentST6
April 2, 2018WW SSO - Discharge to WatersST6
April 2, 2018Wet-weather SSO discharge to waters of the U.S. that may endanger health or the environmentST6
February 2, 2018WW SSO - Discharge to WatersST6
February 2, 2018WW SSO - Failure to Maintain Records or Meet Record Keeping RequirementsST6
February 2, 2018Failure to comply with recordkeeping requirements - SSS or discharges from SSS [40 CFR 122.41(j)]ST6
February 2, 2018Wet-weather SSO discharge to waters of the U.S. that may endanger health or the environmentST6
January 16, 2018WW SSO - Discharge to WatersST6
January 16, 2018WW SSO - Failure to report violation that may endanger public health 122.41(l)(7)ST6

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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This public-records page covers the NPDES MI0026069 Clean Water Act discharge permit for the GRAND RAPIDS WRRF in Grand Rapids, MI, held by the City of Grand Rapids, which discharges to the Grand River. The page lists a status of administratively continued, a Major Discharger class, 29 pollutants under a numeric limit, and 7 pollutants with an effluent exceedance, within the Lamberton Creek-Grand River (HUC 040500060507) subwatershed.