Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES MN0022080
GRAND RAPIDS WWTP, Grand Rapids, MN: NPDES MN0022080 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 21Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 3Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
GRAND RAPIDS WWTP, held by Grand Rapids WWTP, holds NPDES permit MN0022080, which discharges to Miss R. EPA’s file records it issued July 1, 2013 and expiring May 31, 2018. 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 | GRAND RAPIDS WWTP |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Grand Rapids WWTP |
| NPDES ID | MN0022080 |
| 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 | July 1, 2013 |
| Expiration date | May 31, 2018 |
| Address | Grand Rapids, MN 55744 |
| Receiving water | MISS R |
| Subwatershed | City of Grand Rapids-Mississippi River (HUC 070101030301) |
| Program components on file | POTW, Pretreatment |
| SIC | 4952 – Sewerage Systems |
| Other EPA IDs (FRS) | RCRA handler MNS000145391 |
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
- 21Pollutants on file
- 21Under a numeric limit
- 8With a violation of any kind
- 3With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Solids, total suspended | 9 | 8 | 7 | July 31, 2026 | 1,247% over the limit |
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 8 | 2 | 2 | January 31, 2026 | 16% over the limit |
| Zinc, total [as Zn] | 2 | 2 | 2 | May 31, 2011 | 30% over the limit |
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 6 | 32 | 0 | ||
| pH | 6 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 3 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Coliform, fecal MPN + membrane ftl 44.5 C | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total dissolved | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Precipitation, total defined period/in | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Temperature, water deg. fahrenheit | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Specific conductance | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chloride [as Cl] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chlorine, total residual | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mercury, dissolved [as Hg] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mercury, total [as Hg] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| BOD, carb-5 day, 20 deg C, percent removal | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Solids, suspended percent removal | 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
- 3Single-event violations
| Date | What EPA recorded | Agency |
|---|---|---|
| February 9, 2023 | Effluent Violations - Unapproved Bypass | ST6 |
| April 17, 2019 | Effluent Violations - Unauthorized Discharge | ST6 |
| March 14, 2019 | Effluent Violations - Unauthorized Discharge | 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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Figures from EPA’s ICIS-NPDES download, loaded October 14, 2026.