Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES WI0023353

BELGIUM WASTEWATER TREATMENT FACILITY, Belgium, WI: NPDES WI0023353 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

EffectivePermit status
MinorDischarger class
8Pollutants under a numeric limit
2Pollutants with an effluent exceedance

BELGIUM WASTEWATER TREATMENT FACILITY, held by Belgium Village, holds NPDES permit WI0023353, which discharges to Onion R. EPA’s file records it issued September 27, 2013 and expiring September 30, 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	BELGIUM WASTEWATER TREATMENT FACILITY
Permittee as filed	Belgium Village
NPDES ID	WI0023353
Permit status	Effective
Permit type	Individual permit
Discharger class	Minor discharger
Facility type	Publicly owned treatment works
Program	Publicly owned treatment works
Issued	September 27, 2013
Expiration date	September 30, 2018
Address	Belgium, WI 53004
Receiving water	ONION R
Subwatershed	City of Belgium (HUC 040301011002)
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
8Under a numeric limit
10With a violation of any kind
2With 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
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]	0	18	18	February 28, 2026	115% over the limit
Solids, total suspended	4	48	2	November 30, 1994	23% over the limit
Chloride [as Cl]	1	94	0
Copper, total recoverable	1	94	0
Coliform, fecal general	0	49	0
Phosphorus, total [as P]	2	48	0
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant	4	47	0
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C	4	46	0
pH	2	12	0
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]	1	6	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

2Single-event violations

Date	What EPA recorded	Agency
May 17, 2020	WW SSO - Discharge to Waters	ST6
October 2, 2019	WW SSO - Discharge to Waters	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.

This public-records page covers NPDES discharge permit WI0023353 for the Belgium Wastewater Treatment Facility in Belgium, WI, held by Belgium Village and discharging to the Onion R in the City of Belgium subwatershed (HUC 040301011002). The permit was issued September 27, 2013 and expires September 30, 2018, with status shown as Effective and a Minor discharger class. The page lists 10 pollutants on file, 8 under a numeric limit, 2 with an effluent exceedance, and 10 with a violation of any kind.