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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES WI0033529

BADGER METER INC, Milwaukee, WI: NPDES WI0033529 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

BADGER METER INC holds NPDES permit WI0033529, which discharges to Milwaukee R. EPA’s file records it issued February 28, 2006 and expiring March 31, 2011. 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 filedBADGER METER INC
Permittee as filedBADGER METER INC
NPDES IDWI0033529
Permit statusAdministratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit typeIndividual permit
Discharger classMinor discharger
Facility typeNot a publicly owned treatment works
IssuedFebruary 28, 2006
Expiration dateMarch 31, 2011
AddressMilwaukee, WI 53224
Receiving waterMILWAUKEE R
Receiving water impaired303(D) Listed
SubwatershedMilwaukee River (HUC 040400030606)
Other EPA IDs (FRS)RCRA handler WID006069710

Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO 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
Phosphorus, total [as P]1910
Mercury, total recoverable1910
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant400
Arsenic, total recoverable100
Nickel, total recoverable100
Zinc, total recoverable100
Lead, total recoverable100
Copper, total recoverable100
1,1-Dichloroethane100
1,1,1-Trichloroethane100

EPA’s effluent violation file records no exceedance of a numeric limit for NPDES WI0033529.

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

EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES WI0033529.

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.

What this page shows

This EPA public-records page covers NPDES permit WI0033529 held by BADGER METER INC in Milwaukee, WI, which discharges to the Milwaukee R within subwatershed HUC 040400030606. The permit is listed as administratively continued, with 10 pollutants on file, 0 pollutants under a numeric limit, and 0 pollutants with an effluent exceedance.