Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES IL0020583
FOX RIVER GROVE WWTP, Fox River Grove, IL: NPDES IL0020583 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 36Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 3Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
FOX RIVER GROVE WWTP, held by FOX RIVER GROVE, VILLAGE OF, holds NPDES permit IL0020583, which discharges to Fox River. EPA’s file records it issued April 17, 2015 and expiring April 30, 2018. The status and dates are as EPA’s permit file stood when Velarion loaded it (September 14, 2026); EPA’s free Detailed Facility Report on ECHO carries the permit’s current standing.
Identity
| Facility as filed | FOX RIVER GROVE WWTP |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | FOX RIVER GROVE, VILLAGE OF |
| NPDES ID | IL0020583 |
| 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 | April 17, 2015 |
| Expiration date | April 30, 2018 |
| Address | Fox River Grove, IL 60021 |
| Receiving water | FOX RIVER |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Spring Creek-Fox River (HUC 071200061202) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 36Pollutants on file
- 36Under a numeric limit
- 33With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 8 | 36 | 26 | August 31, 2025 | 137% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 5 | 15 | 4 | February 28, 2023 | 51% over the limit |
| Coliform, fecal general | 1 | 5 | 2 | January 31, 2024 | 20% over the limit |
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 5 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 4 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Chlorine, total residual | 1 | 9 | 0 | ||
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 4 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Mercury, total [as Hg] | 6 | 4 | 0 | ||
| pH | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Copper, total [as Cu] | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Oil & Grease | 2 | 3 | 0 | ||
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Cyanide, weak acid, dissociable | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Cyanide, total [as CN] | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Fluoride, total [as F] | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Arsenic, total [as As] | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Barium, total [as Ba] | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Cadmium, total [as Cd] | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, hexavalent [as Cr] | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, total [as Cr] | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Iron, total [as Fe] | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Iron, dissolved [as Fe] | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Lead, total [as Pb] | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Manganese, total [as Mn] | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Nickel, total [as Ni] | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Silver, total [as Ag] | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, total [as Zn] | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Selenium, total [as Se] | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Phenolics, total recoverable | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Alkalinity, total [as CaCO3] | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N] | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N] | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, dissolved | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Temperature, water deg. fahrenheit | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, total [as N] | 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
- 0Single-event violations
EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES IL0020583.
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 14, 2026.