Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES IL0028665
FOX RIVER WRD - NORTH WRF, Elgin, IL: NPDES IL0028665 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 42Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 4Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
FOX RIVER WRD - NORTH WRF, held by FOX RIVER WATER RECLAMATION DISTRICT, holds NPDES permit IL0028665, which discharges to Fox River. EPA’s file records it issued November 21, 2014 and expiring November 30, 2017. 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 WRD - NORTH WRF |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | FOX RIVER WATER RECLAMATION DISTRICT |
| NPDES ID | IL0028665 |
| 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 | November 21, 2014 |
| Expiration date | November 30, 2017 |
| Address | Elgin, IL 60121 |
| Receiving water | FOX RIVER |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Jelkes Creek-Fox River (HUC 071200061206) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 42Pollutants on file
- 42Under a numeric limit
- 28With a violation of any kind
- 4With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coliform, fecal general | 3 | 10 | 10 | September 30, 2006 | 427% over the limit |
| Coliform, fecal - % samples exceeding limit | 1 | 2 | 2 | September 30, 2018 | 50% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 14 | 9 | 1 | November 30, 2010 | 27% over the limit |
| Copper, total [as Cu] | 2 | 2 | 1 | December 31, 2003 | 233% over the limit |
| Chlorine, total residual | 5 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Cyanide, weak acid, dissociable | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Oil & Grease | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Cyanide, total [as CN] | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Cyanide, free [amenable to chlorination] | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Fluoride, total [as F] | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Arsenic, total [as As] | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Barium, total [as Ba] | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Beryllium, total [as Be] | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Cadmium, total [as Cd] | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, hexavalent [as Cr] | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, total [as Cr] | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Iron, total [as Fe] | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Iron, dissolved [as Fe] | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Lead, total [as Pb] | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Manganese, total [as Mn] | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Thallium, total [as Tl] | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Nickel, total [as Ni] | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Silver, total [as Ag] | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, total [as Zn] | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Antimony, total [as Sb] | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Selenium, total [as Se] | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Phenolics, total recoverable | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Mercury, total [as Hg] | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total suspended | 8 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| pH | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Flow, total | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Temperature, water deg. fahrenheit | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Alkalinity, total [as CaCO3] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, total [as N] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, dissolved | 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 IL0028665.
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.