Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES IL0060755
NORTH WATER TREATMENT PLANT, Decatur, IL: NPDES IL0060755 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 4Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 3Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
NORTH WATER TREATMENT PLANT, held by ARCHER DANIELS MIDLAND COMPANY, holds NPDES permit IL0060755, which discharges to Lake Decatur. EPA’s file records it issued April 30, 2019 and expiring April 30, 2024. 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 filed | NORTH WATER TREATMENT PLANT |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | ARCHER DANIELS MIDLAND COMPANY |
| NPDES ID | IL0060755 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Minor discharger |
| Facility type | Not a publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | April 30, 2019 |
| Expiration date | April 30, 2024 |
| Address | Decatur, IL 62521 |
| Receiving water | LAKE DECATUR |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | City of Decatur-Lake Decatur (HUC 071300060405) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 4Pollutants on file
- 4Under a numeric limit
- 3With 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 | 10 | 16 | 14 | April 30, 2011 | 440% over the limit |
| pH | 10 | 15 | 12 | October 31, 2025 | |
| Chlorine, total residual | 5 | 5 | 4 | June 30, 2010 | 100% over the limit |
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 10 | 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 IL0060755.
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.