Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES MI0042978
LAKEWOOD WASTEWATER AUTHORITY WWTP, Lake Odessa, MI: NPDES MI0042978 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 25Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 6Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
LAKEWOOD WASTEWATER AUTHORITY WWTP, held by Lakewood Wastewater Authority, holds NPDES permit MI0042978, which discharges to Little Thornapple River. EPA’s file records it issued May 31, 2019 and expiring October 1, 2023. 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 | LAKEWOOD WASTEWATER AUTHORITY WWTP |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Lakewood Wastewater Authority |
| NPDES ID | MI0042978 |
| 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 | May 31, 2019 |
| Expiration date | October 1, 2023 |
| Issuing agency | State |
| Address | Lake Odessa, MI 48849 |
| Receiving water | Little Thornapple River |
| Subwatershed | Woodland Creek-Little Thornapple River (HUC 040500070302) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 28Pollutants on file
- 25Under a numeric limit
- 12With a violation of any kind
- 6With 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 | 147 | 11 | January 31, 2016 | 186% over the limit |
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 8 | 192 | 8 | May 31, 2017 | 42% over the limit |
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 8 | 66 | 7 | March 31, 2014 | 90% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 4 | 206 | 2 | November 30, 2013 | 82% over the limit |
| Coliform, fecal general | 2 | 60 | 2 | March 31, 2014 | 2,826% over the limit |
| Mercury, total [as Hg] | 6 | 105 | 1 | April 30, 2009 | 82% over the limit |
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 56 | 0 | ||
| pH | 2 | 54 | 0 | ||
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 2 | 47 | 0 | ||
| Toxicity [acute], Ceriodaphnia dubia | 0 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Silver, total [as Ag] | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Hexachlorobenzene | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Arsenic, dry weight | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Selenium, dry weight | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Copper, dry weight | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Cadmium, dry weight | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, total Kjeldahl | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Molybdenum, sludge, total, dry weight [as Mo] | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, sludge, total, dry weight [as Zn] | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Lead, sludge, total, dry weight [as Pb] | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nickel, sludge, total, dry weight [as Ni] | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, sludge, total, dry weight [as N] | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mercury, sludge, total, dry weight [as Hg] | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Potassium, sludge, total, dry weight [as K] | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, sludge, total, dry weight [as P] | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| BOD, carb-5 day, 20 deg C, percent removal | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Solids, suspended percent removal | 2 | 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
- 25Single-event violations
| Date | What EPA recorded | Agency |
|---|---|---|
| January 13, 2025 | Monitoring Violations - Analysis not Conducted | ST6 |
| April 13, 2023 | Monitoring Violations - Invalid/Unrepresentative Sample | ST6 |
| February 10, 2023 | WW SSO - Discharge to Waters | ST6 |
| February 10, 2023 | Wet-weather SSO discharge to waters of the U.S. that may endanger health or the environment | ST6 |
| July 15, 2022 | Monitoring Violations - Analysis not Conducted | ST6 |
| December 30, 2019 | WW SSO - Discharge to Waters | ST6 |
| December 30, 2019 | Wet-weather SSO discharge to waters of the U.S. that may endanger health or the environment | ST6 |
| August 14, 2018 | WW SSO - Discharge to Waters | ST6 |
| August 14, 2018 | Wet-weather SSO discharge to waters of the U.S. that may endanger health or the environment | ST6 |
| April 18, 2018 | Monitoring Violations - Invalid/Unrepresentative Sample | ST6 |
| April 18, 2018 | Monitoring Violations - Improper Analysis or Lab Error | ST6 |
| March 15, 2018 | WW SSO - Discharge to Waters | ST6 |
| March 15, 2018 | Wet-weather SSO discharge to waters of the U.S. that may endanger health or the environment | ST6 |
| February 21, 2018 | WW SSO - Discharge to Waters | ST6 |
| February 21, 2018 | Wet-weather SSO discharge to waters of the U.S. that may endanger health or the environment | ST6 |
| February 20, 2018 | WW SSO - Discharge to Waters | ST6 |
| February 20, 2018 | Wet-weather SSO discharge to waters of the U.S. that may endanger health or the environment | ST6 |
| October 14, 2017 | WW SSO - Discharge to Waters | ST6 |
| October 14, 2017 | Wet-weather SSO discharge to waters of the U.S. that may endanger health or the environment | ST6 |
| September 19, 2017 | WW SSO - Discharge to Waters | ST6 |
| September 19, 2017 | Wet-weather SSO discharge to waters of the U.S. that may endanger health or the environment | ST6 |
| August 24, 2017 | WW SSO - Discharge to Waters | ST6 |
| August 24, 2017 | Wet-weather SSO discharge to waters of the U.S. that may endanger health or the environment | ST6 |
| April 6, 2017 | WW SSO - Discharge to Waters | ST6 |
| April 6, 2017 | Wet-weather SSO discharge to waters of the U.S. that may endanger health or the environment | 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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