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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES OH0024058

CITY OF BEDFORD HEIGHTS WATER RECLAMATION PLANT, Bedford Heights, OH: NPDES OH0024058 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

CITY OF BEDFORD HEIGHTS WATER RECLAMATION PLANT, held by Bedford Hts City of, holds NPDES permit OH0024058, which discharges to Ut To Hawthorn Creek. EPA’s file records it issued February 12, 2020 and expiring February 28, 2025. 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 filedCITY OF BEDFORD HEIGHTS WATER RECLAMATION PLANT
Permittee as filedBedford Hts City of
NPDES IDOH0024058
Permit statusAdministratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit typeIndividual permit
Discharger classMajor discharger
Facility typePublicly owned treatment works
ProgramPublicly owned treatment works
IssuedFebruary 12, 2020
Expiration dateFebruary 28, 2025
AddressBedford Heights, OH 44146
Receiving waterUT to Hawthorn Creek
Receiving water impaired303(D) Listed
SubwatershedTown of Twinsburg-Tinkers Creek (HUC 041100020504)

Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).

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]84121February 28, 202689% over the limit
Mercury, total low level63618October 31, 20142,088% over the limit
BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C]123416February 28, 202687% over the limit
Chlorine, total residual22015October 31, 20233,221% over the limit
pH, minimum22014July 31, 2024
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]123713July 31, 2026212% over the limit
Copper, total recoverable63313July 31, 2026107% over the limit
Solids, total suspended12268February 28, 202672% over the limit
Zinc, total recoverable4124September 30, 201049% over the limit
pH, maximum2104December 31, 2024
Toxicity [chronic], Pimephales promelas [Fathead Minnow]144June 30, 2025224% over the limit
Cyanide, free-water plus wastewaters0233June 30, 2005477% over the limit
Toxicity [chronic], Ceriodaphnia dubia122September 30, 20241,880% over the limit
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]3101September 30, 200616% over the limit
Coliform, fecal MF, MFC broth, 44.5 C071July 31, 20123% over the limit
Toxicity [acute], Pimephales promelas [Fathead Minnow]111September 30, 201841% over the limit
Temperature, water deg. centigrade6180
pH4160
Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N]6120
E. coli, MTEC-MF6120
Silver total recoverable0120
Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N]6100
Lead, total recoverable480
Cyanide, total [as CN]280
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant460
Hardness, total [as CaCO3]260
Nickel, total recoverable440
Cadmium, total recoverable440
Chromium, total recoverable440
Chromium, hexavalent dissolved [as Cr]440
Solids, total dissolved- 180 deg. C240
Overflows240
Specific conductance040
Nitrogen, ammonia in bottom deposits040
Phosphorous, total, in bottom deposits040
Arsenic, dry weight040
Cadmium, in bottom deposits [dry wgt]040
Copper in bottom deposits [dry wgt]040
Lead, total dry weight [as Pb]040
Nickel, tot in bottom deposits [dry wgt]040
Zinc in bottom deposits [dry wgt]040
Selenium, dry weight040
Mercury, tot in bot deposits [dry wgt]040
Molybdenum, sludge, total, dry weight [as Mo]040
Oil and grease, hexane extr method130
Bypass valve600
Bypass of treatment600
Di[2-ethylhexyl] phthalate [DEHP]400
Cyanide, free available400
Bypass Volume400
Phosphate, ortho, dissolved [as P]200
Biosolids weight indluding admixtures200
Sludge weight, dry200
%Effect Static Renewal 48Hr Acute Ceriodaphnia dubia200
%Effect Static Renewal 96Hr Acute Pimephales promelas200
%Effect Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia200
%Effect Static Renewal 7Day Chronic Pimephales promelas200
Toxicity [acute], Ceriodaphnia dubia100

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

DateWhat EPA recordedAgency
September 30, 2022Pretreatment - Failure to submit required report (non-DMR)ST6
September 30, 2022Pretreatment - Failure to Conduct InspectionsST6

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.