Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES OH0089788
INFIRMARY CREEK WWTP, Chardon, OH: NPDES OH0089788 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 25Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 10Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
INFIRMARY CREEK WWTP, held by Geauga Co Comm Dept of Water Resources, holds NPDES permit OH0089788, which discharges to Cuyahoga River. EPA’s file records it issued January 13, 2021 and expiring January 31, 2026. 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 | INFIRMARY CREEK WWTP |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Geauga Co Comm Dept of Water Resources |
| NPDES ID | OH0089788 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Minor discharger |
| Facility type | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Program | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | January 13, 2021 |
| Expiration date | January 31, 2026 |
| Address | Chardon, OH 44024 |
| Receiving water | Cuyahoga River |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | West Branch Cuyahoga River (HUC 041100020102) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 30Pollutants on file
- 25Under a numeric limit
- 25With a violation of any kind
- 10With 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] | 20 | 53 | 45 | December 31, 2022 | 582% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 10 | 43 | 33 | January 31, 2018 | 300% over the limit |
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 10 | 32 | 28 | June 30, 2020 | 463% over the limit |
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 4 | 17 | 15 | July 31, 2015 | 73% over the limit |
| Chlorine, total residual | 0 | 7 | 7 | August 31, 2006 | 6,321% over the limit |
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 10 | 16 | 6 | July 31, 2017 | 97% over the limit |
| pH | 8 | 7 | 3 | December 31, 2011 | |
| E. coli, MTEC-MF | 8 | 7 | 3 | May 31, 2015 | 3,006% over the limit |
| Mercury, total low level | 10 | 5 | 3 | September 30, 2022 | 38% over the limit |
| Copper, total recoverable | 6 | 4 | 2 | June 30, 2025 | 15% over the limit |
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 4 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Temperature, water deg. centigrade | 8 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Overflows | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Nickel, total recoverable | 4 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, total recoverable | 4 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Cadmium, total recoverable | 4 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Lead, total recoverable | 4 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, total recoverable | 4 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, hexavalent dissolved [as Cr] | 4 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Cyanide, free available | 4 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Color, spectrophoto-metric filter | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Cyanide, total [as CN] | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Odor, atmospheric [severity] | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Turbidity [severity] | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Oil and grease, hexane extr method | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N] | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N] | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total dissolved- 180 deg. C | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Hardness, total [as CaCO3] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Sludge waste from secondary clarifiers | 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
- 0Single-event violations
EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES OH0089788.
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.