Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES WI0045942
WI UNIVERSITY GREAT LAKES RESE, Milwaukee, WI: NPDES WI0045942 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 5Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 1Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
WI UNIVERSITY GREAT LAKES RESE, held by GREAT LAKES WATER INSTITUTE, holds NPDES permit WI0045942, which discharges to Kinnickinnic R. EPA’s file records it issued December 16, 2008 and expiring December 31, 2013. 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 | WI UNIVERSITY GREAT LAKES RESE |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | GREAT LAKES WATER INSTITUTE |
| NPDES ID | WI0045942 |
| 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 | December 16, 2008 |
| Expiration date | December 31, 2013 |
| Address | Milwaukee, WI 53204 |
| Receiving water | KINNICKINNIC R |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Milwaukee River (HUC 040400030606) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 6Pollutants on file
- 5Under a numeric limit
- 6With a violation of any kind
- 1With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 0 | 81 | 11 | August 31, 2025 | 50% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 2 | 108 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 4 | 94 | 0 | ||
| pH | 4 | 72 | 0 | ||
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 2 | 48 | 0 | ||
| Temperature, water deg. fahrenheit | 2 | 12 | 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 WI0045942.
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.