23rd Avenue Wastewater Treatment Plant
2470 S 22nd Ave, Phoenix, AZ 85009 · Maricopa County · Publicly Owned Treatment Works
- Average flow
- 35.19 MGD
- Design flow
- 63 MGD
- NPDES permit
- AZ0020559
- Effective
- Permit expires
- June 2029
- Population served
- 1,604,039
- CWNS 2022
23rd Avenue Wastewater Treatment Plant is a publicly owned wastewater treatment works in Phoenix, Maricopa County, Arizona treating an average of 35.19 million gallons per day against a permitted design capacity of 63 MGD, serving about 1,604,039 residents. It discharges under NPDES permit AZ0020559 (effective), which expires in June 2029, with 2 recorded violations in the last three years. EPA has recorded 2 formal enforcement actions naming the plant, the latest in February 1992.
Treatment technology
3 treatment structures and unit processes identified at 23rd Avenue Wastewater Treatment Plant.
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Compliance snapshot (last 3 years)
- Total violations
- 2
- Effluent violations
- 2
Based on NPDES Discharge Monitoring Reports. Full violation history, parameters and discharge data available in the Klarifi platform.
EPA enforcement history
Federal civil enforcement cases, compliance inspections and informal actions recorded for 23rd Avenue Wastewater Treatment Plant in EPA's ICIS system.
- Formal actions
- 2
- 0 since FY2020
- Penalties assessed
- $450,000
- all cases
- EPA inspections
- 2
- latest Feb 2011
Latest case · Feb 1992
PHOENIX, CITY OF
Judicial case · CWA, Clean Water Act · Final Order With Penalty · Penalty $450,000 · The case also names 1 other plant, and its amounts cover all of them
Source: EPA ECHO, civil enforcement case 09-1989-0021.
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Capital improvement projects in Phoenix
Phoenix's capital improvement plan lists 275 water, sewer and wastewater line items worth $4.3B starting 2024–2029. The largest budgeted items are shown here.
All water and sewer capital projects in Phoenix →
| Project | Budget | Years |
|---|---|---|
| Cave Creek Water Reclamation Plant Rehabilitation | $293,000,000 | 2024–2028 |
| Groundwater Wells | $178,400,000 | 2024–2029 |
| Aquifer Storage | $169,261,867 | 2024–2029 |
| Small Diameter Sewer Rehabilitation | $96,975,000 | 2024–2029 |
| Deer Valley Water Treatment Plant Rehabilitation | $83,195,000 | 2025–2029 |
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Key contacts
14 verified contacts for 23rd Avenue Wastewater Treatment Plant, with validated emails and direct phone numbers.
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23rd Avenue Wastewater Treatment Plant: frequently asked questions
Sources and methodology
Flow, permit and violation figures come from the EPA's ICIS-NPDES discharge monitoring records. Population served comes from the Clean Watersheds Needs Survey 2022. Treatment structures are identified by Klarifi's review of aerial imagery, and capital improvement projects are extracted from published municipal budget documents. Violations are counted over the last three years of monitoring reports.
Data refreshed October 26, 2026; facility record last updated March 4, 2025.
Wastewater terms: POTW · MGD · NPDES permit · Inflow and infiltration · Biological nutrient removal · Tertiary treatment · all terms