Highland Water Reclamation
12916 Iberg Road, Highland, IL 62249 · Madison County · Publicly Owned Treatment Works
- Average flow
- 5.55 MGD
- Design flow
- 4 MGD
- NPDES permit
- IL0029173
- Effective
- Permit expires
- March 2031
- Population served
- 9,919
- CWNS 2022
Highland Water Reclamation is a publicly owned wastewater treatment works in Highland, Madison County, Illinois treating an average of 5.55 million gallons per day against a permitted design capacity of 4 MGD, serving about 9,919 residents. It discharges under NPDES permit IL0029173 (effective), which expires in March 2031, with 28 recorded violations in the last three years. EPA has recorded 2 formal enforcement actions naming the plant, the latest in February 2023.
Treatment technology
3 treatment structures and unit processes identified at Highland Water Reclamation.
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Compliance snapshot (last 3 years)
- Total violations
- 28
- Effluent violations
- 3
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 Highland Water Reclamation in EPA's ICIS system.
- Formal actions
- 2
- 1 since FY2020
- Compliance actions
- $10,858
- required by EPA orders
- EPA inspections
- 0
- none on record
Latest case · Feb 2023
City of Highland AOC
Administrative order · CWA, NPDES Permit Violations · Final Order No Penalty · Compliance actions $10,858
EPA's description of the case:
“AOC sets out measures to correct the alleged violations and bring the facility into compliance with the CWA and the facility?s NPDES permit.”
Source: EPA ECHO, civil enforcement case 05-2021-0317.
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Every action against Highland Water Reclamation with dates, milestones, violation types and EPA's complete case summaries, plus inspections and informal actions.
Key contacts
3 verified contacts for Highland Water Reclamation, with validated emails and direct phone numbers.
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Highland Water Reclamation: 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 August 6, 2026.
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