Morton STP 3
24500 Veterans Road, Morton, IL 61550 · Tazewell County · Publicly Owned Treatment Works
- Average flow
- 0.76 MGD
- Design flow
- 2.38 MGD
- NPDES permit
- IL0030007
- Effective
- Permit expires
- March 2030
- Population served
- 6,005
- CWNS 2022
Morton STP 3 is a publicly owned wastewater treatment works in Morton, Tazewell County, Illinois treating an average of 0.76 million gallons per day against a permitted design capacity of 2.38 MGD, serving about 6,005 residents. It discharges under NPDES permit IL0030007 (effective), which expires in March 2030, with 282 recorded violations in the last three years. EPA has recorded 1 formal enforcement action naming the plant, the latest in February 2022.
Treatment technology
3 treatment structures and unit processes identified at Morton STP 3.
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Compliance snapshot (last 3 years)
- Total violations
- 282
- Effluent violations
- 0
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 Morton STP 3 in EPA's ICIS system.
- Formal actions
- 1
- 0 since FY2020
- Compliance actions
- $110,000
- required by EPA orders
- EPA inspections
- 0
- none on record
Latest case · Feb 2022
Village of Morton
Administrative order · CWA, NPDES Permit Violations · Final Order No Penalty · Compliance actions $110,000 · The case also names 1 other plant, and its amounts cover all of them
EPA's description of the case:
“Violated condition of permit”
Source: EPA ECHO, civil enforcement case 05-2013-0308.
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Every action against Morton STP 3 with dates, milestones, violation types and EPA's complete case summaries, plus inspections and informal actions.
Key contacts
11 verified contacts for Morton STP 3, with validated emails and direct phone numbers.
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Nearby wastewater treatment plants in Illinois
Washington · 3 mi away
1.88 MGD
East Peoria · 4 mi away
0.5 MGD
East Peoria · 5 mi away
3.53 MGD
Peoria · 6 mi away
19.22 MGD
Morton · 7 mi away
2.7 MGD
Metamora · 7 mi away
0.11 MGD
Deer Creek · 9 mi away
0.14 MGD
Tremont · 10 mi away
0.35 MGD
Morton STP 3: 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 May 17, 2025.
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