Burlington, City Of (wwtp)
101 South St, Burlington, IA 52601 · Des Moines County · Publicly Owned Treatment Works
- Average flow
- 5.79 MGD
- Design flow
- 28.3 MGD
- NPDES permit
- IA0043079
- Effective
- Permit expires
- January 2027
- Population served
- 28,438
- CWNS 2022
Burlington, City Of (wwtp) is a publicly owned wastewater treatment works in Burlington, Des Moines County, Iowa treating an average of 5.79 million gallons per day against a permitted design capacity of 28.3 MGD, serving about 28,438 residents. It discharges under NPDES permit IA0043079 (effective), which expires in January 2027, with 4 recorded violations in the last three years.
Treatment technology
2 treatment structures and unit processes identified at Burlington, City Of (wwtp).
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Compliance snapshot (last 3 years)
- Total violations
- 4
- Effluent violations
- 4
Based on NPDES Discharge Monitoring Reports. Full violation history, parameters and discharge data available in the Klarifi platform.
Industrial users and pretreatment
Industries that discharge process wastewater to Burlington, City Of (wwtp), from the plant's pretreatment programme records.
- Industrial users
- 3
- on record
On record: Csi Limited (Burlington); Federal-Mogul Corporation (Burlington); Silgan Containers Manufacturing Corporation (Burlington). Most users are in automotive, metal and equipment manufacturing.
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Capital improvement projects in Burlington
Burlington's capital improvement plan lists 27 water, sewer and wastewater line items worth $46M starting 2026–2030. The largest budgeted items are shown here.
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| Project | Budget | Years |
|---|---|---|
| South Basin Sewer Separation | $15,925,000 | 2026–2030 |
| WWTP: Nutrient Reduction Strategy Project | $9,500,000 | 2030–2030 |
| WWTP-Second Digester | $6,000,000 | 2029–2029 |
| WWTP-Spiral Welded Steel Pipe Replacement | $4,000,000 | 2029–2030 |
| Market St. Forced Main Replacement | $3,800,000 | 2028–2028 |
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Key contacts
3 verified contacts for Burlington, City Of (wwtp), with validated emails and direct phone numbers.
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Fort Madison · 17 mi away
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New London · 18 mi away
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West Point · 19 mi away
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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 February 28, 2025.
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