Topeka Oakland Wastewater Plant
1115 Northeast Poplar Street, Topeka, KS 66616 · Shawnee County · Publicly Owned Treatment Works
- Average flow
- 11.13 MGD
- Design flow
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- NPDES permit
- KS0042722
- Effective
- Permit expires
- January 2027
- Population served
- 82,311
- CWNS 2022
Topeka Oakland Wastewater Plant is a publicly owned wastewater treatment works in Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas treating an average of 11.13 million gallons per day, serving about 82,311 residents. It discharges under NPDES permit KS0042722 (effective), which expires in January 2027, with 64 recorded violations in the last three years. EPA has recorded 1 formal enforcement action naming the plant, the latest in September 2013.
Treatment technology
3 treatment structures and unit processes identified at Topeka Oakland Wastewater Plant.
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Compliance snapshot (last 3 years)
- Total violations
- 64
- Effluent violations
- 52
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 Topeka Oakland Wastewater Plant in EPA's ICIS system.
- Formal actions
- 1
- 0 since FY2020
- Compliance actions
- $111,100
- required by EPA orders
- EPA inspections
- 0
- none on record
Latest case · Sep 2013
CITY OF TOPEKA
Administrative order · CWA, NPDES Permit Violations · Final Order No Penalty · Compliance actions $111,100
Source: EPA ECHO, civil enforcement case 07-2011-0005.
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Every action against Topeka Oakland Wastewater Plant with dates, milestones, violation types and EPA's complete case summaries, plus inspections and informal actions.
Capital improvement projects in Topeka
Topeka's capital improvement plan lists 27 water, sewer and wastewater line items worth $394M starting 2025–2030. The largest budgeted items are shown here.
All water and sewer capital projects in Topeka →
| Project | Budget | Years |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 - 2030 Water Main Replacement Program | $125,856,901 | 2025–2031 |
| 2026 - 2030 Wastewater Lining & Replacement Program | $66,807,000 | 2025–2031 |
| Sanitary Sewer Interceptor Maintenance & Rehabilitation Program | $28,296,000 | 2025–2031 |
| 2026-2030 Wastewater Pump Station Rehabilitation & Replacement | $25,174,912 | 2025–2031 |
| Disinfection Modification | $25,007,042 | 2025–2030 |
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Key contacts
27 verified contacts for Topeka Oakland Wastewater Plant, with validated emails and direct phone numbers.
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Topeka Oakland Wastewater 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 6, 2025.
Wastewater terms: POTW · MGD · NPDES permit · Inflow and infiltration · Biosolids · Filter press · all terms