Battle Creek WWTP
2000 W River Rd, Battle Creek, MI 49037 · Calhoun County · Publicly Owned Treatment Works
- Average flow
- 7.58 MGD
- Design flow
- —
- NPDES permit
- MI0022276
- Effective
- Permit expires
- October 2030
- Population served
- 99,093
- CWNS 2022
Battle Creek WWTP is a publicly owned wastewater treatment works in Battle Creek, Calhoun County, Michigan treating an average of 7.58 million gallons per day, serving about 99,093 residents. It discharges under NPDES permit MI0022276 (effective), which expires in October 2030, with 9 recorded violations in the last three years.
Treatment technology
2 treatment structures and unit processes identified at Battle Creek WWTP.
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Compliance snapshot (last 3 years)
- Total violations
- 9
- Effluent violations
- 1
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 Battle Creek WWTP, from the plant's pretreatment programme records.
- Industrial users
- 11
- 2 categorical
- Sampled for PFAS
- 2
- 2023–2024
- Above 12 ng/L PFOS
- 0
- highest 11 ng/L
Among them: Rock-Tenn Co (Battle Creek), 11 ng/L; Adient (Battle Creek), 1.1 ng/L; Battle Creek Veterans Affairs Medical Center (Battle Creek). Most users are in food and beverage and automotive, metal and equipment manufacturing.
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Capital improvement projects in Battle Creek
Battle Creek's capital improvement plan lists 31 water, sewer and wastewater line items worth $203M starting 2024–2029. The largest budgeted items are shown here.
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| Project | Budget | Years |
|---|---|---|
| Water Main & Trans. Line Replacement ‐ Street Program | $44,733,900 | 2025–2031 |
| Nano Filtration Addition at the RIM Plant and additional well field reserve development | $40,000,000 | 2024–2027 |
| Water Main & Trans. Line Replacement ‐ Street Program | $17,982,400 | 2024–2030 |
| Nano Filtration Addition at the RIM Plant and additional well field reserve development; $10MM bond; $15MM Loan from State;$25MM Loan from State | $15,080,000 | 2025–2031 |
| Lift Station Replacement | $9,969,000 | 2025–2029 |
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Key contacts
19 verified contacts for Battle Creek WWTP, with validated emails and direct phone numbers.
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Names, validated emails and direct phone numbers for decision-makers at Battle Creek WWTP, plus the full compliance history and discharge data.
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Battle Creek WWTP: 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 January 26, 2025.
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