East Lansing Wastewater Treatment Plant
1700 Trowbridge Road, East Lansing, MI 48823 · Ingham County · Publicly Owned Treatment Works
- Average flow
- 11.19 MGD
- Design flow
- —
- NPDES permit
- MI0022853
- Effective
- Permit expires
- October 2027
- Population served
- 82,801
- CWNS 2022
East Lansing Wastewater Treatment Plant is a publicly owned wastewater treatment works in East Lansing, Ingham County, Michigan treating an average of 11.19 million gallons per day, serving about 82,801 residents. It discharges under NPDES permit MI0022853 (effective), which expires in October 2027, with 1 recorded violation in the last three years. EPA has recorded 1 formal enforcement action naming the plant, the latest in August 2010.
Treatment technology
3 treatment structures and unit processes identified at East Lansing Wastewater Treatment Plant.
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See the full treatment train at East Lansing Wastewater Treatment Plant: structures, unit processes and planned upgrades, with exact unit counts.
Compliance snapshot (last 3 years)
- Total violations
- 1
- Effluent violations
- 1
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 East Lansing Wastewater Treatment Plant in EPA's ICIS system.
- Formal actions
- 1
- 0 since FY2020
- EPA inspections
- 0
- none on record
Latest case · Aug 2010
East Lansing, City of
Administrative order · CWA, NPDES Permit Violations · Final Order No Penalty
EPA's description of the case:
“'Permite exceedance for April 1997 through May 2002 for DO, pH, TSS. NH3, P, CN, TRC, CBOD and Fecal.'”
Source: EPA ECHO, civil enforcement case 05-2002-2012.
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Every action against East Lansing Wastewater Treatment Plant with dates, milestones, violation types and EPA's complete case summaries, plus inspections and informal actions.
Capital improvement projects in East Lansing
East Lansing's capital improvement plan lists 20 water, sewer and wastewater line items worth $93M starting 2025–2029. The largest budgeted items are shown here.
All water and sewer capital projects in East Lansing →
| Project | Budget | Years |
|---|---|---|
| SRF - Wilmarth and Waters Edge Sewer Outfall Removal | $19,300,000 | 2025–2027 |
| SRF Rivers Waters Edge District Improvements and Milford Gunson Sewer Improvements | $10,200,000 | 2025–2025 |
| SRF Shaw Estate Sewer Separation | $7,578,000 | 2027–2028 |
| Water Tower- 500,000 Gallon (Size to be finalized with reliability study) | $7,200,000 | 2025–2025 |
| SRF Elm Valley Sewer District Improvements | $7,100,000 | 2029–2030 |
Full project details — scope, funding source, engineering consultant and the decision-makers behind each project — are available in Klarifi, along with similar wastewater capital projects in other cities.
Key contacts
8 verified contacts for East Lansing Wastewater Treatment Plant, with validated emails and direct phone numbers.
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Names, validated emails and direct phone numbers for decision-makers at East Lansing Wastewater Treatment Plant, plus the full compliance history and discharge data.
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East Lansing Wastewater Treatment 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 October 9, 2026.
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