GLWA Water Resource Recovery Facility
Detroit, MI · Wayne County · Publicly Owned Treatment Works
- Average flow
- 349 MGD
- Design flow
- —
- NPDES permit
- MIL022802
- Effective
- Permit expires
- December 2030
- Population served
- 2,844,020
- CWNS 2022
GLWA Water Resource Recovery Facility is a publicly owned wastewater treatment plant in Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan treating an average of 349 million gallons per day, serving about 2,844,020 residents. Treatment on site includes clarifiers. It discharges under NPDES permit MIL022802 (effective), which expires in December 2030, with 38 recorded violations in the last three years.
Treatment technology
Treatment structures identified at this facility. Exact unit counts are available in Klarifi.
Clarifiers
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Compliance snapshot (last 3 years)
- Total violations
- 38
- Effluent violations
- 26
Based on NPDES Discharge Monitoring Reports. Full violation history, parameters and discharge data available in the Klarifi platform.
Capital improvement projects in Detroit
Detroit's capital improvement plan lists 18 water, sewer and wastewater line items worth $88M starting 2024–2024. The largest budgeted items are shown here.
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| Project | Budget | Years |
|---|---|---|
| Sewer Program Allowances | $28,000,000 | 2024–2026 |
| Watermain Program Allowances | $20,000,000 | 2024–2026 |
| Green Stormwater Infrastructure Construction Allowance | $10,000,000 | 2024–2026 |
| Watermain Replacement - Medical Ctr, Cultural Ctr, & Midtown 30,000LF | $5,000,000 | 2024–2025 |
| West Warren (Constance at Rouge Park/Tireman Sawyer PH III) | $4,990,000 | 2024–2026 |
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
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Names, validated emails and direct phone numbers for decision-makers at GLWA Water Resource Recovery Facility, plus the full compliance history and discharge data.
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GLWA Water Resource Recovery Facility: 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 September 11, 2026; facility record last updated February 26, 2025.