Kalamazoo Water Reclamation Plant
1415 N. Harrison, Kalamazoo, MI 49007 · Kalamazoo County · Publicly Owned Treatment Works
- Average flow
- 27.05 MGD
- Design flow
- —
- NPDES permit
- MI0023299
- Effective
- Permit expires
- October 2030
- Population served
- 166,409
- CWNS 2022
Kalamazoo Water Reclamation Plant is a publicly owned wastewater treatment works in Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, Michigan treating an average of 27.05 million gallons per day, serving about 166,409 residents. It discharges under NPDES permit MI0023299 (effective), which expires in October 2030, with 37 recorded violations in the last three years. EPA has recorded 2 formal enforcement actions naming the plant, the latest in October 2026.
Treatment technology
3 treatment structures and unit processes identified at Kalamazoo Water Reclamation Plant.
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Compliance snapshot (last 3 years)
- Total violations
- 37
- Effluent violations
- 2
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 Kalamazoo Water Reclamation Plant in EPA's ICIS system.
- Formal actions
- 2
- 1 since FY2020
- Compliance actions
- $24,000
- required by EPA orders
- EPA inspections
- 1
- latest Jul 2009
Latest case · Oct 2026
Kalamazoo WRP_AOC
Administrative order · CWA, NPDES Permit Violations · Final Order No Penalty · Compliance actions $24,000
Source: EPA ECHO, civil enforcement case 05-2025-0321.
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Every action against Kalamazoo Water Reclamation Plant with dates, milestones, violation types and EPA's complete case summaries, plus inspections and informal actions.
Industrial users and pretreatment
Industries that discharge process wastewater to Kalamazoo Water Reclamation Plant, from the plant's pretreatment programme records.
- Industrial users
- 35
- 9 categorical
- Sampled for PFAS
- 18
- 2023–2024
- Above 12 ng/L PFOS
- 7
- highest 400 ng/L
The highest PFOS samples came from Autumn Hills RDF (WM) (Zeeland Township), 400 ng/L; Northern Oaks RDF Landfill (WM) (Harrison), 280 ng/L; WKW Extrusion - Erbsloeh Aluminum Solutions (Portage), 185 ng/L. Most users are in metal finishing and plating and automotive, metal and equipment manufacturing.
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Capital improvement projects in Kalamazoo
Kalamazoo's capital improvement plan lists 207 water, sewer and wastewater line items worth $895M starting 2025–2029. The largest budgeted items are shown here.
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| Project | Budget | Years |
|---|---|---|
| KWRP Sustainable Residual Biosolids | $135,600,000 | 2025–2028 |
| STA 5 & 14 Consolidation | $51,304,000 | 2025–2025 |
| Richland & Ross PFAS Water Main Extension | $45,960,000 | 2025–2025 |
| STA #5 Booster Pump House Replacement | $40,000,000 | 2025–2025 |
| Richland & Ross PFAS Water Main Extension | $27,000,000 | 2025–2025 |
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
1 verified contact for Kalamazoo Water Reclamation Plant, with validated emails and direct phone numbers.
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Names, validated emails and direct phone numbers for decision-makers at Kalamazoo Water Reclamation Plant, plus the full compliance history and discharge data.
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Kalamazoo Water Reclamation 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 April 4, 2025.
Wastewater terms: POTW · MGD · NPDES permit · Inflow and infiltration · Filter press · FOG · all terms