Lowell WWTP
300 Bowes Road, Lowell, MI 49331 · Kent County · Publicly Owned Treatment Works
- Average flow
- 1.24 MGD
- Design flow
- —
- NPDES permit
- MI0020311
- Effective
- Permit expires
- October 2029
- Population served
- 4,090
- CWNS 2022
Lowell WWTP is a publicly owned wastewater treatment works in Lowell, Kent County, Michigan treating an average of 1.24 million gallons per day, serving about 4,090 residents. It discharges under NPDES permit MI0020311 (effective), which expires in October 2029, with 0 recorded violations in the last three years. EPA has recorded 1 formal enforcement action naming the plant, the latest in August 1990.
Treatment technology
4 treatment structures and unit processes identified at Lowell WWTP.
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Compliance snapshot (last 3 years)
- Total violations
- 0
- Effluent violations
- 0
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 Lowell WWTP in EPA's ICIS system.
- Formal actions
- 1
- 0 since FY2020
- Penalties assessed
- $13,000
- all cases
- EPA inspections
- 0
- none on record
Latest case · Aug 1990
LOWELL, CITY OF, MICHIGAN
Judicial case · CWA, Violation of Existing AO · Final Order With Penalty · Penalty $13,000
Source: EPA ECHO, civil enforcement case 05-1985-0467.
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Key contacts
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Lowell 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 March 6, 2025.
Wastewater terms: POTW · MGD · NPDES permit · Inflow and infiltration · Centrate · Ozonation · all terms