Monroe Metro Wastewater Facility
2205 E Front St, Monroe, MI 48161 · Monroe County · Publicly Owned Treatment Works
- Average flow
- 10.37 MGD
- Design flow
- —
- NPDES permit
- MI0028401
- Administratively continued
- Permit expires
- October 2024
- Population served
- 60,134
- CWNS 2022
Monroe Metro Wastewater Facility is a publicly owned wastewater treatment works in Monroe, Monroe County, Michigan treating an average of 10.37 million gallons per day, serving about 60,134 residents. It discharges under NPDES permit MI0028401 (administratively continued), which expires in October 2024, with 3 recorded violations in the last three years. EPA has recorded 1 formal enforcement action naming the plant, the latest in July 2001.
Treatment technology
One treatment structure or unit process identified at Monroe Metro Wastewater Facility.
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Compliance snapshot (last 3 years)
- Total violations
- 3
- 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 Monroe Metro Wastewater Facility in EPA's ICIS system.
- Formal actions
- 1
- 0 since FY2020
- EPA inspections
- 1
- none on record
Latest case · Jul 2001
MONROE, MICHIGAN, CITY OF
Administrative order · CWA, Clean Water Act · Final Order No Penalty
Source: EPA ECHO, civil enforcement case 05-1997-0737.
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Every action against Monroe Metro Wastewater Facility 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 Monroe Metro Wastewater Facility, from the plant's pretreatment programme records.
- Industrial users
- 6
- 2 categorical
- Sampled for PFAS
- 1
- 2023–2024
- Above 12 ng/L PFOS
- 1
- highest 13 ng/L
The highest PFOS samples came from Pioneer Metal Finishing (Monroe), 13 ng/L; Dte Electric Company - Fermi Energy Center (Newport); Ford Motor Co. River Raisin Warehouse (Monroe). Most users are in metal finishing and plating and automotive, metal and equipment manufacturing.
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Capital improvement projects in Monroe
Monroe's capital improvement plan lists 24 water, sewer and wastewater line items worth $40M starting 2024–2025. The largest budgeted items are shown here.
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| Project | Budget | Years |
|---|---|---|
| Water System Repl & Looping | $18,600,000 | 2024–2025 |
| Ww System Improvements - Srf | $9,800,000 | 2024–2025 |
| Miscellaneous/Future Capital Projects | $5,962,200 | 2024–2027 |
| Future Planned Projects | $3,480,000 | 2025–2027 |
| San Sewer Rehab-Sunset N'Hood-Ph 2 Linin | $480,000 | 2024–2025 |
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Key contacts
1 verified contact for Monroe Metro Wastewater Facility, with validated emails and direct phone numbers.
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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 May 19, 2025.
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