Tawas Utility Authority WWTP
810 W. Franklin Street, East Tawas, MI 48730 · Iosco County · Publicly Owned Treatment Works
- Average flow
- 0.85 MGD
- Design flow
- —
- NPDES permit
- MI0021091
- Effective
- Permit expires
- October 2029
- Population served
- 2,813
- CWNS 2022
Tawas Utility Authority WWTP is a publicly owned wastewater treatment works in East Tawas, Iosco County, Michigan treating an average of 0.85 million gallons per day, serving about 2,813 residents. It discharges under NPDES permit MI0021091 (effective), which expires in October 2029, with 11 recorded violations in the last three years.
Treatment technology
2 treatment structures and unit processes identified at Tawas Utility Authority WWTP.
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Compliance snapshot (last 3 years)
- Total violations
- 11
- Effluent violations
- 1
Based on NPDES Discharge Monitoring Reports. Full violation history, parameters and discharge data available in the Klarifi platform.
Industrial users and pretreatment
Industries that discharge process wastewater to Tawas Utility Authority WWTP, from the plant's pretreatment programme records.
- Industrial users
- 1
- on record
- Sampled for PFAS
- 1
- 2023–2024
- Above 12 ng/L PFOS
- 1
- highest 451 ng/L
The highest PFOS samples came from Minth (East Tawas), 451 ng/L. Most users are in automotive, metal and equipment manufacturing.
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Key contacts
5 verified contacts for Tawas Utility Authority WWTP, 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 March 6, 2025.
Wastewater terms: POTW · MGD · NPDES permit · Inflow and infiltration · Tertiary treatment · Significant industrial user · all terms