Traverse City WWTP
606 Hannah Avenue (Including 1717 Ahlberg Road), Traverse City, MI 49686 · Grand Traverse County · Publicly Owned Treatment Works
- Average flow
- 4.58 MGD
- Design flow
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- NPDES permit
- MI0027481
- Effective
- Permit expires
- October 2029
- Population served
- 52,235
- CWNS 2022
Traverse City WWTP is a publicly owned wastewater treatment works in Traverse City, Grand Traverse County, Michigan treating an average of 4.58 million gallons per day, serving about 52,235 residents. It discharges under NPDES permit MI0027481 (effective), which expires in October 2029, with 2 recorded violations in the last three years.
Treatment technology
2 treatment structures and unit processes identified at Traverse City WWTP.
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Compliance snapshot (last 3 years)
- Total violations
- 2
- 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 Traverse City WWTP in EPA's ICIS system.
- Formal actions
- 0
- none on record
- EPA inspections
- 1
- latest May 2025
No formal federal enforcement case is on record for this plant.
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Every action against Traverse City WWTP 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 Traverse City WWTP, from the plant's pretreatment programme records.
- Industrial users
- 15
- on record
- Sampled for PFAS
- 10
- 2023–2024
- Above 12 ng/L PFOS
- 5
- highest 290 ng/L
The highest PFOS samples came from Beacon Recycling Traverse City (Traverse City), 290 ng/L; United States Coast Guard Air Station / USCG Commingled With Flow From Upstream (SAN-MH04) & (SAN-MH05) (Traverse City), 34 ng/L; East Bay 1 Lift Station (Indian Trail LS) (Traverse City), 28 ng/L. Most users are in automotive, metal and equipment manufacturing and food and beverage.
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Capital improvement projects in Traverse City
Traverse City's capital improvement plan lists 36 water, sewer and wastewater line items worth $49M starting 2024–2029. The largest budgeted items are shown here.
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| Project | Budget | Years |
|---|---|---|
| East - West Transmission Main Upgrade | $9,630,000 | 2026–2029 |
| 2nd Membrane Replacement | $5,500,000 | 2025–2030 |
| Front St. Lift Station Upgrade | $3,680,000 | 2026–2027 |
| Aeration Basin /Aerating Equipment Upgrade | $3,000,000 | 2027–2028 |
| Electrical Gear Upgrades at WTP & Low Service | $2,865,000 | 2026–2027 |
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Key contacts
35 verified contacts for Traverse City 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 April 4, 2025.
Wastewater terms: POTW · MGD · NPDES permit · Inflow and infiltration · Biological nutrient removal · Tertiary treatment · all terms