West Bay County Department Of Water/sewer
3933 Patterson Road, Bay City, MI 48706 · Bay County · Publicly Owned Treatment Works
- Average flow
- 5.73 MGD
- Design flow
- —
- NPDES permit
- MI0042439
- Administratively continued
- Permit expires
- October 2023
- Population served
- 41,566
- CWNS 2022
West Bay County Department Of Water/sewer is a publicly owned wastewater treatment works in Bay City, Bay County, Michigan treating an average of 5.73 million gallons per day, serving about 41,566 residents. It discharges under NPDES permit MI0042439 (administratively continued), which expires in October 2023, with 2 recorded violations in the last three years.
Treatment technology
2 treatment structures and unit processes identified at West Bay County Department Of Water/sewer.
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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 West Bay County Department Of Water/sewer in EPA's ICIS system.
- Formal actions
- 0
- none on record
- EPA inspections
- 1
- latest Jul 2014
No formal federal enforcement case is on record for this plant.
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Every action against West Bay County Department Of Water/sewer 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 West Bay County Department Of Water/sewer, from the plant's pretreatment programme records.
- Industrial users
- 5
- on record
Among them: Bay Area Water Treatment Plant (Bay City); Bay View Food Products Inc (Pinconning); Dow International Terminals Inc (Bay). Most users are in chemicals, plastics and petroleum and food and beverage.
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Capital improvement projects in Bay City
Bay City's capital improvement plan lists 22 water, sewer and wastewater line items worth $24M starting 2024–2029. The largest budgeted items are shown here.
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| Project | Budget | Years |
|---|---|---|
| New Preliminary Grit Removal System | $6,000,000 | 2029–2030 |
| Rehabilitation Project Construction | $4,500,000 | 2024–2030 |
| Flushing System Rehab at the RTBs | $3,450,000 | 2027–2029 |
| Biological Process Replacement Project | $2,391,474 | 2025–2026 |
| Trickling Filters | $1,762,227 | 2024–2025 |
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
9 verified contacts for West Bay County Department Of Water/sewer, with validated emails and direct phone numbers.
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Names, validated emails and direct phone numbers for decision-makers at West Bay County Department Of Water/sewer, plus the full compliance history and discharge data.
Nearby wastewater treatment plants in Michigan
Bay City · 1 mi away
6.86 MGD
Saginaw · 11 mi away
1.63 MGD
Saginaw · 11 mi away
34.99 MGD
Freeland · 14 mi away
1.45 MGD
Reese · 14 mi away
1.16 MGD
Pinconning · 16 mi away
0.22 MGD
Saginaw · 17 mi away
5.22 MGD
Bridgeport · 19 mi away
1.79 MGD
West Bay County Department Of Water/sewer: 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 May 19, 2025.
Wastewater terms: POTW · MGD · NPDES permit · Inflow and infiltration · Lift station · Sludge dewatering · all terms