Joplin Turkey Creek WWTP
3457 West Eddy Lane, Joplin, MO 64801 · Jasper County · Publicly Owned Treatment Works
- Average flow
- 9.49 MGD
- Design flow
- —
- NPDES permit
- MO0103349
- Administratively continued
- Permit expires
- September 2022
- Population served
- 53,845
- CWNS 2022
Joplin Turkey Creek WWTP is a publicly owned wastewater treatment works in Joplin, Jasper County, Missouri treating an average of 9.49 million gallons per day, serving about 53,845 residents. It discharges under NPDES permit MO0103349 (administratively continued), which expires in September 2022, with 65 recorded violations in the last three years. EPA has recorded 3 formal enforcement actions naming the plant, the latest in June 2023.
Treatment technology
9 treatment structures and unit processes identified at Joplin Turkey Creek WWTP.
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Compliance snapshot (last 3 years)
- Total violations
- 65
- Effluent violations
- 65
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 Joplin Turkey Creek WWTP in EPA's ICIS system.
- Formal actions
- 3
- 1 since FY2020
- Penalties assessed
- $3,394
- all cases
- Compliance actions
- $2,000
- required by EPA orders
- EPA inspections
- 0
- none on record
Latest case · Jun 2023
City of Joplin
Administrative order · CWA, NPDES Permit Violations · Final Order No Penalty
EPA's description of the case:
“The City of Joplin operates the Turkey Creek Wastewater Treatment Plant, which has repeatedly land-applied biosolids with zinc and/or cadmium concentrations that exceeded regulatory limits. On one…”
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Source: EPA ECHO, civil enforcement case 07-2022-0015.
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Key contacts
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Nearby wastewater treatment plants in Missouri
Carl Junction · 3 mi away
1.41 MGD
Webb City · 5 mi away
2.78 MGD
Joplin · 6 mi away
5.66 MGD
Asbury · 11 mi away
0.00072 MGD
Alba · 11 mi away
0.06 MGD
Carthage · 13 mi away
4.22 MGD
Neosho · 18 mi away
1.89 MGD
Jasper · 20 mi away
0.15 MGD
Joplin Turkey Creek 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 August 3, 2026.
Wastewater terms: POTW · MGD · NPDES permit · Inflow and infiltration · Anaerobic digester · Lift station · all terms