Burwell Wastewater Treatment
Highways 91 & 11 PO Box 604, Burwell, NE 68823 · Garfield County · Publicly Owned Treatment Works
- Average flow
- 0.07 MGD
- Design flow
- 0.25 MGD
- NPDES permit
- NE0021172
- Effective
- Permit expires
- June 2027
- Population served
- 1,244
- CWNS 2022
Burwell Wastewater Treatment is a publicly owned wastewater treatment works in Burwell, Garfield County, Nebraska treating an average of 0.07 million gallons per day against a permitted design capacity of 0.25 MGD, serving about 1,244 residents. It discharges under NPDES permit NE0021172 (effective), which expires in June 2027, with 3 recorded violations in the last three years. EPA has recorded 1 formal enforcement action naming the plant, the latest in May 2012.
Treatment technology
Treatment structures and unit processes at Burwell Wastewater Treatment.
Treatment structure data not yet analyzed for this facility.
Compliance snapshot (last 3 years)
- Total violations
- 3
- Effluent violations
- 3
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 Burwell Wastewater Treatment in EPA's ICIS system.
- Formal actions
- 1
- 0 since FY2020
- Compliance actions
- $2M
- required by EPA orders
- EPA inspections
- 0
- none on record
Latest case · May 2012
CITY OF BURWELL
Administrative order · CWA, NPDES Permit Violations · Final Order No Penalty · Compliance actions $2M
Source: EPA ECHO, civil enforcement case 07-2011-0198.
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Every action against Burwell Wastewater Treatment with dates, milestones, violation types and EPA's complete case summaries, plus inspections and informal actions.
Capital improvement projects in Burwell
Burwell's capital improvement plan lists 21 water, sewer and wastewater line items worth $6M starting 2025–2029. The largest budgeted items are shown here.
All water and sewer capital projects in Burwell →
| Project | Budget | Years |
|---|---|---|
| Upgrade Sewer Mains SE Quadrant | $400,000 | 2026–2029 |
| Upgrade Sewer Mains NE Quadrant | $400,000 | 2027–2029 |
| Upgrade Sewer Mains NW Quadrant | $400,000 | 2026–2028 |
| Upgrade 4 In Mains (SE Side) to 8 Inch | $350,000 | 2029–2029 |
| Upgrade 4 In Mains (SW Side) to 8 Inch | $350,000 | 2029–2029 |
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
Decision-makers at Burwell Wastewater Treatment.
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Burwell Wastewater Treatment: 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 September 25, 2025.
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