Wildwood/lower Region Wtf
2701 Rt. 47 South, Rio Grande, NJ 08242 · Cape May County · Publicly Owned Treatment Works
- Average flow
- —
- Design flow
- 14.18 MGD
- NPDES permit
- NJ0053007
- Expired
- Permit expires
- May 2026
- Population served
- 4,916
- CWNS 2022
Wildwood/lower Region Wtf is a publicly owned wastewater treatment plant in Rio Grande, Cape May County, New Jersey, serving about 4,916 residents. It discharges under NPDES permit NJ0053007 (expired), which expires in May 2026, with 116 recorded violations in the last three years. EPA has recorded 1 formal enforcement action naming the plant, the latest in April 2001.
Treatment technology
Treatment structures and unit processes at Wildwood/lower Region Wtf.
Treatment structure data not yet analyzed for this facility.
Compliance snapshot (last 3 years)
- Total violations
- 116
- Effluent violations
- 4
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 Wildwood/lower Region Wtf in EPA's ICIS system.
- Formal actions
- 1
- 0 since FY2020
- EPA inspections
- 0
- none on record
Latest case · Apr 2001
CAPE MAY COUNTY UTILITIES AUTHORITY
Administrative order · CWA, Sewage Sludge Disposal · Unilateral Administrative Order Without Adjudication
Source: EPA ECHO, civil enforcement case 02-2001-3035.
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Every action against Wildwood/lower Region Wtf with dates, milestones, violation types and EPA's complete case summaries, plus inspections and informal actions.
Key contacts
Decision-makers at Wildwood/lower Region Wtf.
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Wildwood/lower Region Wtf: 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 21, 2025.
Wastewater terms: POTW · MGD · NPDES permit · Inflow and infiltration · Biosolids · Filter press · all terms