Irwin Creek Wastewater Treatment Plant
Charlotte, NC · Mecklenburg County · Publicly Owned Treatment Works
- Average flow
- 10.99 MGD
- Design flow
- 15 MGD
- NPDES permit
- NC0024945
- Effective
- Permit expires
- October 2028
- Population served
- 105,450
- CWNS 2022
Irwin Creek Wastewater Treatment Plant is a publicly owned wastewater treatment works in Charlotte, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina treating an average of 10.99 million gallons per day against a permitted design capacity of 15 MGD, serving about 105,450 residents. Treatment on site includes clarifiers, biogas silos. It discharges under NPDES permit NC0024945 (effective), which expires in October 2028, with 0 recorded violations in the last three years.
Treatment technology
Treatment structures identified at this facility. Exact unit counts are available in Klarifi.
Compliance snapshot (last 3 years)
- Total violations
- 0
- Effluent violations
- 0
Based on NPDES Discharge Monitoring Reports. Full violation history, parameters and discharge data available in the Klarifi platform.
Capital improvement projects in Charlotte
Charlotte's capital improvement plan lists 15 water, sewer and wastewater line items worth $2.3B starting 2026–2026. The largest budgeted items are shown here.
All water and sewer capital projects in Charlotte →
| Project | Budget | Years |
|---|---|---|
| Rehabilitate and Improve Wastewater Infrastructure | $400,526,886 | 2026–2030 |
| Rehabilitate and Improve Water Infrastructure | $335,892,147 | 2026–2030 |
| Recover Resources and Biosolids | $293,309,444 | 2026–2030 |
| Install and Expand New Water and Sewer Service | $263,931,842 | 2026–2030 |
| Construct Stowe Regional Water Resource Recovery | $241,600,128 | 2026–2028 |
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
4 verified contacts for Irwin Creek Wastewater Treatment Plant, with validated emails and direct phone numbers.
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Names, validated emails and direct phone numbers for decision-makers at Irwin Creek Wastewater Treatment Plant, plus the full compliance history and discharge data.
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Irwin Creek Wastewater Treatment Plant: 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 September 11, 2026; facility record last updated May 20, 2025.