Black River Wastewater Treatment Plant
100 Alabama Ave, Lorain, OH 44052 · Lorain County · Publicly Owned Treatment Works
- Average flow
- 12.3 MGD
- Design flow
- 15 MGD
- NPDES permit
- OH0026093
- Effective
- Permit expires
- November 2027
- Population served
- 75,005
- CWNS 2022
Black River Wastewater Treatment Plant is a publicly owned wastewater treatment works in Lorain, Lorain County, Ohio treating an average of 12.3 million gallons per day against a permitted design capacity of 15 MGD, serving about 75,005 residents. It discharges under NPDES permit OH0026093 (effective), which expires in November 2027, with 6 recorded violations in the last three years. EPA has recorded 2 formal enforcement actions naming the plant, the latest in November 2019.
Treatment technology
2 treatment structures and unit processes identified at Black River Wastewater Treatment Plant.
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Compliance snapshot (last 3 years)
- Total violations
- 6
- Effluent violations
- 6
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 Black River Wastewater Treatment Plant in EPA's ICIS system.
- Formal actions
- 2
- 1 since FY2020
- Compliance actions
- $33M
- required by EPA orders
- EPA inspections
- 0
- none on record
Latest case · Nov 2019
City of Lorain AOC
Administrative order · CWA, NPDES Permit Violations · Final Order Issued · Compliance actions $3.2M · The case also names 1 other plant, and its amounts cover all of them
EPA's description of the case:
“Final AOC to address alleged CWA NPDEs permit violations.”
Source: EPA ECHO, civil enforcement case 05-2020-0302.
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Every action against Black River Wastewater Treatment Plant with dates, milestones, violation types and EPA's complete case summaries, plus inspections and informal actions.
Key contacts
2 verified contacts for Black River Wastewater Treatment Plant, with validated emails and direct phone numbers.
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Elyria · 7 mi away
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Black River 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 October 26, 2026; facility record last updated February 16, 2025.
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