Black River Wastewater Treatment Plant
Lorain, OH · Lorain County · Publicly Owned Treatment Works
- Average flow
- 7.69 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 7.69 million gallons per day against a permitted design capacity of 15 MGD, serving about 75,005 residents. Treatment on site includes clarifiers, biogas silos. It discharges under NPDES permit OH0026093 (effective), which expires in November 2027, with 6 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
- 6
- Effluent violations
- 6
Based on NPDES Discharge Monitoring Reports. Full violation history, parameters and discharge data available in the Klarifi platform.
Key contacts
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Names, validated emails and direct phone numbers for decision-makers at Black River Wastewater Treatment Plant, plus the full compliance history and discharge data.
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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 September 11, 2026; facility record last updated February 16, 2025.