City Of Vermilion WPCF
799 West River Road, Vermilion, OH 44089 · Erie County · Publicly Owned Treatment Works
- Average flow
- 1.37 MGD
- Design flow
- 2.5 MGD
- NPDES permit
- OH0023612
- Effective
- Permit expires
- August 2027
- Population served
- 10,675
- CWNS 2022
City Of Vermilion WPCF is a publicly owned wastewater treatment works in Vermilion, Erie County, Ohio treating an average of 1.37 million gallons per day against a permitted design capacity of 2.5 MGD, serving about 10,675 residents. It discharges under NPDES permit OH0023612 (effective), which expires in August 2027, with 40 recorded violations in the last three years. EPA has recorded 2 formal enforcement actions naming the plant, the latest in December 2021.
Treatment technology
2 treatment structures and unit processes identified at City Of Vermilion WPCF.
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Compliance snapshot (last 3 years)
- Total violations
- 40
- Effluent violations
- 40
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 City Of Vermilion WPCF in EPA's ICIS system.
- Formal actions
- 2
- 1 since FY2020
- Compliance actions
- $72M
- required by EPA orders
- EPA inspections
- 0
- none on record
Latest case · Dec 2021
Vermilion WPFC AOC
Administrative order · CWA, NPDES Permit Violations · Final Order Issued · Compliance actions $72M
EPA's description of the case:
“AOC sets out measures to correct the alleged violations and bring the facility into compliance with the CWA and the facility?s NPDES permit.”
Source: EPA ECHO, civil enforcement case 05-2022-0306.
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Key contacts
2 verified contacts for City Of Vermilion WPCF, with validated emails and direct phone numbers.
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City Of Vermilion WPCF: 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 23, 2025.
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