Lakewood WWTP
1699 Parkdrive Metroparks, Lakewood, OH 44107 · Cuyahoga County · Publicly Owned Treatment Works
- Average flow
- 6.28 MGD
- Design flow
- 18 MGD
- NPDES permit
- OH0026018
- Administratively continued
- Permit expires
- July 2026
- Population served
- 50,848
- CWNS 2022
Lakewood WWTP is a publicly owned wastewater treatment works in Lakewood, Cuyahoga County, Ohio treating an average of 6.28 million gallons per day against a permitted design capacity of 18 MGD, serving about 50,848 residents. It discharges under NPDES permit OH0026018 (administratively continued), which expires in July 2026, with 5 recorded violations in the last three years. EPA has recorded 3 formal enforcement actions naming the plant, the latest in January 2023.
Treatment technology
3 treatment structures and unit processes identified at Lakewood WWTP.
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Compliance snapshot (last 3 years)
- Total violations
- 5
- Effluent violations
- 5
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 Lakewood WWTP in EPA's ICIS system.
- Formal actions
- 3
- 0 since FY2020
- Penalties assessed
- $100,000
- all cases
- Compliance actions
- $80M
- required by EPA orders
- EPA inspections
- 0
- none on record
Latest case · Jan 2023
City of Lakewood
Judicial case · CWA, NPDES Permit Violations · Final Order Entered · Penalty $100,000 · Compliance actions $80M
EPA's description of the case:
“CSO referral/CD lodged”
Source: EPA ECHO, civil enforcement case 05-2015-0317.
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Every action against Lakewood WWTP with dates, milestones, violation types and EPA's complete case summaries, plus inspections and informal actions.
Key contacts
2 verified contacts for Lakewood WWTP, with validated emails and direct phone numbers.
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Lakewood WWTP: 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 April 5, 2025.
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