Lima WWTP
1200 Fort Amanda Road, Lima, OH 45804 · Allen County · Publicly Owned Treatment Works
- Average flow
- 14.49 MGD
- Design flow
- 18.5 MGD
- NPDES permit
- OH0026069
- Effective
- Permit expires
- June 2028
- Population served
- 37,907
- CWNS 2022
Lima WWTP is a publicly owned wastewater treatment works in Lima, Allen County, Ohio treating an average of 14.49 million gallons per day against a permitted design capacity of 18.5 MGD, serving about 37,907 residents. It discharges under NPDES permit OH0026069 (effective), which expires in June 2028, with 35 recorded violations in the last three years. EPA has recorded 2 formal enforcement actions naming the plant, the latest in April 2023.
Treatment technology
3 treatment structures and unit processes identified at Lima WWTP.
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Compliance snapshot (last 3 years)
- Total violations
- 35
- Effluent violations
- 29
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 Lima WWTP in EPA's ICIS system.
- Formal actions
- 2
- 0 since FY2020
- Penalties assessed
- $49,000
- all cases
- Compliance actions
- $147M
- required by EPA orders
- EPA inspections
- 0
- none on record
Latest case · Apr 2023
CITY OF LIMA WWTP
Judicial case · CWA, NPDES Permit Violations · Final Order Entered · Penalty $49,000 · Compliance actions $147M
Source: EPA ECHO, civil enforcement case 05-2004-0636.
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Every action against Lima WWTP with dates, milestones, violation types and EPA's complete case summaries, plus inspections and informal actions.
Key contacts
3 verified contacts for Lima WWTP, with validated emails and direct phone numbers.
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Lima 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 October 8, 2026.
Wastewater terms: POTW · MGD · NPDES permit · Inflow and infiltration · Biological nutrient removal · Tertiary treatment · all terms