Mcfarland Creek WWTP
17630 Chagrin River Rd, Bainbridge, OH 44023 · Geauga County · Publicly Owned Treatment Works
- Average flow
- 1.42 MGD
- Design flow
- 1.8 MGD
- NPDES permit
- OH0043494
- Effective
- Permit expires
- July 2027
- Population served
- 4,843
- CWNS 2022
Mcfarland Creek WWTP is a publicly owned wastewater treatment works in Bainbridge, Geauga County, Ohio treating an average of 1.42 million gallons per day against a permitted design capacity of 1.8 MGD, serving about 4,843 residents. It discharges under NPDES permit OH0043494 (effective), which expires in July 2027, with 361 recorded violations in the last three years. EPA has recorded 1 formal enforcement action naming the plant, the latest in October 2020.
Treatment technology
Treatment structures and unit processes at Mcfarland Creek WWTP.
Treatment structure data not yet analyzed for this facility.
Compliance snapshot (last 3 years)
- Total violations
- 361
- Effluent violations
- 357
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 Mcfarland Creek WWTP in EPA's ICIS system.
- Formal actions
- 1
- 1 since FY2020
- Compliance actions
- $10M
- required by EPA orders
- EPA inspections
- 0
- none on record
Latest case · Oct 2020
McFarland Creek WWTP AOC
Administrative order · CWA, NPDES Permit Violations · Final Order Issued · Compliance actions $10M
EPA's description of the case:
“AOC for compliance with CWA.”
Source: EPA ECHO, civil enforcement case 05-2021-0301.
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Every action against Mcfarland Creek WWTP with dates, milestones, violation types and EPA's complete case summaries, plus inspections and informal actions.
Key contacts
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Aurora · 5 mi away
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Twinsburg · 6 mi away
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Mcfarland Creek 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 May 23, 2025.
Wastewater terms: POTW · MGD · NPDES permit · Inflow and infiltration · Biosolids · Filter press · all terms