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Cleveland Utilities Wastewater Treatment Plant

1860 Old Lower River Rd NW, Charleston, TN 37310 · Bradley County · Publicly Owned Treatment Works

Average flow
8.48 MGD
Design flow
21.6 MGD
NPDES permit
TN0024121
Effective
Permit expires
April 2027
Population served
65,814
CWNS 2022

Cleveland Utilities Wastewater Treatment Plant is a publicly owned wastewater treatment works in Charleston, Bradley County, Tennessee treating an average of 8.48 million gallons per day against a permitted design capacity of 21.6 MGD, serving about 65,814 residents. It discharges under NPDES permit TN0024121 (effective), which expires in April 2027, with 44 recorded violations in the last three years. EPA has recorded 1 formal enforcement action naming the plant, the latest in April 2006.

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Compliance snapshot (last 3 years)

Total violations
44
Effluent violations
39

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 Cleveland Utilities Wastewater Treatment Plant in EPA's ICIS system.

Formal actions
1
0 since FY2020
Penalties assessed
$3,900
all cases
EPA inspections
2
latest Mar 2005

Latest case · Apr 2006

CLEVELAND UTILITIES

Administrative order · CAA, Prevention of Accidental Release/Risk Management Plans (RMPs) · Final Order With Penalty · Penalty $3,900

Source: EPA ECHO, civil enforcement case 04-2006-8016.

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Key contacts

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Cleveland Utilities 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 October 26, 2026; facility record last updated August 10, 2026.

Wastewater terms: POTW · MGD · NPDES permit · Inflow and infiltration · Biosolids · Filter press · all terms


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