Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES MA0100641
BRIDGEWATER W W T F, Bridgewater, MA: NPDES MA0100641 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 17Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 12Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
BRIDGEWATER W W T F holds NPDES permit MA0100641, which discharges to Town River. EPA’s file records it issued December 30, 2003 and expiring March 2, 2009. The status and dates are as EPA’s permit file stood when Velarion loaded it (September 15, 2026); EPA’s free Detailed Facility Report on ECHO carries the permit’s current standing.
Identity
| Facility as filed | BRIDGEWATER W W T F |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | BRIDGEWATER W W T F |
| NPDES ID | MA0100641 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Major discharger |
| Facility type | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Program | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | December 30, 2003 |
| Expiration date | March 2, 2009 |
| Address | Bridgewater, MA 02324 |
| Receiving water | TOWN RIVER |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Town River (HUC 010900040103) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 21Pollutants on file
- 17Under a numeric limit
- 20With a violation of any kind
- 12With an effluent exceedance
An effluent exceedance is a discharge monitoring report value over the permit’s numeric limit (EPA’s violation code E90). A violation of any kind also counts a report not filed. Each row is EPA’s own count for that pollutant.
| Pollutant or measure | Limits | Violations, any kind | Effluent exceedances | Latest exceedance | Largest exceedance, as filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Copper, total recoverable | 0 | 38 | 36 | September 30, 2002 | 179% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 4 | 26 | 24 | April 30, 2017 | 293% over the limit |
| Coliform, fecal general | 3 | 8 | 8 | April 30, 2010 | 523% over the limit |
| NOEL Static Renewal 7Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 1 | 8 | 8 | February 28, 2022 | 99,999% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 8 | 14 | 6 | February 28, 2019 | 36% over the limit |
| Copper, total [as Cu] | 3 | 6 | 4 | February 28, 2018 | 74,186% over the limit |
| pH | 2 | 7 | 3 | June 30, 2005 | |
| LC50 Static 48Hr Acute Ceriodaphnia dubia | 1 | 3 | 3 | February 28, 2022 | 99,999% over the limit |
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 1 | 3 | 2 | October 31, 2018 | 12% over the limit |
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 7 | 7 | 1 | July 31, 2019 | 30% over the limit |
| E. coli, colony forming units [CFU] | 0 | 3 | 1 | September 30, 2021 | 927% over the limit |
| Solids, settleable | 3 | 1 | 1 | June 30, 2004 | 100% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 8 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N] | 8 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, total [as N] | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Chlorine, total residual | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, nitrite total [as N] | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| BOD, 5-day, percent removal | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Solids, suspended percent removal | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N] | 8 | 0 | 0 |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES limits and effluent violations files (ECHO download); up to 60 rows shown, most exceedances first.
Inspections, violations and enforcement
- 0Single-event violations
EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES MA0100641.
Velarion’s copy of EPA’s ICIS-NPDES files does not include the inspections, formal enforcement actions and informal enforcement actions files, so this page shows none of them. EPA’s free Detailed Facility Report on ECHO lists this permit’s inspections, enforcement actions and penalties.
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES violation, inspection and enforcement files (ECHO download); up to 50 rows of each shown, newest first.
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Figures from EPA’s ICIS-NPDES download, loaded September 15, 2026.