Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES MA0101605
DARTMOUTH WPCF, South Dartmouth, MA: NPDES MA0101605 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 13Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 9Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
DARTMOUTH WPCF, held by DARTMOUTH W P C F, holds NPDES permit MA0101605, which discharges to Buzzard'S Bay. EPA’s file records it issued November 13, 2003 and expiring November 30, 2008. The status and dates are as EPA’s permit file stood when Velarion loaded it (September 14, 2026); EPA’s free Detailed Facility Report on ECHO carries the permit’s current standing.
Identity
| Facility as filed | DARTMOUTH WPCF |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | DARTMOUTH W P C F |
| NPDES ID | MA0101605 |
| 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 | November 13, 2003 |
| Expiration date | November 30, 2008 |
| Address | South Dartmouth, MA 02748 |
| Receiving water | BUZZARD'S BAY |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 26Pollutants on file
- 13Under a numeric limit
- 26With a violation of any kind
- 9With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| pH | 2 | 32 | 26 | January 31, 2023 | |
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 7 | 34 | 16 | October 31, 2020 | 116% over the limit |
| Coliform, fecal general | 2 | 22 | 15 | November 30, 2020 | 604% over the limit |
| Enterococci | 0 | 15 | 11 | January 31, 2022 | 255% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 7 | 25 | 7 | January 31, 2022 | 58% over the limit |
| Solids, suspended percent removal | 1 | 10 | 7 | January 31, 2022 | 80% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, percent removal | 1 | 9 | 6 | January 31, 2018 | 33% over the limit |
| LC50 Static 48Hr Acute Menidia | 1 | 4 | 1 | December 31, 2009 | 99,999% over the limit |
| NOEL Static 1Hr 20min Fert. Chronic Arbacia punctulata | 1 | 4 | 1 | December 31, 2005 | 43% over the limit |
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Selenium, sludge, total, dry weight [as Se] | 0 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Arsenic total, dry weight, sludge | 0 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Molybdenum, sludge, total, dry weight [as Mo] | 0 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, sludge, total, dry weight [as Zn] | 0 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Lead, sludge, total, dry weight [as Pb] | 0 | 7 | 0 | ||
| Nickel, sludge, total, dry weight [as Ni] | 0 | 7 | 0 | ||
| Mercury, sludge, total, dry weight [as Hg] | 0 | 7 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, sludge, total, dry weight [as Cr] | 0 | 7 | 0 | ||
| Copper, sludge, total, dry weight [as Cu] | 0 | 7 | 0 | ||
| Cadmium, sludge, total, dry weight [as Cd] | 0 | 7 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 1 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, nitrate total [as N] | 1 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N] | 1 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Copper, total recoverable | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Noel Statre 7Day Chronic Menidia | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, total [as N] | 0 | 2 | 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 MA0101605.
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 14, 2026.