Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES MA0102695
SCITUATE W T P, Scituate, MA: NPDES MA0102695 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 15Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 19Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
SCITUATE W T P, held by SCITUATE_WWTP, holds NPDES permit MA0102695, which discharges to Tidal Ditch Flows Into Herring Rive. EPA’s file records it issued November 22, 2004 and expiring May 31, 2011. 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 | SCITUATE W T P |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | SCITUATE_WWTP |
| NPDES ID | MA0102695 |
| 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 22, 2004 |
| Expiration date | May 31, 2011 |
| Address | Scituate, MA 02066 |
| Receiving water | TIDAL DITCH FLOWS INTO HERRING RIVE |
| Subwatershed | Bound Brook-Frontal The Gulf (HUC 010900020103) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 20Pollutants on file
- 15Under a numeric limit
- 20With a violation of any kind
- 19With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Solids, total suspended | 6 | 101 | 100 | September 30, 2018 | 447% over the limit |
| Chlorine, total residual | 0 | 81 | 81 | July 31, 2000 | 3,746% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, total [as N] | 3 | 67 | 65 | February 28, 2023 | 348% over the limit |
| Copper, total recoverable | 0 | 54 | 54 | December 31, 2004 | 349% over the limit |
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 2 | 50 | 49 | June 30, 2005 | 98% over the limit |
| Coliform, fecal general | 2 | 49 | 49 | September 30, 2022 | 99,999% over the limit |
| Copper, total [as Cu] | 4 | 47 | 47 | February 28, 2023 | 424,900% over the limit |
| pH | 2 | 32 | 32 | July 31, 2021 | |
| Coliform, fecal MF, MFC broth, 44.5 C | 0 | 19 | 19 | July 31, 2000 | 99,999% over the limit |
| Solids, suspended percent removal | 1 | 18 | 18 | March 31, 1999 | 189% over the limit |
| CBOD5+NH3-N | 6 | 17 | 16 | October 31, 2000 | 227% over the limit |
| NOEL Static 1Hr 20min Fert. Chronic Arbacia punctulata | 1 | 14 | 13 | October 31, 2022 | 94% over the limit |
| Noel Statre 7Day Chronic Menidia | 1 | 7 | 6 | January 31, 2015 | 88% over the limit |
| Nickel, total [as Ni] | 2 | 4 | 4 | August 31, 2015 | 250% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, percent removal | 1 | 4 | 4 | February 28, 1999 | 81% over the limit |
| Enterococci | 0 | 4 | 4 | September 30, 2022 | 57% over the limit |
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 4 | 2 | April 30, 2022 | 0% over the limit |
| LC50 Static 48Hr Acute Americamysis bahia (formerly Mysidopsis bahia) | 0 | 3 | 2 | June 30, 2000 | 19% over the limit |
| Zinc, total [as Zn] | 2 | 2 | 2 | January 31, 2010 | 40% over the limit |
| LC50 Static 48Hr Acute Menidia | 1 | 1 | 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 MA0102695.
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.