Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES MD0021814
ANNAPOLIS WRF, Annapolis, MD: NPDES MD0021814 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 15Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 3Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
ANNAPOLIS WRF, held by AA CO DPW-Bureau of Utility Operations and City of Annapolis PWA, holds NPDES permit MD0021814, which discharges to Lower Chesapeake Bay. EPA’s file records it issued September 14, 2015 and expiring September 30, 2020. 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 | ANNAPOLIS WRF |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | AA CO DPW-Bureau of Utility Operations and City of Annapolis PWA |
| NPDES ID | MD0021814 |
| 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 | September 14, 2015 |
| Expiration date | September 30, 2020 |
| Issuing agency | MARYLAND DEPARTMENT OF THE ENVIRONMENT |
| Address | Annapolis, MD 21401 |
| Receiving water | LOWER CHESAPEAKE BAY |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 18Pollutants on file
- 15Under a numeric limit
- 13With a violation of any kind
- 3With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 7 | 33 | 8 | December 31, 2014 | 189% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, total [as N] | 9 | 37 | 5 | December 31, 2014 | 26% over the limit |
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 2 | 1 | April 30, 2000 | 640% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 9 | 69 | 0 | ||
| Coliform, fecal general | 1 | 30 | 0 | ||
| Flow | 1 | 11 | 0 | ||
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 4 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Flow, total | 3 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N] | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Benzidine | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Toxaphene | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Polychlorinated biphenyls [PCB] pg/L | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| pH | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, organic total [as N] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Phosphate, ortho [as P] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chlorine, total residual | 1 | 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 MD0021814.
Velarion’s copy of EPA’s ICIS-NPDES files does not yet 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.