Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES ME0100757
WISCASSET WWTF, Wiscasset, ME: NPDES ME0100757 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 14Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 9Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
WISCASSET WWTF, held by WISCASSET TOWN OF, holds NPDES permit ME0100757, which discharges to Sheepscot River. EPA’s file records it issued April 1, 2015 and expiring March 31, 2020. 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 | WISCASSET WWTF |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | WISCASSET TOWN OF |
| NPDES ID | ME0100757 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Minor discharger |
| Facility type | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Program | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | April 1, 2015 |
| Expiration date | March 31, 2020 |
| Address | Wiscasset, ME 04578 |
| Receiving water | Sheepscot River |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 22Pollutants on file
- 14Under a numeric limit
- 21With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coliform, fecal MF, MFC broth, 44.5 C | 2 | 43 | 13 | August 31, 2020 | 99,999% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 12 | 176 | 10 | June 30, 2015 | 80% over the limit |
| Coliform, fecal general | 0 | 9 | 9 | September 30, 2025 | 7,706% over the limit |
| Chlorine, total residual | 2 | 60 | 6 | February 28, 2025 | 53% over the limit |
| Enterococci | 0 | 5 | 5 | April 30, 2026 | 337% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 12 | 168 | 3 | April 30, 2022 | 37% over the limit |
| Solids, suspended percent removal | 1 | 30 | 2 | April 30, 2022 | 507% over the limit |
| Solids, settleable | 1 | 28 | 2 | May 31, 2011 | 99,999% over the limit |
| Chlordane | 0 | 1 | 1 | March 31, 2023 | 44% over the limit |
| Copper, total [as Cu] | 0 | 76 | 0 | ||
| pH | 2 | 54 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 35 | 0 | ||
| Cyanide, free [amenable to chlorination] | 0 | 32 | 0 | ||
| BOD, 5-day, percent removal | 1 | 28 | 0 | ||
| NOAEL Static Renewal 48Hr Acute Americamysis bahia (formerly Mysidopsis bahia) | 2 | 12 | 0 | ||
| NOEL Static 1Hr 20min Fert. Chronic Arbacia punctulata | 2 | 11 | 0 | ||
| Analytical Chemistry | 2 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Priority Pollutants | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Noel Statre 7Day Chronic Menidia | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Noael Statre 48Hr Acute Menidia | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N] | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Mercury, total [as Hg] | 2 | 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 ME0100757.
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.