Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES ME0100820
SOUTH BERWICK SD WWTF, South Berwick, ME: NPDES ME0100820 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 22Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 3Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
SOUTH BERWICK SD WWTF, held by SOUTH BERWICK SEWER DISTRICT, holds NPDES permit ME0100820, which discharges to Salmon Falls River. EPA’s file records it issued July 1, 2002 and expiring June 30, 2007. 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 | SOUTH BERWICK SD WWTF |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | SOUTH BERWICK SEWER DISTRICT |
| NPDES ID | ME0100820 |
| 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 | July 1, 2002 |
| Expiration date | June 30, 2007 |
| Address | South Berwick, ME 03908 |
| Receiving water | Salmon Falls River |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Lower Salmon Falls River (HUC 010600030507) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 22Pollutants on file
- 22Under a numeric limit
- 17With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 69 | 9 | April 30, 2024 | 65% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 12 | 185 | 1 | June 30, 2004 | 71% over the limit |
| Chlorine, total residual | 1 | 32 | 1 | January 31, 2008 | 500% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 12 | 176 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 4 | 70 | 0 | ||
| pH | 2 | 62 | 0 | ||
| Coliform, fecal MF, MFC broth, 44.5 C | 2 | 61 | 0 | ||
| Priority Pollutants | 1 | 34 | 0 | ||
| NOEL Static Renewal 7Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 2 | 33 | 0 | ||
| NOAEL Static 48Hr Acute Ceriodaphnia dubia | 2 | 33 | 0 | ||
| Noel Statre 10Day Chronic Salvel. Salmonid | 1 | 33 | 0 | ||
| NOAEL Static 48Hr Acute Salvel. Salmonid | 1 | 33 | 0 | ||
| Noel Statre 7Day Chronic Pimephales | 2 | 32 | 0 | ||
| NOAEL Static 48Hr Acute Pimephales promelas | 2 | 32 | 0 | ||
| Solids, settleable | 1 | 31 | 0 | ||
| BOD, 5-day, percent removal | 1 | 30 | 0 | ||
| Solids, suspended percent removal | 1 | 30 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N] | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N] | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, total [as N] | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Enterococci | 2 | 0 | 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 ME0100820.
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.