Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES ME0101028
WASHBURN WWTF, Washburn, ME: NPDES ME0101028 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 24Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 9Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
WASHBURN WWTF, held by WASHBURN WATER AND SEWER DISTRICT, holds NPDES permit ME0101028, which discharges to Aroostook River. EPA’s file records it issued May 1, 2017 and expiring April 30, 2022. 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 | WASHBURN WWTF |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | WASHBURN WATER AND SEWER DISTRICT |
| NPDES ID | ME0101028 |
| 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 | May 1, 2017 |
| Expiration date | April 30, 2022 |
| Address | Washburn, ME 04786 |
| Receiving water | Aroostook River |
| Subwatershed | Pettingill Brook-Aroostook River (HUC 010100041009) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 24Pollutants on file
- 24Under a numeric limit
- 19With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Solids, total suspended | 12 | 82 | 18 | July 31, 2018 | 62% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, percent removal | 2 | 25 | 16 | April 30, 2026 | 80% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 12 | 79 | 9 | March 31, 2021 | 42% over the limit |
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 33 | 9 | December 31, 2022 | 75% over the limit |
| Copper, total [as Cu] | 2 | 14 | 6 | April 30, 2013 | 234% over the limit |
| pH | 3 | 30 | 5 | August 31, 2019 | |
| E. coli, thermotol, MF, MTEC | 3 | 15 | 1 | September 30, 2011 | 14% over the limit |
| Chlorine, total residual | 1 | 12 | 1 | May 31, 2009 | 42% over the limit |
| Solids, suspended percent removal | 2 | 10 | 1 | May 31, 2018 | 13% over the limit |
| Solids, settleable | 1 | 12 | 0 | ||
| NOAEL Static 48Hr Acute Ceriodaphnia dubia | 1 | 7 | 0 | ||
| Temperature, water deg. centigrade | 2 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Conductivity | 2 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Aluminum, total [as Al] | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Mercury, total [as Hg] | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Flow rate | 1 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, nitrate total [as N] | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Sodium, total [as Na] | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Chloride [as Cl] | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Analytical Chemistry | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Priority Pollutants | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| NOEL Static Renewal 7Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Noel Statre 10Day Chronic Salvel. Salmonid | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| NOAEL Static 48Hr Acute Salvel. Salmonid | 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 ME0101028.
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.