Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES NY0025984
WATERTOWN (C) WPCP, Watertown, NY: NPDES NY0025984 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 26Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 11Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
WATERTOWN (C) WPCP, held by WATERTOWN (C), holds NPDES permit NY0025984, which discharges to Black R. EPA’s file records it issued August 17, 2004 and expiring March 1, 2010. 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 | WATERTOWN (C) WPCP |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | WATERTOWN (C) |
| NPDES ID | NY0025984 |
| 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 | August 17, 2004 |
| Expiration date | March 1, 2010 |
| Issuing agency | NYSDEC |
| Address | Watertown, NY 13601 |
| Receiving water | BLACK R |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Kelsey Creek-Black River (HUC 041501011404) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 29Pollutants on file
- 26Under a numeric limit
- 15With a violation of any kind
- 11With 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 | 4 | 87 | 77 | April 30, 2026 | 77% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 10 | 101 | 66 | April 30, 2026 | 594% over the limit |
| pH | 4 | 53 | 38 | August 31, 2016 | |
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 10 | 64 | 30 | April 30, 2026 | 99,999% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, percent removal | 2 | 21 | 16 | December 31, 2024 | 41% over the limit |
| Solids, suspended percent removal | 2 | 15 | 10 | March 31, 2022 | 49% over the limit |
| Chlorine, total residual | 0 | 9 | 9 | October 31, 2020 | 538% over the limit |
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 2 | 13 | 8 | September 30, 2020 | 175% over the limit |
| Solids, settleable | 4 | 19 | 6 | March 31, 2019 | 4,567% over the limit |
| Mercury, total [as Hg] | 2 | 11 | 4 | December 31, 2008 | 16% over the limit |
| Coliform, fecal general | 0 | 2 | 2 | June 30, 2017 | 505% over the limit |
| Ammonia & ammonium- total | 4 | 14 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N] | 4 | 10 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total dissolved | 0 | 7 | 0 | ||
| Temperature, water deg. centigrade | 2 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Cyanide, free [amenable to chlorination] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Cadmium, total [as Cd] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, total [as Cr] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Copper, total [as Cu] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, total [as Zn] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Aluminum, total [as Al] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Phenolics, total recoverable | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Methylene chloride | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ann. amt sludge disposed by other method | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Annual amt of sludge incinerated | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Annual sludge production, total | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Annual amount of sludge land applied | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Annual amt. sludge disposed surface unit | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Annual amt sludge disposed in landfill | 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
- 2Single-event violations
| Date | What EPA recorded | Agency |
|---|---|---|
| February 9, 2023 | Effluent Violations - Unapproved Bypass | ST6 |
| January 30, 2022 | Reporting Violations - Failure to Notify | ST6 |
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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