Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES NY0026131
NYCDEP - WARD'S ISLAND WRRF, City Of New York, NY: NPDES NY0026131 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 43Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 13Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
NYCDEP - WARD'S ISLAND WRRF, held by NYC DEPT OF ENVIR PROTECTION, holds NPDES permit NY0026131, which discharges to East R. EPA’s file records it issued October 16, 2015 and expiring October 31, 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 | NYCDEP - WARD'S ISLAND WRRF |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | NYC DEPT OF ENVIR PROTECTION |
| NPDES ID | NY0026131 |
| 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 | October 16, 2015 |
| Expiration date | October 31, 2020 |
| Issuing agency | NYSDEC |
| Address | City Of New York, NY 11430 |
| Receiving water | EAST R |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Sparkill Creek-Hudson River (HUC 020301010404) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 62Pollutants on file
- 43Under a numeric limit
- 59With a violation of any kind
- 13With 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; the 60 with the most exceedances of 62 are shown.
| Pollutant or measure | Limits | Violations, any kind | Effluent exceedances | Latest exceedance | Largest exceedance, as filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Solids, total suspended | 16 | 74 | 62 | June 30, 2025 | 192% over the limit |
| Solids, suspended percent removal | 1 | 23 | 21 | June 30, 2025 | 99,999% over the limit |
| Total agg concentration #1 | 1 | 14 | 12 | January 31, 2006 | 7% over the limit |
| Total agg concentration #3 | 2 | 12 | 12 | April 30, 2019 | 7% over the limit |
| Total agg concentration #4 | 1 | 11 | 11 | May 31, 2026 | 3% over the limit |
| Coliform, fecal general | 2 | 12 | 10 | August 31, 2020 | 90% over the limit |
| Carbonaceous oxygen demand, % removal | 1 | 9 | 6 | June 30, 2011 | 99,999% over the limit |
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 10 | 46 | 4 | June 30, 2011 | 99,999% over the limit |
| Solids, settleable | 0 | 4 | 4 | October 31, 2002 | 233% over the limit |
| Chlorine, total residual | 8 | 4 | 3 | April 30, 2026 | 8% over the limit |
| Copper, total [as Cu] | 2 | 13 | 1 | December 31, 2024 | 86% over the limit |
| Tetrachloroethylene | 2 | 7 | 1 | November 30, 2004 | 157% over the limit |
| TU Static Renewal 7-Day Chronic Americamysis bahia (formerly Mysidopsis bahia) | 1 | 2 | 1 | March 31, 2026 | 45% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, total [as N] | 5 | 42 | 0 | ||
| Phosphate, ortho, dissolved [as P] | 8 | 32 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 8 | 28 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, nitrate total [as N] | 4 | 14 | 0 | ||
| Mercury, total [as Hg] | 2 | 14 | 0 | ||
| Cyanide, total [as CN] | 2 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, nitrite total [as N] | 4 | 10 | 0 | ||
| pH | 2 | 10 | 0 | ||
| Total agg concentration #5 | 1 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Total agg concentration #6 | 1 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N] | 5 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Arsenic, dry weight | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Selenium, dry weight | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Polychlorinated biphenyls [PCBs] | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Copper, dry weight | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Cadmium, dry weight | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total, sludge, percent | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Solids, volatile % of total solids | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Molybdenum, sludge, total, dry weight [as Mo] | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, sludge, total, dry weight [as Zn] | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Lead, sludge, total, dry weight [as Pb] | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Nickel, sludge, total, dry weight [as Ni] | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Mercury, sludge, total, dry weight [as Hg] | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Potassium, sludge, total, dry weight [as K] | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, sludge, total, dry weight [as Cr] | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, sludge, total, dry weight [as P] | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, ammonia, sludge, tot dry wgt | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Chloride [as Cl] | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Arsenic, total [as As] | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Cadmium, total [as Cd] | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, total [as Cr] | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Lead, total [as Pb] | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Nickel, total [as Ni] | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Silver, total [as Ag] | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, total [as Zn] | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Chloroform | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Enterococci | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Cyanide, free [as free] | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Organics, volatile [NJAC reg. 7:23-17e] | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Flow, total | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Temperature, water deg. centigrade | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 48Hr Acute Mysidopsis Bahia | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| TU 48Hr Acute Cyprinodon variegatus | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| TU Static Renewal Chronic Cyprinodeon variegatus | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, ammonia, total [as NH3] | 6 | 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
- 8Single-event violations
| Date | What EPA recorded | Agency |
|---|---|---|
| December 31, 2025 | PR: Failure of the Control Authority to publish for SNC (Level II - Other) | ST6 |
| July 30, 2025 | Effluent Violations - Unauthorized Discharge | ST6 |
| November 3, 2023 | Effluent Violations - Unauthorized Discharge | ST6 |
| June 21, 2022 | Effluent Violations - Unapproved Bypass | ST6 |
| April 29, 2022 | Effluent Violations - Unapproved Bypass | ST6 |
| October 13, 2021 | Effluent Violations - Unauthorized Discharge | ST6 |
| February 4, 2021 | Effluent Violations - Unapproved Bypass | ST6 |
| June 3, 2019 | Effluent Violations - Unapproved Bypass | 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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Figures from EPA’s ICIS-NPDES download, loaded September 14, 2026.