Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES NY0026778
PORT WASHINGTON WPCD, Port Washington, NY: NPDES NY0026778 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 29Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 8Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
PORT WASHINGTON WPCD holds NPDES permit NY0026778, which discharges to Manhasset Bay. EPA’s file records it issued March 7, 2012 and expiring March 31, 2017. 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 | PORT WASHINGTON WPCD |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | PORT WASHINGTON WPCD |
| NPDES ID | NY0026778 |
| 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 | March 7, 2012 |
| Expiration date | March 31, 2017 |
| Issuing agency | NYSDEC |
| Address | Port Washington, NY 11050 |
| Receiving water | MANHASSET BAY |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Mitchells Creek-Manhassett Bay (HUC 020302010102) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 35Pollutants on file
- 29Under a numeric limit
- 25With a violation of any kind
- 8With 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 general | 2 | 38 | 34 | October 31, 2021 | 99,999% over the limit |
| Coliform, total general | 1 | 20 | 20 | September 30, 2021 | 99,999% over the limit |
| Chlorine, total residual | 2 | 19 | 16 | December 31, 2021 | 578% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, total [as N] | 10 | 3 | 3 | June 30, 2012 | 6% over the limit |
| Solids, settleable | 1 | 5 | 2 | March 31, 2018 | 3,233% over the limit |
| pH | 2 | 2 | 2 | September 30, 2002 | |
| Solids, total suspended | 6 | 9 | 1 | April 30, 1997 | 3% over the limit |
| Carbonaceous oxygen demand, % removal | 1 | 2 | 1 | March 31, 2005 | 13% over the limit |
| Total agg concentration #4 | 0 | 14 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, nitrite total [as N] | 2 | 8 | 0 | ||
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 6 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 4 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorous, in total orthophosphate | 4 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, nitrate total [as N] | 2 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N] | 2 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, ammonia, total [as NH3] | 2 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Solids, suspended percent removal | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Temperature, water deg. centigrade | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Total agg concentration #1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Total agg concentration #3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Mercury, total [as Hg] | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| TU Static Renewal Chronic Cyprinodeon variegatus | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| TU Static Renewal 7-Day Chronic Americamysis bahia (formerly Mysidopsis bahia) | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 48Hr Acute Mysidopsis Bahia | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| TU 48Hr Acute Cyprinodon variegatus | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Temperature, water deg. fahrenheit | 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 | ||
| Enterococci | 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 NY0026778.
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.