Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES NY0183695
WASHINGTON CO SD#2 WWTP, Fort Edward, NY: NPDES NY0183695 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 21Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 9Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
WASHINGTON CO SD#2 WWTP, held by WASHINGTON COUNTY, holds NPDES permit NY0183695, which discharges to Hudson R. EPA’s file records it issued September 5, 2008 and expiring November 30, 2013. 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 | WASHINGTON CO SD#2 WWTP |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | WASHINGTON COUNTY |
| NPDES ID | NY0183695 |
| 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 | September 5, 2008 |
| Expiration date | November 30, 2013 |
| Issuing agency | NYSDEC |
| Address | Fort Edward, NY 12828 |
| Receiving water | HUDSON R |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Champlain Canal (HUC 020200030503) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 24Pollutants on file
- 21Under a numeric limit
- 14With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 17 | 119 | 119 | August 31, 2021 | 99,999% over the limit |
| Solids, settleable | 3 | 47 | 46 | October 31, 2025 | 49,900% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 17 | 44 | 40 | May 31, 2026 | 99,999% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, percent removal | 1 | 28 | 27 | July 31, 2021 | 99,999% over the limit |
| Coliform, fecal general | 2 | 19 | 17 | July 31, 2026 | 99,999% over the limit |
| Copper, total [as Cu] | 3 | 14 | 14 | March 31, 2025 | 160% over the limit |
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 10 | 13 | 8 | April 30, 2018 | 99,999% over the limit |
| Solids, suspended percent removal | 1 | 3 | 2 | April 30, 2007 | 53% over the limit |
| pH | 2 | 2 | 2 | August 31, 2022 | |
| Zinc, total [as Zn] | 3 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, ammonia, total [as NH3] | 3 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Toxicity [chronic], Ceriodaphnia dubia | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Toxicity [chronic], Pimephales promelas [Fathead Minnow] | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Mercury, total [as Hg] | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Temperature, water deg. centigrade | 8 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nickel, total [as Ni] | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Antimony, total [as Sb] | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chlorine, total residual | 2 | 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
- 0Single-event violations
EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES NY0183695.
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.