Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES PA0054909
NORTH PENN NORTH WALES DIVERSION, Plumstead, PA: NPDES PA0054909 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- EffectivePermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 10Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 2Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
NORTH PENN NORTH WALES DIVERSION, held by NORTH PENN NORTH WALES WATER AUTH MONTGOMERY CNTY, holds NPDES permit PA0054909, which discharges to North Branch Neshaminy Creek. EPA’s file records it issued April 30, 2018 and expiring April 30, 2023. 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 | NORTH PENN NORTH WALES DIVERSION |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | NORTH PENN NORTH WALES WATER AUTH MONTGOMERY CNTY |
| NPDES ID | PA0054909 |
| Permit status | Effective |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Minor discharger |
| Facility type | Not a publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | April 30, 2018 |
| Expiration date | April 30, 2023 |
| Issuing agency | State Environmental Organization |
| Address | Plumstead, PA 18923 |
| Receiving water | North Branch Neshaminy Creek |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | North Branch Neshaminy Creek (HUC 020402010201) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 10Pollutants on file
- 10Under a numeric limit
- 10With a violation of any kind
- 2With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 8 | 63 | 61 | January 31, 2023 | 219% over the limit |
| pH | 2 | 3 | 1 | May 31, 2020 | |
| Temperature, water deg. fahrenheit | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N] | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N] | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Phosphate, ortho [as P] | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Coliform, fecal general | 1 | 1 | 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 PA0054909.
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 15, 2026.