Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES CT0100048
BRANFORD WPCF, Branford, CT: NPDES CT0100048 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 25Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 10Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
BRANFORD WPCF holds NPDES permit CT0100048, which discharges to Branford Harbor. EPA’s file records it issued July 8, 2013 and expiring July 31, 2018. The status and dates are as EPA’s permit file stood when Velarion loaded it (October 14, 2026); EPA’s free Detailed Facility Report on ECHO carries the permit’s current standing.
Identity
| Facility as filed | BRANFORD WPCF |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | BRANFORD WPCF |
| NPDES ID | CT0100048 |
| 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 | July 8, 2013 |
| Expiration date | July 31, 2018 |
| Issuing agency | CT DEP |
| Address | Branford, CT 06405 |
| Receiving water | BRANFORD HARBOR |
| Subwatershed | Long Island Sound Deep (HUC 020302030000) |
| Program components on file | Biosolids, POTW, Pretreatment |
| SIC | 4952 – Sewerage Systems |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download) and EPA’s NAICS/SIC and component files, the same download.
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 33Pollutants on file
- 25Under a numeric limit
- 21With a violation of any kind
- 10With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chlorine, total residual | 0 | 58 | 58 | October 31, 2001 | 99,999% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 3 | 24 | 22 | March 31, 2023 | 484% over the limit |
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 0 | 21 | 21 | June 30, 2013 | 36% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 3 | 21 | 19 | March 31, 2023 | 210% over the limit |
| pH | 2 | 19 | 14 | October 31, 1999 | |
| Ultraviolet light dosage | 1 | 11 | 10 | January 31, 2012 | 47% over the limit |
| Coliform, fecal general | 4 | 14 | 9 | June 30, 2015 | 49,899% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, percent removal | 1 | 3 | 3 | July 31, 2001 | 23% over the limit |
| Solids, suspended percent removal | 1 | 3 | 3 | October 31, 1999 | 13% over the limit |
| Enterococci | 2 | 4 | 2 | June 30, 2015 | 14% over the limit |
| Flow rate | 2 | 17 | 0 | ||
| Antimony, total [as Sb] | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Mercury, total [as Hg] | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Polychlorinated biphenyls [PCBs] | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Coliform, fecal - % samples exceeding limit | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Solids, fixed, % of total solids | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Solids, volatile % of total solids | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Beryllium, total [as Be] | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Thallium, total [as Tl] | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Selenium, total [as Se] | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| NOAEL Static 48Hr Acute D. pulex | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| NOAEL Static 48Hr Acute Pimephales promelas | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Arsenic, sludge tot. dry wt [as As] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Beryllium, sludge, tot. dry wt [as Be] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total, percent | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, sludge, total, dry weight [as Zn] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Lead, sludge, total, dry weight [as Pb] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nickel, sludge, total, dry weight [as Ni] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mercury, sludge, total, dry weight [as Hg] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, sludge, total, dry weight [as Cr] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Copper, sludge, total, dry weight [as Cu] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Cadmium, sludge, total, dry weight [as Cd] | 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
- 1Single-event violations
| Date | What EPA recorded | Agency |
|---|---|---|
| January 8, 2021 | Monitoring Violations - Improper Analysis or Lab Error | 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 October 14, 2026.