Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES CT0100315
MERIDEN WPCF, Meriden, CT: NPDES CT0100315 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 26Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 12Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
MERIDEN WPCF holds NPDES permit CT0100315, which discharges to Quinnipiac River. EPA’s file records it issued April 12, 2013 and expiring April 30, 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 | MERIDEN WPCF |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | MERIDEN WPCF |
| NPDES ID | CT0100315 |
| 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 | April 12, 2013 |
| Expiration date | April 30, 2018 |
| Issuing agency | CT DEP |
| Address | Meriden, CT 06451 |
| Receiving water | QUINNIPIAC RIVER |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Outlet Quinnipiac River (HUC 011000040105) |
| Program components on file | Biosolids, POTW, Pretreatment |
| SIC | 4952 – Sewerage Systems |
| Other EPA IDs (FRS) | RCRA handler CTD000639179; ICIS-AIR source CT0000000900908793 |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download) and EPA’s NAICS/SIC and component files, the same download; cross-program IDs from EPA’s FRS facility-registry crosswalk.
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 28Pollutants on file
- 26Under a numeric limit
- 13With a violation of any kind
- 12With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 0 | 60 | 60 | March 31, 2013 | 90% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 3 | 26 | 26 | May 31, 2025 | 804% over the limit |
| Solids, suspended percent removal | 1 | 22 | 22 | January 31, 2024 | 567% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, percent removal | 1 | 19 | 19 | April 30, 2018 | 567% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 3 | 16 | 16 | May 31, 2025 | 99,999% over the limit |
| Chlorine, total residual | 2 | 13 | 13 | September 30, 2018 | 1,234% over the limit |
| Coliform, fecal general | 2 | 6 | 6 | May 31, 2008 | 99,999% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 12 | 3 | 3 | August 31, 2009 | 850% over the limit |
| E. coli | 2 | 3 | 3 | May 31, 2025 | 490% over the limit |
| Phosphorus, Total [Avg Seasonal Load Cap] | 0 | 3 | 2 | October 31, 2025 | 217% over the limit |
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 2 | 2 | 2 | May 31, 2025 | 1,342% over the limit |
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 1 | 1 | 1 | October 31, 2002 | 22% over the limit |
| NOAEL Static 48Hr Acute D. pulex | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Flow | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| pH | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| NOAEL Static 48Hr Acute Pimephales promelas | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Arsenic, total [as As] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Beryllium, total [as Be] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Solids, fixed, % of total solids | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Solids, volatile % of total solids | 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 | ||
| Solids, sludge, total, dry weight | 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 CT0100315.
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.