Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES CT0100374
BRISTOL WATER RECLAMATION FACILITY, Bristol, CT: NPDES CT0100374 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 33Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 16Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
BRISTOL WATER RECLAMATION FACILITY, held by BRISTOL WPCF CITY HALL, holds NPDES permit CT0100374, which discharges to Pequabuck River. EPA’s file records it issued June 18, 2013 and expiring June 30, 2018. 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 | BRISTOL WATER RECLAMATION FACILITY |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | BRISTOL WPCF CITY HALL |
| NPDES ID | CT0100374 |
| 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 | June 18, 2013 |
| Expiration date | June 30, 2018 |
| Issuing agency | CT DEP |
| Address | Bristol, CT 06010 |
| Receiving water | PEQUABUCK RIVER |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Pequabuck River (HUC 010802070404) |
| Other EPA IDs (FRS) | ICIS-AIR source CT0000000900300903 |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download); cross-program IDs from EPA’s FRS facility-registry crosswalk.
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 41Pollutants on file
- 33Under a numeric limit
- 37With a violation of any kind
- 16With 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] | 1 | 36 | 35 | June 30, 2013 | 100% over the limit |
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 0 | 25 | 24 | June 30, 2013 | 45% over the limit |
| Solids, suspended percent removal | 1 | 20 | 17 | May 31, 2017 | 360% over the limit |
| Carbonaceous oxygen demand, % removal | 1 | 16 | 13 | December 31, 2014 | 268% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 3 | 17 | 11 | January 31, 2025 | 204% over the limit |
| Copper, total [as Cu] | 2 | 14 | 10 | October 31, 2006 | 495% over the limit |
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 5 C] | 5 | 12 | 6 | February 28, 2007 | 64% over the limit |
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 4 | 5 | 5 | October 31, 2019 | 561% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 18 | 8 | 4 | April 30, 2021 | 79% over the limit |
| Nickel, total [as Ni] | 2 | 6 | 4 | December 31, 2014 | 484% over the limit |
| pH | 2 | 7 | 3 | April 30, 2010 | |
| Ultraviolet light dosage | 1 | 3 | 3 | September 30, 2024 | 39% over the limit |
| E. coli | 4 | 4 | 2 | April 30, 2025 | 88% over the limit |
| Zinc, total [as Zn] | 2 | 5 | 1 | October 31, 2008 | 136% over the limit |
| Coliform, fecal general | 0 | 3 | 1 | September 30, 2011 | 151% over the limit |
| NOAEL Static 48Hr Acute D. pulex | 2 | 1 | 1 | June 30, 2019 | 64% over the limit |
| Arsenic, total [as As] | 2 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Flow rate | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Cadmium, total [as Cd] | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, trivalent [as Cr] | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| NOAEL Static 48Hr Acute Pimephales promelas | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Polychlorinated biphenyls [PCBs] | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Solids, fixed, % of total solids | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Solids, volatile % of total solids | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, sludge, total, dry weight [as Zn] | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Lead, sludge, total, dry weight [as Pb] | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Nickel, sludge, total, dry weight [as Ni] | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Mercury, sludge, total, dry weight [as Hg] | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, sludge, total, dry weight [as Cr] | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Copper, sludge, total, dry weight [as Cu] | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Cadmium, sludge, total, dry weight [as Cd] | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Temperature, water deg. fahrenheit | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, total [as N] | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Beryllium, total [as Be] | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Solids, sludge, total, dry weight | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Pass/Fail Static 48Hr Acute D. Pulex | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Pass/Fail Static 96 Hr Acute Pimephales Promelas | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, Total [Avg Seasonal Load Cap] | 1 | 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 |
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 CT0100374.
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.