Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES MA0039853
WAYLAND WW MDC, Wayland, MA: NPDES MA0039853 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 2Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 9Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
WAYLAND WW MDC, held by Wayland Town of, holds NPDES permit MA0039853, which discharges to Wetland To Sudbury River. EPA’s file records it issued September 4, 1998 and expiring October 3, 2003. 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 | WAYLAND WW MDC |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Wayland Town of |
| NPDES ID | MA0039853 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Minor discharger |
| Facility type | Not a publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | September 4, 1998 |
| Expiration date | October 3, 2003 |
| Address | Wayland, MA 01778 |
| Receiving water | WETLAND TO SUDBURY RIVER |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Lake Cochituate-Sudbury River (HUC 010700050103) |
| Other EPA IDs (FRS) | RCRA handler MAD990685554; ICIS-AIR source MA0000002511901275 |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download); cross-program IDs from EPA’s FRS facility-registry crosswalk.
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 14Pollutants on file
- 2Under 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Copper, total [as Cu] | 0 | 24 | 23 | November 30, 2012 | 3,867% over the limit |
| pH | 0 | 17 | 11 | April 30, 2019 | |
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 0 | 13 | 10 | June 30, 2020 | 270% over the limit |
| Aluminum, total [as Al] | 0 | 8 | 7 | July 31, 2012 | 153% over the limit |
| LC50 Static 48Hr Acute Ceriodaphnia dubia | 1 | 6 | 3 | March 31, 2011 | 74% over the limit |
| Flow, total | 0 | 2 | 2 | April 30, 2013 | 233% over the limit |
| NOEL Static 7Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 0 | 2 | 2 | December 31, 2010 | 74% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 0 | 24 | 1 | August 31, 2015 | 331% over the limit |
| Lead, total [as Pb] | 0 | 2 | 1 | February 28, 2017 | 706% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 0 | 23 | 0 | ||
| Ammonia nitrogen, total, [as N] 30 day | 0 | 7 | 0 | ||
| E. coli, thermotol, MF, MTEC | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Oil & Grease | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| LC50 Static 48Hr Acute Pimephales promelas | 1 | 3 | 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 MA0039853.
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.