Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES MA0100102
HARDWICK WPC - GILBERTVILLE, Gilbertville, MA: NPDES MA0100102 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 12Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 11Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
HARDWICK WPC - GILBERTVILLE holds NPDES permit MA0100102, which discharges to Ware River. EPA’s file records it issued April 3, 2006 and expiring June 2, 2011. 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 | HARDWICK WPC - GILBERTVILLE |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | HARDWICK WPC - GILBERTVILLE |
| NPDES ID | MA0100102 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Minor discharger |
| Facility type | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Program | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | April 3, 2006 |
| Expiration date | June 2, 2011 |
| Address | Gilbertville, MA 01031 |
| Receiving water | WARE RIVER |
| Subwatershed | Muddy Brook (HUC 010802040206) |
| 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
- 25Pollutants on file
- 12Under a numeric limit
- 24With a violation of any kind
- 11With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 7 | 130 | 48 | January 31, 2014 | 2,260% over the limit |
| Chlorine, total residual | 2 | 53 | 30 | April 30, 2020 | 92% over the limit |
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 4 | 46 | 26 | April 30, 2014 | 300% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 7 | 106 | 24 | September 30, 2011 | 7,802% over the limit |
| E. coli | 0 | 33 | 13 | April 30, 2021 | 3,347% over the limit |
| Coliform, fecal general | 2 | 13 | 13 | October 31, 2012 | 3,900% over the limit |
| pH | 2 | 29 | 8 | January 31, 2019 | |
| BOD, 5-day, percent removal | 1 | 16 | 6 | February 29, 2016 | 80% over the limit |
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 3 | 36 | 3 | April 30, 2015 | 300% over the limit |
| LC50 Static 48Hr Acute Ceriodaphnia dubia | 1 | 7 | 3 | May 31, 2011 | 100% over the limit |
| Solids, suspended percent removal | 1 | 12 | 2 | March 31, 2016 | 73% over the limit |
| Ammonia [as N] + unionized ammonia | 0 | 20 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N] | 4 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, total [as N] | 0 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, nitrite total [as N] | 0 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, nitrate total [as N] | 0 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Cadmium, total [as Cd] | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Copper, total [as Cu] | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Lead, total [as Pb] | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Nickel, total [as Ni] | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, total [as Zn] | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Aluminum, total recoverable | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Aluminum, total [as Al] | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Copper, total recoverable | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N] | 4 | 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 MA0100102.
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.