Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES MA0100382

FALL RIVER W W T P, Fall River, MA: NPDES MA0100382 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

Administratively continuedPermit status
MajorDischarger class
15Pollutants under a numeric limit
8Pollutants with an effluent exceedance

FALL RIVER W W T P holds NPDES permit MA0100382, which discharges to Mt Hope Bay. EPA’s file records it issued December 7, 2000 and expiring February 6, 2006. 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	FALL RIVER W W T P
Permittee as filed	FALL RIVER W W T P
NPDES ID	MA0100382
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	December 7, 2000
Expiration date	February 6, 2006
Address	Fall River, MA 02724
Receiving water	MT HOPE BAY
Receiving water impaired	303(D) Listed
Subwatershed	Quequechan River (HUC 010900040803)
Other EPA IDs (FRS)	RCRA handler MAR000527648; ICIS-AIR source MA0000002512000912

Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download); cross-program IDs from EPA’s FRS facility-registry crosswalk.

Effluent limits and exceedances

15Pollutants on file
15Under a numeric limit
15With a violation of any kind
8With 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
pH	2	211	209	July 31, 2026
Solids, total suspended	12	21	9	March 31, 2025	245% over the limit
Copper, total recoverable	2	10	8	September 30, 2022	515% over the limit
Coliform, fecal general	2	10	8	August 31, 2022	200% over the limit
Noel Statre 7Day Chronic Menidia	1	9	7	June 30, 2010	72% over the limit
NOEL Static 1Hr 20min Fert. Chronic Arbacia punctulata	1	9	6	September 30, 2011	67% over the limit
LC50 Static 48Hr Acute Menidia	1	5	3	June 30, 2004	27% over the limit
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C	12	15	2	March 31, 2024	45% over the limit
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]	4	2	0
Nitrogen, nitrite total [as N]	4	2	0
Nitrogen, nitrate total [as N]	4	2	0
Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N]	4	2	0
Lead, total recoverable	4	2	0
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant	2	2	0
Chlorine, total residual	2	2	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 MA0100382.

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.

This public-records page covers Clean Water Act discharge permit NPDES MA0100382 for FALL RIVER W W T P in Fall River, MA, which discharges to Mt Hope Bay and is classed as a Major Discharger. The page lists 15 pollutants under a numeric limit and 8 pollutants with an effluent exceedance, with the permit shown as administratively continued and dated as issued December 7, 2000 and expiring February 6, 2006.