Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES MA0100421
STURBRIDGE WPCF, Sturbridge, MA: NPDES MA0100421 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 19Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 21Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
STURBRIDGE WPCF, held by STURBRIDGE W P C F, holds NPDES permit MA0100421, which discharges to Quinebaug River. EPA’s file records it issued September 28, 2006 and expiring November 30, 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 | STURBRIDGE WPCF |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | STURBRIDGE W P C F |
| NPDES ID | MA0100421 |
| 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 | September 28, 2006 |
| Expiration date | November 30, 2011 |
| Address | Sturbridge, MA 01566 |
| Receiving water | QUINEBAUG RIVER |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | McKinstry Brook-Quinebaug River (HUC 011000010103) |
| Program components on file | POTW, Pretreatment |
| 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
- 29Pollutants on file
- 19Under a numeric limit
- 25With a violation of any kind
- 21With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Solids, total suspended | 17 | 128 | 120 | August 31, 2022 | 2,757% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 11 | 77 | 64 | November 30, 2016 | 99,999% over the limit |
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 5 | 30 | 30 | May 31, 2018 | 180% over the limit |
| Solids, settleable | 0 | 15 | 13 | June 30, 2001 | 13,233% over the limit |
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 11 | 38 | 11 | September 30, 2022 | 99,999% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 6 | 10 | 10 | July 31, 2012 | 467% over the limit |
| Zinc, total recoverable | 0 | 10 | 10 | February 28, 2022 | 90% over the limit |
| Coliform, fecal general | 2 | 9 | 7 | June 30, 2015 | 99,999% over the limit |
| Solids, suspended percent removal | 1 | 7 | 6 | November 30, 2011 | 227% over the limit |
| Copper, total [as Cu] | 2 | 6 | 6 | May 31, 2018 | 65% over the limit |
| Noel Statre 7Day Chronic Pimephales | 1 | 8 | 5 | August 31, 2006 | 60% over the limit |
| Copper, total recoverable | 0 | 7 | 5 | November 30, 2001 | 100% over the limit |
| NOEL Static Renewal 7Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 0 | 5 | 4 | November 30, 2015 | 58% over the limit |
| Aluminum, total recoverable | 0 | 4 | 4 | October 31, 2016 | 95,900% over the limit |
| pH | 2 | 5 | 3 | May 31, 2018 | |
| Coliform, fecal - % samples exceeding limit | 0 | 4 | 3 | May 31, 2001 | 460% over the limit |
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 4 | 4 | 2 | October 31, 2011 | 87,233% over the limit |
| Chlorine, total residual | 2 | 4 | 2 | April 30, 2007 | 457% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, percent removal | 1 | 4 | 2 | April 30, 2001 | 53% over the limit |
| E. coli, colony forming units [CFU] | 0 | 2 | 2 | August 31, 2019 | 99,999% over the limit |
| LC50 Static 48Hr Acute Pimephales promelas | 1 | 4 | 1 | February 28, 2014 | 99,999% over the limit |
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Lead, total recoverable | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Oil & Grease | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| LC50 Static 48Hr Acute Ceriodaphnia dubia | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Phosphate, ortho, dissolved [as P] | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, nitrite total [as N] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, nitrate total [as N] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N] | 2 | 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 MA0100421.
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.