Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES MA0100871
MANCHESTER WASTEWATER TREATMENT FACILITY, Manchester, MA: NPDES MA0100871 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 13Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 6Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
MANCHESTER WASTEWATER TREATMENT FACILITY, held by MANCHESTER BY THE SEA, holds NPDES permit MA0100871, which discharges to Manchester Harbor. EPA’s file records it issued June 28, 2011 and expiring June 30, 2016. 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 | MANCHESTER WASTEWATER TREATMENT FACILITY |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | MANCHESTER BY THE SEA |
| NPDES ID | MA0100871 |
| 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 28, 2011 |
| Expiration date | June 30, 2016 |
| Address | Manchester, MA 01944 |
| Receiving water | MANCHESTER HARBOR |
| Subwatershed | Essex Bay-Frontal Atlantic Ocean (HUC 010900010301) |
| Program components on file | Biosolids, 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
- 14Pollutants on file
- 13Under a numeric limit
- 12With a violation of any kind
- 6With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 6 | 12 | 9 | November 30, 2018 | 43% over the limit |
| pH | 2 | 5 | 3 | June 30, 2006 | |
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 7 | 8 | 1 | March 31, 2010 | 31% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 7 | 8 | 1 | March 31, 2010 | 28% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, percent removal | 1 | 2 | 1 | March 31, 2010 | 7% over the limit |
| Solids, suspended percent removal | 1 | 2 | 1 | March 31, 2010 | 3% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N] | 1 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N] | 1 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, total [as N] | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Chlorine, total residual | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Coliform, fecal general | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Enterococci | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| LC50 Static 48Hr Acute Menidia | 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 MA0100871.
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.