Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES MA0100897
TAUNTON W W T P, Taunton, MA: NPDES MA0100897 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 18Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 16Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
TAUNTON W W T P holds NPDES permit MA0100897, which discharges to Taunton River. EPA’s file records it issued March 27, 2001 and expiring March 31, 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 | TAUNTON W W T P |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | TAUNTON W W T P |
| NPDES ID | MA0100897 |
| 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 | March 27, 2001 |
| Expiration date | March 31, 2006 |
| Address | Taunton, MA 02780 |
| Receiving water | TAUNTON RIVER |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Taunton River-Frontal Mount Hope Bay (HUC 010900040804) |
| Other EPA IDs (FRS) | RCRA handler MAD982201964 |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download); cross-program IDs from EPA’s FRS facility-registry crosswalk.
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 20Pollutants on file
- 18Under a numeric limit
- 18With a violation of any kind
- 16With 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 | 15 | 115 | 115 | August 31, 2024 | 1,364% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 8 | 95 | 95 | August 31, 2024 | 1,900% over the limit |
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 5 | 76 | 51 | August 31, 2024 | 99,999% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, total [as N] | 0 | 34 | 32 | October 31, 2024 | 769% over the limit |
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 24 | 24 | June 30, 2024 | 10% over the limit |
| Chlorine, total residual | 2 | 20 | 20 | June 30, 2016 | 58,749,900% over the limit |
| Copper, total [as Cu] | 3 | 90 | 18 | November 30, 2023 | 63% over the limit |
| Coliform, fecal general | 2 | 15 | 15 | November 30, 2025 | 669% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 10 | 14 | 14 | January 31, 2008 | 365% over the limit |
| pH | 2 | 10 | 10 | May 31, 2016 | |
| Enterococci | 0 | 10 | 10 | April 30, 2024 | 1,241% over the limit |
| Solids, suspended percent removal | 1 | 9 | 9 | January 31, 2024 | 120% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, percent removal | 1 | 4 | 3 | January 31, 2024 | 80% over the limit |
| NOEL Static Renewal 7Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 1 | 3 | 3 | November 30, 2018 | 99,999% over the limit |
| LC50 Static 48Hr Acute Ceriodaphnia dubia | 1 | 2 | 2 | May 31, 2003 | 34% over the limit |
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 1 | 1 | 1 | October 31, 2007 | 15% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, nitrite total [as N] | 3 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, nitrate total [as N] | 3 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N] | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Solids, settleable | 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 MA0100897.
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.