Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES MA0101010
BROCKTON A W R F, Brockton, MA: NPDES MA0101010 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 17Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 15Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
BROCKTON A W R F holds NPDES permit MA0101010, which discharges to Salisbury Plain River. EPA’s file records it issued May 11, 2005 and expiring November 30, 2011. 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 | BROCKTON A W R F |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | BROCKTON A W R F |
| NPDES ID | MA0101010 |
| 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 | May 11, 2005 |
| Expiration date | November 30, 2011 |
| Address | Brockton, MA 02301 |
| Receiving water | SALISBURY PLAIN RIVER |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Matfield River (HUC 010900040102) |
| Other EPA IDs (FRS) | RCRA handler MAC300006178; ICIS-AIR source MA0000002511902233 |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download); cross-program IDs from EPA’s FRS facility-registry crosswalk.
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 26Pollutants on file
- 17Under a numeric limit
- 23With a violation of any kind
- 15With 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 | 30 | 134 | 134 | July 31, 2019 | 1,383% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 37 | 124 | 124 | August 31, 2014 | 8,600% over the limit |
| Copper, total [as Cu] | 3 | 117 | 117 | August 31, 2022 | 843% over the limit |
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 29 | 79 | 79 | January 31, 2018 | 2,401% over the limit |
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 5 | 30 | 30 | April 30, 2024 | 309% over the limit |
| NOEL Static Renewal 7Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 2 | 46 | 28 | August 31, 2024 | 94% over the limit |
| pH | 2 | 26 | 26 | January 31, 2018 | |
| Coliform, fecal general | 4 | 22 | 22 | April 30, 2010 | 6,825% over the limit |
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 3 | 18 | 18 | September 30, 2024 | 12% over the limit |
| Chlorine, total residual | 6 | 15 | 15 | June 30, 2006 | 4,426% over the limit |
| LC50 Static 48Hr Acute Ceriodaphnia dubia | 2 | 30 | 12 | October 31, 2021 | 65% over the limit |
| Solids, suspended percent removal | 1 | 11 | 11 | March 31, 2010 | 60% over the limit |
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 1 | 3 | 3 | July 31, 2008 | 32% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, percent removal | 1 | 2 | 2 | June 30, 2006 | 33% over the limit |
| E. coli, colony forming units [CFU] | 0 | 1 | 1 | April 30, 2025 | 580% over the limit |
| Hardness, total [as CaCO3] | 0 | 19 | 0 | ||
| Arsenic, dry weight | 0 | 11 | 0 | ||
| Cadmium, dry weight | 0 | 11 | 0 | ||
| Lead, sludge, total, dry weight [as Pb] | 0 | 11 | 0 | ||
| Nickel, sludge, total, dry weight [as Ni] | 0 | 11 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, sludge, total, dry weight [as Cr] | 0 | 11 | 0 | ||
| Beryllium, sludge, tot. dry wt [as Be] | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Mercury, sludge, total, dry weight [as Hg] | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 18 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N] | 4 | 0 | 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 MA0101010.
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.