Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES MA0101621
HAVERHILL W P A F, Bradford, MA: NPDES MA0101621 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 29Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 9Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
HAVERHILL W P A F holds NPDES permit MA0101621, which discharges to Merrimack And Little River. EPA’s file records it issued December 5, 2007 and expiring January 31, 2013. 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 | HAVERHILL W P A F |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | HAVERHILL W P A F |
| NPDES ID | MA0101621 |
| 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 5, 2007 |
| Expiration date | January 31, 2013 |
| Address | Bradford, MA 01835 |
| Receiving water | MERRIMACK AND LITTLE RIVER |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Little River (HUC 010700061401) |
| Program components on file | Biosolids, CSO, POTW, Pretreatment |
| SIC | 4952 – Sewerage Systems |
| Other EPA IDs (FRS) | RCRA handler MAR000010595; ICIS-AIR source MA0000002512100821 |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download) and EPA’s NAICS/SIC and component files, the same download; cross-program IDs from EPA’s FRS facility-registry crosswalk.
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 29Pollutants on file
- 29Under a numeric limit
- 14With a violation of any kind
- 9With 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 | 58 | 52 | August 31, 2025 | |
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 9 | 64 | 44 | July 31, 2016 | 92% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 9 | 62 | 43 | March 31, 2023 | 168% over the limit |
| Enterococci | 4 | 43 | 39 | February 28, 2021 | 99,999% over the limit |
| Coliform, fecal general | 2 | 36 | 29 | March 31, 2024 | 99,999% over the limit |
| Chlorine, total residual | 2 | 16 | 10 | October 31, 2014 | 214% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, percent removal | 1 | 5 | 3 | March 31, 2013 | 61% over the limit |
| Solids, suspended percent removal | 1 | 4 | 2 | March 31, 2013 | 27% over the limit |
| LC50 Static 48Hr Acute Pimephales promelas | 1 | 4 | 2 | April 30, 2018 | 90% over the limit |
| Chlorine rate | 1 | 121 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 3 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Carbon, dissolved organic [as C] | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Flow, total | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N] | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ammonia nitrogen, total, [as N] 30 day | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, nitrite total [as N] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, nitrate total [as N] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Carbon, tot organic [TOC] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Hardness, total [as CaCO3] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Cadmium, total [as Cd] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Copper, total [as Cu] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Lead, total [as Pb] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nickel, total [as Ni] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, total [as Zn] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Aluminum, total [as Al] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, Ammonia Total | 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
- 1Single-event violations
| Date | What EPA recorded | Agency |
|---|---|---|
| December 31, 2024 | PR: Failure to issue/reissue control mechanisms to at least 90% of SIU/CIUs w/in 6 months (Level II) | EP6 |
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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