Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES MA0101796
LEICESTER WATER SUPPLY WWTF, Leicester, MA: NPDES MA0101796 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 14Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 11Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
LEICESTER WATER SUPPLY WWTF, held by LEICESTER WATER SUPPLY DISTRCT, holds NPDES permit MA0101796, which discharges to Rawson Brook (French River Trib.). EPA’s file records it issued June 22, 2005 and expiring August 31, 2010. 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 | LEICESTER WATER SUPPLY WWTF |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | LEICESTER WATER SUPPLY DISTRCT |
| NPDES ID | MA0101796 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Minor discharger |
| Facility type | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Program | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | June 22, 2005 |
| Expiration date | August 31, 2010 |
| Address | Leicester, MA 01524 |
| Receiving water | RAWSON BROOK (FRENCH RIVER TRIB.) |
| Subwatershed | Upper French River (HUC 011000010201) |
| Other EPA IDs (FRS) | RCRA handler MAR000578534 |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download); cross-program IDs from EPA’s FRS facility-registry crosswalk.
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 16Pollutants on file
- 14Under a numeric limit
- 16With a violation of any kind
- 11With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Copper, total recoverable | 4 | 104 | 94 | June 30, 2013 | 677% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 9 | 52 | 48 | July 31, 2021 | 2,867% over the limit |
| Chlorine, total residual | 2 | 38 | 34 | October 31, 2015 | 835% over the limit |
| pH | 2 | 17 | 15 | June 30, 2013 | |
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 1 | 12 | 11 | May 31, 2013 | 192% over the limit |
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 1 | 11 | 10 | July 31, 2011 | 39% over the limit |
| Aluminum, total [as Al] | 0 | 9 | 9 | June 30, 2011 | 480% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 14 | 14 | 8 | July 31, 2019 | 4,334% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 14 | 11 | 8 | April 30, 2007 | 660% over the limit |
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 14 | 6 | March 31, 2008 | 33% over the limit |
| LC50 Static 48Hr Acute Ceriodaphnia dubia | 1 | 8 | 1 | April 30, 2000 | 69% over the limit |
| NOEL Static Renewal 7Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 1 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Coliform, fecal general | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Solids, settleable | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| BOD, 5-day, percent removal | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Solids, suspended percent removal | 1 | 1 | 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 MA0101796.
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.