Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES MD0003221
WINEBRENNER WWTP, Cascade, MD: NPDES MD0003221 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 15Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 8Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
WINEBRENNER WWTP, held by Washington County Department of Water Quality, holds NPDES permit MD0003221, which discharges to Red Falls Creek. EPA’s file records it issued March 15, 2016 and expiring March 31, 2021. 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 | WINEBRENNER WWTP |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Washington County Department of Water Quality |
| NPDES ID | MD0003221 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Minor discharger |
| Facility type | Federal facility |
| Issued | March 15, 2016 |
| Expiration date | March 31, 2021 |
| Issuing agency | Maryland Department of the Environment |
| Address | Cascade, MD 21719 |
| Receiving water | RED FALLS CREEK |
| Subwatershed | Red Run (HUC 020700041001) |
| 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
- 18Pollutants on file
- 15Under a numeric limit
- 16With a violation of any kind
- 8With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 4 | 60 | 52 | September 30, 2025 | 604% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 8 | 45 | 8 | May 31, 2025 | 231% over the limit |
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 7 | 20 | 6 | December 31, 2015 | 34% over the limit |
| pH | 2 | 10 | 6 | September 30, 2025 | |
| Nitrogen, total [as N] | 7 | 15 | 5 | December 31, 2015 | 69% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 4 | 23 | 4 | August 31, 2016 | 40% over the limit |
| Chlorine, total residual | 1 | 5 | 3 | December 31, 2010 | 4,900% over the limit |
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 1 | 3 | 1 | March 31, 2009 | 74% over the limit |
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, organic total [as N] | 1 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N] | 1 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorous, in total orthophosphate | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Flow, total | 3 | 1 | 0 | ||
| E. coli | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| BOD, 5-day, percent removal | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Solids, suspended percent removal | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Phosphate, ortho [as P] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Flow | 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 MD0003221.
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.