Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES MD0022721
FOUNTAINDALE WWTP, Middletown, MD: NPDES MD0022721 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- EffectivePermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 14Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 9Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
FOUNTAINDALE WWTP holds NPDES permit MD0022721, which discharges to Middle Potomac River. EPA’s file records it issued June 15, 2022 and expiring June 30, 2027. 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 | FOUNTAINDALE WWTP |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | FOUNTAINDALE WWTP |
| NPDES ID | MD0022721 |
| Permit status | Effective |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Minor discharger |
| Facility type | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Program | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | June 15, 2022 |
| Expiration date | June 30, 2027 |
| Issuing agency | MDE |
| Address | Middletown, MD 21769 |
| Receiving water | MIDDLE POTOMAC RIVER |
| Subwatershed | Middle Catoctin Creek (HUC 020700080102) |
| 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
- 14Under a numeric limit
- 13With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 8 | 30 | 30 | September 30, 2014 | 347% over the limit |
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 23 | 21 | December 31, 2003 | 88% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N] | 0 | 10 | 6 | June 30, 2006 | 76% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 8 | 12 | 4 | September 30, 2014 | 124% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 5 | 7 | 3 | January 31, 2005 | 38% over the limit |
| Coliform, fecal general | 0 | 12 | 1 | December 31, 2003 | 85% over the limit |
| pH | 2 | 1 | 1 | April 30, 2004 | |
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 1 | 1 | 1 | April 30, 2004 | 17% over the limit |
| Chlorine, total residual | 1 | 1 | 1 | March 31, 1999 | 1,700% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, percent removal | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Solids, suspended percent removal | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, total [as N] | 4 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 4 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, organic total [as N] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Phosphate, ortho [as P] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| E. coli | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Flow, 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
- 0Single-event violations
EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES MD0022721.
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.