Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES MD0065145

THE HIGHLANDS WWTP, Elkton, MD: NPDES MD0065145 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

EffectivePermit status
MinorDischarger class
11Pollutants under a numeric limit
10Pollutants with an effluent exceedance

THE HIGHLANDS WWTP, held by HIGHLANDS WWTP, holds NPDES permit MD0065145, which discharges to Christina River. EPA’s file records it issued December 1, 2003 and expiring November 30, 2008. 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	THE HIGHLANDS WWTP
Permittee as filed	HIGHLANDS WWTP
NPDES ID	MD0065145
Permit status	Effective
Permit type	Individual permit
Discharger class	Minor discharger
Facility type	Publicly owned treatment works
Program	Publicly owned treatment works
Issued	December 1, 2003
Expiration date	November 30, 2008
Address	Elkton, MD 21921
Receiving water	CHRISTINA RIVER
Subwatershed	Upper Christina River (HUC 020402050502)
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

12Pollutants on file
11Under a numeric limit
12With a violation of any kind
10With 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
Phosphorus, total [as P]	4	40	27	November 30, 2007	2,567% over the limit
Nitrogen, total [as N]	2	36	15	December 31, 2015	66% over the limit
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant	1	60	9	June 30, 2003	40% over the limit
pH	2	15	7	January 31, 2007
Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N]	4	11	7	June 30, 2006	155% over the limit
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]	1	11	7	July 31, 2015	17% over the limit
Coliform, fecal general	1	6	5	June 30, 2007	196% over the limit
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]	8	18	2	March 31, 2004	1,031% over the limit
Chlorine, total residual	1	6	2	April 30, 2005	1,350% over the limit
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C	8	17	1	February 29, 2000	32% over the limit
Solids, total suspended	4	16	0
E. coli	0	3	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 MD0065145.

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.

This public-records page covers NPDES permit MD0065145 for THE HIGHLANDS WWTP in Elkton, MD, which discharges to the Christina River, with the permit listed as Effective and issued December 1, 2003. The page lists 12 pollutants on file, 11 under a numeric limit, 12 with a violation of any kind, and 10 with an effluent exceedance.