Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES ME0000035
THE MAINE WATER COMPANY, Biddeford, ME: NPDES ME0000035 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 6Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 5Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
THE MAINE WATER COMPANY holds NPDES permit ME0000035, which discharges to Saco River. EPA’s file records it issued November 1, 2015 and expiring October 31, 2020. 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 | THE MAINE WATER COMPANY |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | THE MAINE WATER COMPANY |
| NPDES ID | ME0000035 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Minor discharger |
| Facility type | Not a publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | November 1, 2015 |
| Expiration date | October 31, 2020 |
| Address | Biddeford, ME 04005 |
| Receiving water | Saco River |
| Subwatershed | Camp Ellis-Saco River (HUC 010600021105) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 6Pollutants on file
- 6Under a numeric limit
- 6With a violation of any kind
- 5With 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 | 4 | 21 | 11 | December 31, 2013 | |
| Aluminum, total [as Al] | 2 | 13 | 7 | November 30, 2017 | 67% over the limit |
| Chlorine, total residual | 2 | 8 | 4 | February 28, 2019 | 60% over the limit |
| Solids, settleable | 1 | 6 | 3 | September 30, 2021 | 200% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 4 | 14 | 2 | February 29, 2020 | 67% over the limit |
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 5 | 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 ME0000035.
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.