Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES ME0100072
BREWER WWTF, Brewer, ME: NPDES ME0100072 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 18Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 4Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
BREWER WWTF, held by BREWER CITY OF, holds NPDES permit ME0100072, which discharges to Penobscot River. EPA’s file records it issued June 1, 2016 and expiring May 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 | BREWER WWTF |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | BREWER CITY OF |
| NPDES ID | ME0100072 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Major discharger |
| Facility type | Not a publicly owned treatment works |
| Program | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | June 1, 2016 |
| Expiration date | May 31, 2021 |
| Address | Brewer, ME 04412 |
| Receiving water | Penobscot River |
| Subwatershed | Felts Brook-Penobscot River (HUC 010200051003) |
| Program components on file | CSO, POTW |
| 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
- 25Pollutants on file
- 18Under a numeric limit
- 22With a violation of any kind
- 4With 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 | 16 | 138 | 1 | March 31, 2024 | 2% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 16 | 138 | 1 | March 31, 2024 | 77% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, percent removal | 1 | 38 | 1 | July 31, 2006 | 507% over the limit |
| Solids, settleable | 1 | 21 | 1 | September 30, 2021 | 4,900% over the limit |
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 6 | 57 | 0 | ||
| pH | 2 | 40 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 0 | 40 | 0 | ||
| Solids, suspended percent removal | 1 | 38 | 0 | ||
| Overflows | 1 | 18 | 0 | ||
| Surface loading rate | 0 | 17 | 0 | ||
| E. coli, thermotol, MF, MTEC | 4 | 16 | 0 | ||
| Chlorine, total residual | 3 | 9 | 0 | ||
| Noel Statre 7Day Chronic Pimephales | 0 | 9 | 0 | ||
| Priority Pollutants | 1 | 8 | 0 | ||
| NOEL Static Renewal 7Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 1 | 8 | 0 | ||
| NOAEL Static 48Hr Acute Ceriodaphnia dubia | 1 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Copper, total [as Cu] | 0 | 8 | 0 | ||
| NOAEL Static 48Hr Acute Pimephales promelas | 0 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Noel Statre 10Day Chronic Salvel. Salmonid | 1 | 6 | 0 | ||
| NOAEL Static 48Hr Acute Salvel. Salmonid | 1 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Lead, total [as Pb] | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Arsenic, total [as As] | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Mercury, total [as Hg] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Flow rate | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Analytical Chemistry | 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
- 2Single-event violations
| Date | What EPA recorded | Agency |
|---|---|---|
| December 21, 2018 | WW SSO - Discharge to Waters | ST6 |
| August 1, 2018 | Management Practice Violations - Improper Operation and Maintenance | ST6 |
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.