Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES ME0100790
WELLS SANITARY DISTRICT WWTF, Wells, ME: NPDES ME0100790 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 15Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 5Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
WELLS SANITARY DISTRICT WWTF, held by WELLS SANITARY DISTRICT, holds NPDES permit ME0100790, which discharges to Atlantic Ocean. EPA’s file records it issued January 1, 2015 and expiring December 31, 2019. 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 | WELLS SANITARY DISTRICT WWTF |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | WELLS SANITARY DISTRICT |
| NPDES ID | ME0100790 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Major discharger |
| Facility type | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Program | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | January 1, 2015 |
| Expiration date | December 31, 2019 |
| Address | Wells, ME 04090 |
| Receiving water | Atlantic Ocean |
| Subwatershed | Stevens Brook-Cape Neddick River (HUC 010600031102) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 17Pollutants on file
- 15Under a numeric limit
- 17With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coliform, fecal MF, MFC broth, 44.5 C | 2 | 57 | 15 | November 30, 2022 | 99,999% over the limit |
| Chlorine, total residual | 4 | 44 | 4 | January 31, 2024 | 302% over the limit |
| Dieldrin | 0 | 39 | 3 | October 31, 2005 | 2,433% over the limit |
| Enterococci | 0 | 3 | 3 | July 31, 2022 | 146% over the limit |
| Solids, settleable | 1 | 23 | 2 | August 31, 2018 | 233% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 6 | 126 | 0 | ||
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 6 | 120 | 0 | ||
| pH | 2 | 42 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 22 | 0 | ||
| BOD, 5-day, percent removal | 1 | 21 | 0 | ||
| Solids, suspended percent removal | 1 | 21 | 0 | ||
| Analytical Chemistry | 2 | 11 | 0 | ||
| Mercury, total [as Hg] | 2 | 10 | 0 | ||
| NOEL Static 1Hr 20min Fert. Chronic Arbacia punctulata | 2 | 9 | 0 | ||
| NOAEL Static Renewal 48Hr Acute Americamysis bahia (formerly Mysidopsis bahia) | 2 | 9 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Priority Pollutants | 1 | 1 | 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 ME0100790.
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.