Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES ME0100871
LIMERICK WWTF, Limerick, ME: NPDES ME0100871 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 19Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 9Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
LIMERICK WWTF, held by LIMERICK SEWERAGE DISTRICT, holds NPDES permit ME0100871, which discharges to Little Ossipee River. EPA’s file records it issued October 1, 2010 and expiring September 30, 2015. 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 | LIMERICK WWTF |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | LIMERICK SEWERAGE DISTRICT |
| NPDES ID | ME0100871 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Minor discharger |
| Facility type | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Program | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | October 1, 2010 |
| Expiration date | September 30, 2015 |
| Address | Limerick, ME 04048 |
| Receiving water | Little Ossipee River |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Hamlin Brook-Little Ossipee River (HUC 010600021007) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 23Pollutants on file
- 19Under a numeric limit
- 22With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Solids, total suspended | 6 | 136 | 34 | April 30, 2024 | 87% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 6 | 123 | 25 | September 30, 2024 | 37% over the limit |
| E. coli, thermotol, MF, MTEC | 2 | 41 | 21 | September 30, 2024 | 3,004% over the limit |
| Solids, suspended percent removal | 1 | 34 | 14 | May 31, 2025 | 247% over the limit |
| Chlorine, total residual | 2 | 47 | 11 | June 30, 2020 | 180% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, percent removal | 1 | 29 | 9 | June 30, 2025 | 67% over the limit |
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 48 | 8 | November 30, 2025 | 18% over the limit |
| Copper, total [as Cu] | 4 | 51 | 5 | January 31, 2025 | 948% over the limit |
| Mercury, total [as Hg] | 0 | 10 | 2 | June 30, 2025 | 174% over the limit |
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 0 | 42 | 0 | ||
| pH | 2 | 40 | 0 | ||
| Lead, total [as Pb] | 2 | 36 | 0 | ||
| Phosphate, ortho [as P] | 0 | 32 | 0 | ||
| NOEL Static Renewal 7Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 2 | 24 | 0 | ||
| Noel Statre 10Day Chronic Salvel. Salmonid | 2 | 24 | 0 | ||
| NOAEL Static 48Hr Acute Ceriodaphnia dubia | 2 | 24 | 0 | ||
| NOAEL Static 48Hr Acute Salvel. Salmonid | 2 | 24 | 0 | ||
| Depth, max of sample | 1 | 20 | 0 | ||
| Priority Pollutants | 1 | 19 | 0 | ||
| Solids, settleable | 0 | 17 | 0 | ||
| Analytical Chemistry | 2 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Cadmium, total [as Cd] | 4 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Arsenic, total [as As] | 2 | 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 ME0100871.
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.