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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES ME0101087

ASHLAND WWTF, Ashland, ME: NPDES ME0101087 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

ASHLAND WWTF, held by ASHLAND WATER & SEWER DISTRICT, holds NPDES permit ME0101087, which discharges to Aroostook River. EPA’s file records it issued May 1, 2015 and expiring April 30, 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 filedASHLAND WWTF
Permittee as filedASHLAND WATER & SEWER DISTRICT
NPDES IDME0101087
Permit statusAdministratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit typeIndividual permit
Discharger classMinor discharger
Facility typePublicly owned treatment works
ProgramPublicly owned treatment works
IssuedMay 1, 2015
Expiration dateApril 30, 2020
AddressAshland, ME 04732
Receiving waterAroostook River
SubwatershedAlder Brook-Aroostook River (HUC 010100040904)

Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).

Effluent limits and exceedances

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 measureLimitsViolations, any kindEffluent exceedancesLatest exceedanceLargest exceedance, as filed
Solids, total suspended618582October 31, 2025160% over the limit
pH29668May 31, 2026
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant25624April 30, 2026143% over the limit
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C612617April 30, 202363% over the limit
Solids, suspended percent removal12812April 30, 201653% over the limit
E. coli, thermotol, MF, MTEC2164August 31, 2018195% over the limit
BOD, 5-day, percent removal1171April 30, 20227% over the limit
Copper, total [as Cu]451April 30, 201867% over the limit
Priority Pollutants1190
Chlorine, total residual1160
Solids, settleable0150
Aluminum, total [as Al]220
Mercury, total [as Hg]220
Analytical Chemistry100
NOEL Static Renewal 7Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia100
Noel Statre 10Day Chronic Salvel. Salmonid100
NOAEL Static 48Hr Acute Ceriodaphnia dubia100
NOAEL Static 48Hr Acute Salvel. Salmonid100

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

EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES ME0101087.

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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What this page shows

This public-records page covers NPDES permit ME0101087 for the ASHLAND WWTF in Ashland, ME, held by ASHLAND WATER & SEWER DISTRICT and discharging to the Aroostook River, with the permit status shown as administratively continued. The page lists 18 pollutants on file, 17 under a numeric limit, 13 with a violation of any kind, and 8 with an effluent exceedance.