Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES ME0101249
FARMINGTON WWTF, Farmington, ME: NPDES ME0101249 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 20Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 6Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
FARMINGTON WWTF, held by FARMINGTON TOWN OF, holds NPDES permit ME0101249, which discharges to Sandy River. EPA’s file records it issued January 1, 2012 and expiring December 31, 2016. 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 | FARMINGTON WWTF |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | FARMINGTON TOWN OF |
| NPDES ID | ME0101249 |
| 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, 2012 |
| Expiration date | December 31, 2016 |
| Address | Farmington, ME 04938 |
| Receiving water | Sandy River |
| Subwatershed | Middle Sandy River (HUC 010300031004) |
| 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
- 21Pollutants on file
- 20Under a numeric limit
- 21With a violation of any kind
- 6With 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 | 12 | 208 | 7 | September 30, 2025 | 103% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 12 | 217 | 6 | September 30, 2019 | 103% over the limit |
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 8 | 91 | 4 | September 30, 2025 | 13% over the limit |
| Copper, total [as Cu] | 4 | 146 | 2 | March 31, 2008 | 24% over the limit |
| pH | 2 | 69 | 1 | March 31, 2010 | |
| NOEL Static Renewal 7Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 1 | 33 | 1 | July 31, 2014 | 99,999% over the limit |
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 70 | 0 | ||
| Chlorine, total residual | 2 | 69 | 0 | ||
| Silver, total [as Ag] | 2 | 64 | 0 | ||
| Solids, settleable | 1 | 35 | 0 | ||
| BOD, 5-day, percent removal | 1 | 35 | 0 | ||
| Solids, suspended percent removal | 1 | 35 | 0 | ||
| Noel Statre 10Day Chronic Salvel. Salmonid | 2 | 34 | 0 | ||
| E. coli, thermotol, MF, MTEC | 2 | 32 | 0 | ||
| NOAEL Static 48Hr Acute Ceriodaphnia dubia | 2 | 32 | 0 | ||
| NOAEL Static 48Hr Acute Salvel. Salmonid | 2 | 32 | 0 | ||
| Priority pollutants scan [yes/no] | 0 | 28 | 0 | ||
| Lead, total [as Pb] | 2 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Mercury, total [as Hg] | 2 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Analytical Chemistry | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Priority Pollutants | 1 | 4 | 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 ME0101249.
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.