Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES ME0101290
HOULTON WATER COMPANY WWTF, Houlton, ME: NPDES ME0101290 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 17Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 7Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
HOULTON WATER COMPANY WWTF, held by HOULTON WATER COMPANY, holds NPDES permit ME0101290, which discharges to Meduxnekeag River. EPA’s file records it issued August 23, 2016 and expiring August 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 | HOULTON WATER COMPANY WWTF |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | HOULTON WATER COMPANY |
| NPDES ID | ME0101290 |
| 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 | August 23, 2016 |
| Expiration date | August 31, 2021 |
| Address | Houlton, ME 04730 |
| Receiving water | Meduxnekeag River |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Smith Brook-Meduxnekeag River (HUC 010100050307) |
| NAICS | 221320 – Sewage Treatment Facilities |
| SIC | 4952 – Sewerage Systems |
| Other EPA IDs (FRS) | RCRA handler MED053440467 |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download) and EPA’s NAICS/SIC and component files, the same download; cross-program IDs from EPA’s FRS facility-registry crosswalk.
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 25Pollutants on file
- 17Under a numeric limit
- 23With a violation of any kind
- 7With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 104 | 64 | May 31, 2026 | 173% over the limit |
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 7 | 143 | 3 | June 30, 2007 | 45% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 6 | 134 | 2 | January 31, 2018 | 39% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, percent removal | 1 | 27 | 2 | April 30, 2025 | 53% over the limit |
| Arsenic, total [as As] | 0 | 43 | 1 | May 31, 2008 | 1,317% over the limit |
| E. coli, thermotol, MF, MTEC | 2 | 21 | 1 | June 30, 2005 | 527% over the limit |
| Cadmium, total [as Cd] | 0 | 1 | 1 | July 31, 2011 | 82% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 6 | 137 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorous, in total orthophosphate | 0 | 132 | 0 | ||
| Copper, total [as Cu] | 0 | 88 | 0 | ||
| pH | 2 | 44 | 0 | ||
| Chlorine, total residual | 2 | 44 | 0 | ||
| Streamflow | 0 | 33 | 0 | ||
| Solids, suspended percent removal | 1 | 25 | 0 | ||
| Solids, settleable | 1 | 22 | 0 | ||
| NOEL Static Renewal 7Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 3 | 7 | 0 | ||
| Noel Statre 10Day Chronic Salvel. Salmonid | 3 | 7 | 0 | ||
| NOAEL Static 48Hr Acute Ceriodaphnia dubia | 3 | 7 | 0 | ||
| NOAEL Static 48Hr Acute Salvel. Salmonid | 3 | 7 | 0 | ||
| Priority Pollutants | 1 | 7 | 0 | ||
| Noel Statre 7Day Chronic Pimephales | 0 | 7 | 0 | ||
| NOAEL Static 48Hr Acute Pimephales promelas | 0 | 7 | 0 | ||
| Hardness, total [as CaCO3] | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Analytical Chemistry | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mercury, total [as Hg] | 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 ME0101290.
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.