Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES ME0101885
NORTH BERWICK SD WWTF, North Berwick, ME: NPDES ME0101885 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 25Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 8Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
NORTH BERWICK SD WWTF, held by NORTH BERWICK SANITARY DIST, holds NPDES permit ME0101885, which discharges to Great Works River. EPA’s file records it issued January 1, 2008 and expiring December 31, 2012. 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 | NORTH BERWICK SD WWTF |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | NORTH BERWICK SANITARY DIST |
| NPDES ID | ME0101885 |
| 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 | January 1, 2008 |
| Expiration date | December 31, 2012 |
| Address | North Berwick, ME 03906 |
| Receiving water | Great Works River |
| Subwatershed | Great Works River-Leighs Mill Pond (HUC 010600030402) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 29Pollutants on file
- 25Under a numeric limit
- 29With a violation of any kind
- 8With 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 | 97 | 7 | April 30, 2026 | 143% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 12 | 98 | 3 | November 30, 2015 | 10% over the limit |
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 4 | 33 | 3 | February 29, 2008 | 897% over the limit |
| Thallium, total [as Tl] | 4 | 25 | 3 | February 28, 2010 | 64% over the limit |
| pH | 4 | 31 | 1 | December 31, 2003 | |
| Cadmium, total [as Cd] | 4 | 19 | 1 | February 28, 2009 | 99,999% over the limit |
| Solids, suspended percent removal | 2 | 10 | 1 | April 30, 2026 | 87% over the limit |
| Copper, total [as Cu] | 0 | 1 | 1 | December 31, 2007 | 2,525% over the limit |
| Stream flow, instantaneous | 4 | 30 | 0 | ||
| Arsenic, total [as As] | 4 | 18 | 0 | ||
| Lead, total [as Pb] | 4 | 18 | 0 | ||
| Di[2-ethylhexyl] phthalate [DEHP] | 4 | 18 | 0 | ||
| Solids, settleable | 2 | 15 | 0 | ||
| Dilution factor | 2 | 15 | 0 | ||
| NOAEL Static 48Hr Acute Ceriodaphnia dubia | 2 | 13 | 0 | ||
| NOEL Static Renewal 7Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 2 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Noel Statre 10Day Chronic Salvel. Salmonid | 2 | 12 | 0 | ||
| NOAEL Static 48Hr Acute Salvel. Salmonid | 2 | 12 | 0 | ||
| BOD, 5-day, percent removal | 2 | 9 | 0 | ||
| Temperature, water deg. centigrade | 1 | 7 | 0 | ||
| Flow rate | 1 | 7 | 0 | ||
| Specific conductance | 1 | 7 | 0 | ||
| Priority Pollutants | 1 | 7 | 0 | ||
| Noel Statre 7Day Chronic Pimephales | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||
| NOAEL Static 48Hr Acute Pimephales promelas | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||
| E. coli, thermotol, MF, MTEC | 3 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Analytical Chemistry | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Coliform, fecal MF, MFC broth, 44.5 C | 1 | 2 | 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 ME0101885.
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.