Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES ME0102831
WASHINGTON COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE, Calais, ME: NPDES ME0102831 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 9Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 3Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
WASHINGTON COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE holds NPDES permit ME0102831, which discharges to St Croix River. EPA’s file records it issued February 1, 2019 and expiring January 31, 2024. 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 | WASHINGTON COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | WASHINGTON COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE |
| NPDES ID | ME0102831 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Minor discharger |
| Facility type | Not a publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | February 1, 2019 |
| Expiration date | January 31, 2024 |
| Address | Calais, ME 04619 |
| Receiving water | St Croix River |
| Subwatershed | Elliot Mountain-St. Croix River (HUC 010500010809) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 9Pollutants on file
- 9Under a numeric limit
- 8With a violation of any kind
- 3With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coliform, fecal MF, MFC broth, 44.5 C | 2 | 28 | 8 | October 31, 2025 | 99,999% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 6 | 66 | 6 | May 31, 2015 | 99,999% over the limit |
| Solids, settleable | 1 | 1 | 1 | January 31, 2020 | 233% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 6 | 60 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 14 | 0 | ||
| Chlorine, total residual | 1 | 7 | 0 | ||
| BOD, 5-day, percent removal | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Solids, suspended percent removal | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| pH | 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 ME0102831.
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.