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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES NC0002879

SWEENEY WTP, Wilmington, NC: NPDES NC0002879 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

SWEENEY WTP, held by Cape Fear Public Utility Authority, holds NPDES permit NC0002879. EPA’s file records it issued January 26, 2018 and expiring November 30, 2022. 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 filedSWEENEY WTP
Permittee as filedCape Fear Public Utility Authority
NPDES IDNC0002879
Permit statusEffective
Permit typeIndividual permit
Discharger classMinor discharger
Facility typeNot a publicly owned treatment works
IssuedJanuary 26, 2018
Expiration dateNovember 30, 2022
AddressWilmington, NC 28403
NAICS221310 – Water Supply and Irrigation Systems
SIC4941 – Water Supply
Other EPA IDs (FRS)ICIS-AIR source NC0000003706500306

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

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
pH23321June 30, 2026
Phosphorus, total [as P]0840
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant1720
Solids, total suspended210
Turbidity100
Chlorine, total residual100

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 NC0002879.

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.

What this page shows

This public-records page covers the NPDES discharge permit NC0002879 for SWEENEY WTP in Wilmington, NC, held by Cape Fear Public Utility Authority, with a status of Effective and a minor discharger class. The facts list 6 pollutants on file, 5 under a numeric limit, 4 with a violation of any kind, and 1 with an effluent exceedance.