Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES PA0021733

WATSONTOWN BORO WWTF, Watsontown, PA: NPDES PA0021733 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

Administratively continuedPermit status
MinorDischarger class
0Pollutants under a numeric limit
0Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
0Inspections on file
0Formal enforcement actions

WATSONTOWN BORO WWTF, held by WATSONTOWN BORO, holds NPDES permit PA0021733, which discharges to West Branch Susquehanna River. EPA’s file records it issued November 13, 2003 and expiring November 30, 2008.

WATSONTOWN BORO WWTF, Watsontown, Pennsylvania: Individual permit PA0021733, held by WATSONTOWN BORO; Publicly owned treatment works; Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued); issued November 13, 2003, term to November 30, 2008; discharges to WEST BRANCH SUSQUEHANNA RIVER.

Pennsylvania holds 261 Publicly owned treatment works coverages of this permit type in EPA’s file; 23 were issued before PA0021733.

Coverages issued nearest PA0021733

March 4, 2003: PLUM BOROUGH MUN AUTHORITY, Pittsburgh, PA0091219, held by PLUM BORO MUNICIPAL AUTHORITY
March 11, 2003: SWDCMA SEW SYS TO DELCORA, Aston, PA0027383, held by SOUTHWEST DELAWARE CO MUN AUTH
May 5, 2003: MUNCY BOROUGH MUNICIPAL AUTHORITY WWTF, Muncy, PA0024325, held by MUNCY BORO MUN AUTH
September 5, 2003: DUQUESNE STP, Duquesne, PA0026981, held by DUQUESNE CITY ALLEGHENY CNTY
October 28, 2003: LATROBE MUNI AUTH STP, Latrobe, PA0026069, held by LATROBE MUN AUTH
December 23, 2003: ROCHESTER AREA JT SEW AUTH - STP, Rochester, PA0026140, held by ROCHESTER AREA JOINT SEW AUTH
January 13, 2004: SCOTTDALE STP, Scottdale, PA0026581, held by WESTMORELAND FAYETTE MUN SEW A
July 9, 2004: INDIAN HILLS STP, Harleysville, PA0051004, held by LOWER SALFORD TWP AUTH
February 22, 2005: COLUMBIA MUNICIPAL AUTHORITY WWTF, Columbia, PA0026123, held by COLUMBIA MUN AUTH
March 25, 2005: SEWICKLEY HEIGHTS MANOR STP, Sewickley, PA0096105, held by ALEPPO TWP AUTH

WATSONTOWN BORO WWTF among its neighbors

EPA’s permit file holds 29 discharge permits in the Delaware Run-Lower West Branch Susquehanna River subwatershed (HUC 020502061202), PA0021733 among them. Its county holds 87, 2 of them major permits; PA0021733 is a minor permit.

Other permits in the Delaware Run-Lower West Branch Susquehanna River subwatershed (HUC 020502061202)

ANDRITZ INC, Muncy: PAG034944, minor permit, discharging to UNT Of West Branch Susquehanna River, permit term to March 23, 2028
B & C AUTO WRECKERS, Montgomery: PAG034917, minor permit, discharging to Black Hole Creek, permit term to March 23, 2028
B & C AUTO WRECKERS, Montgomery: PAR604816, minor permit, discharging to UNT TO BLACKHOLE CREEK, permit term to October 31, 2014
CONSTRUCTION SPECIALTIES INC, Muncy: PA0111911, minor permit, discharging to Unnamed Stream, permit term to December 31, 2022
CONSTRUCTION SPECIALTIES STORMWATER, Muncy: PAR324802, minor permit, discharging to TURKEY RUN, permit term to February 29, 2012
F B LEOPOLD CO INC SW, Watsontown: PAG034925, minor permit, discharging to UNT To West Branch Susquehanna River, permit term to March 23, 2028
F B LEOPOLD CO INC SW, Watsontown: PAR234810, minor permit, discharging to Unnamed Tributary To West Branch Susquehanna River, permit term to March 31, 2016
GREGG TWP MUNICIPAL AUTHORITY STP, Allenwood: PA0114821, major permit, discharging to UNT To West Branch Susquehanna River, permit term to October 31, 2024
HALLIBURTON 55 FIELD CAMP, Montgomery: PAG034999, minor permit, discharging to Turkey Run, permit term to March 23, 2028
HAMILTON PATRIOT GENERATION PLANT, Montgomery: PAD410021, minor permit, discharging to Unnamed Stream, permit term to September 19, 2027

What the register holds for WATSONTOWN BORO WWTF: its NPDES ID, its permit type and status, its dates, its address in Watsontown, Pennsylvania, its receiving water. EPA’s effluent violation file and its single-event violation file hold no violation for NPDES PA0021733.

Identity

Facility as filed	WATSONTOWN BORO WWTF
Permittee as filed	WATSONTOWN BORO
NPDES ID	PA0021733
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	November 13, 2003
Expiration date	November 30, 2008
Address	Watsontown, PA 17777
Receiving water	WEST BRANCH SUSQUEHANNA RIVER
Receiving water impaired	303(D) Listed
Subwatershed	Delaware Run-Lower West Branch Susquehanna River (HUC 020502061202)

Effluent limits and exceedances

0Pollutants on file
0Under a numeric limit
0With a violation of any kind
0With an effluent exceedance

EPA’s limits and effluent violation files hold no pollutant row for NPDES PA0021733.

Inspections, violations and enforcement

0Single-event violations

EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES PA0021733.

Inspections

EPA’s inspection file holds no inspection for NPDES PA0021733.

Formal enforcement and penalties

0 formal actions, 0 of them with a penalty assessed. Federal and state penalties are separate figures from separate authorities and are shown as each was filed, never added together.

Informal enforcement

EPA’s informal enforcement file holds no action for NPDES PA0021733.

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Nearby on the register

Figures from EPA’s ICIS-NPDES download, loaded September 15, 2026.

The WATSONTOWN BORO WWTF is one of 8 POTW permits on EPA's NPDES register in Northumberland County, and 87.5% of those 8 permits have a violation on file. Among the 29 NPDES permits in the Delaware Run-Lower West Branch Susquehanna River subwatershed, this one is included, and 0.0% of the county's 8 POTW permits were issued earlier than this one. The permit shows no pollutants under a numeric limit and no pollutants with an effluent exceedance.