Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES PA0244775
NORRISTOWN WTP, Norristown, PA: NPDES PA0244775 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 11Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 4Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
NORRISTOWN WTP, held by PA AMER WATER CO, holds NPDES permit PA0244775, which discharges to Schuylkill River. EPA’s file records it issued November 25, 2020 and expiring November 30, 2025. 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 | NORRISTOWN WTP |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | PA AMER WATER CO |
| NPDES ID | PA0244775 |
| 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 | November 25, 2020 |
| Expiration date | November 30, 2025 |
| Issuing agency | State Environmental Organization |
| Address | Norristown, PA 19401 |
| Receiving water | Schuylkill River |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Plymouth Creek-Schuylkill River (HUC 020402031007) |
| SIC | 4941 – Water Supply |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download) and EPA’s NAICS/SIC and component files, the same download.
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 11Pollutants on file
- 11Under a numeric limit
- 11With a violation of any kind
- 4With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Iron, total [as Fe] | 4 | 47 | 39 | July 31, 2024 | 1,918% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 4 | 18 | 10 | July 31, 2024 | 358% over the limit |
| Manganese, total [as Mn] | 4 | 12 | 4 | March 31, 2023 | 140% over the limit |
| Chlorine, total residual | 2 | 8 | 4 | July 31, 2024 | 26% over the limit |
| Aluminum, total [as Al] | 4 | 8 | 0 | ||
| pH | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Dichlorobromomethane | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Bromoform | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Chloroform | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Chlorodibromomethane | 1 | 1 | 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 PA0244775.
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.