Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES RI0001589
PAWTUCKET WATER TREATMENT PLANT, Pawtucket, RI: NPDES RI0001589 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 9Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 5Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
- 0Inspections on file
- 0Formal enforcement actions
PAWTUCKET WATER TREATMENT PLANT, held by CITY OF PAWTUCKET, PAWTUCKET WSB, holds NPDES permit RI0001589, which discharges to Abbot Run Brook. EPA’s file records it issued April 12, 2012 and expiring June 30, 2017. 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 | PAWTUCKET WATER TREATMENT PLANT |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | CITY OF PAWTUCKET, PAWTUCKET WSB |
| NPDES ID | RI0001589 |
| 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 | April 12, 2012 |
| Expiration date | June 30, 2017 |
| Address | Pawtucket, RI 02860 |
| Receiving water | ABBOT RUN BROOK |
| Subwatershed | Abbott Run (HUC 010900030207) |
| SIC | 4941 – Water Supply |
| Other EPA IDs (FRS) | RCRA handler RID987469202 |
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
- 9Pollutants on file
- 9Under a numeric limit
- 8With a violation of any kind
- 5With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 10 | 68 | 68 | September 30, 2023 | 320% over the limit |
| pH | 12 | 17 | 17 | February 28, 2011 | |
| Solids, total suspended | 12 | 16 | 16 | January 31, 2014 | 325% over the limit |
| Chlorine, total residual | 10 | 3 | 3 | October 31, 2007 | 820% over the limit |
| Aluminum, total [as Al] | 8 | 2 | 2 | January 31, 2025 | 21% over the limit |
| Turbidity | 6 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Cadmium, total [as Cd] | 6 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Lead, total [as Pb] | 6 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Iron, total [as Fe] | 6 | 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 RI0001589.
Inspections
EPA’s inspection file holds no inspection for NPDES RI0001589.
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 RI0001589.
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.