Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES RI0023884

SNEECH POND WATER TREATMENT FACILITY, Cumberland, RI: NPDES RI0023884 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

Administratively continuedPermit status
MinorDischarger class
7Pollutants under a numeric limit
3Pollutants with an effluent exceedance

SNEECH POND WATER TREATMENT FACILITY, held by CUMBERLAND WATER DEPARTMENT, holds NPDES permit RI0023884, which discharges to Sneech Pond. EPA’s file records it issued July 27, 2011 and expiring September 30, 2016. 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	SNEECH POND WATER TREATMENT FACILITY
Permittee as filed	CUMBERLAND WATER DEPARTMENT
NPDES ID	RI0023884
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	July 27, 2011
Expiration date	September 30, 2016
Address	Cumberland, RI 02864
Receiving water	SNEECH POND
Subwatershed	Abbott Run (HUC 010900030207)

Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).

Effluent limits and exceedances

12Pollutants on file
7Under a numeric limit
12With 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
Solids, total suspended	16	323	51	December 31, 2012	4,283% over the limit
pH	8	141	3	November 30, 2021
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant	4	137	1	October 31, 2014	129% over the limit
Chlorine, total residual	8	182	0
Iron, total [as Fe]	4	139	0
Aluminum, total [as Al]	8	136	0
Turbidity	3	102	0
Beryllium, total [as Be]	0	3	0
Copper, total [as Cu]	0	3	0
Lead, total [as Pb]	0	2	0
Zinc, total [as Zn]	0	2	0
Chromium, trivalent [as Cr]	0	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 RI0023884.

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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Nearby on the register

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

This EPA-derived public-records page covers NPDES permit RI0023884 for the SNEECH POND WATER TREATMENT FACILITY in Cumberland, RI, held by CUMBERLAND WATER DEPARTMENT, which discharges to Sneech Pond within subwatershed HUC 010900030207. The permit is listed as administratively continued, with a Minor discharger class, and the file records 12 pollutants on file, 7 under a numeric limit, 12 with a violation of any kind, and 3 with an effluent exceedance.