SACO WASTEWATER TREATMENT FACILITY

NPDES permit ME0101117 · Major POTW · administratively continued, expires 2021-09-30 · EPA's file as of 2026-09-19

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This permit expired on 2021-09-30 and is administratively continued: its last limits keep applying until a new permit is issued, and EPA still expects the reports.

EPA's record, 2025-09-01 to 2026-08-31

3values over a limit
0required values missing, on 0 form(s)
1of 24 forms filed late

Last period with anything received: 2026-08-31. Most often over: Coliform, fecal MF, MFC broth, 44.5 C (1), BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C (1), Solids, total suspended (1).

Reporting

Reports are due about 15 days after each monitoring period ends (read off this permit's own late-day counts in EPA's filings).

Limits in force (53)

OutfallParameterStatisticLimitMonths
001Flow rateDAILY MX report only all year
001BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. CMO AVG <= 30 mg/L all year
001BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. CDAILY MX <= 50 mg/L all year
001BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. CDAILY MX report only all year
001BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. CMO AVG <= 1050 lb/d all year
001BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. CDAILY MX report only all year
001BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. CDAILY MX <= 1882 lb/d all year
001BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. CMO AVG <= 30 mg/L all year
001BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. CDAILY MX report only all year
001BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. CMO AVG <= 1050 lb/d all year
001BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. CDAILY MX report only all year
001BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. CWKLY AVG <= 45 mg/L all year
001BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. CWKLY AVG <= 1576 lb/d all year
001BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. CWKLY AVG <= 45 mg/L all year
001BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. CWKLY AVG <= 1576 lb/d all year
001pHMINIMUM >= 6 SU all year
001pHMAXIMUM <= 9 SU all year
001pHDAILY MX report only all year
001Solids, total suspendedMO AVG <= 30 mg/L all year
001Solids, total suspendedDAILY MX <= 50 mg/L all year
001Solids, total suspendedDAILY MX report only all year
001Solids, total suspendedMO AVG <= 1050 lb/d all year
001Solids, total suspendedDAILY MX report only all year
001Solids, total suspendedDAILY MX <= 5127 lb/d all year
001Solids, total suspendedMO AVG <= 30 mg/L all year
001Solids, total suspendedDAILY MX report only all year
001Solids, total suspendedMO AVG <= 1050 lb/d all year
001Solids, total suspendedDAILY MX report only all year
001Solids, total suspendedWKLY AVG <= 45 mg/L all year
001Solids, total suspendedWKLY AVG <= 1576 lb/d all year
001Solids, total suspendedWKLY AVG <= 45 mg/L all year
001Solids, total suspendedWKLY AVG <= 1576 lb/d all year
001Solids, settleableDAILY MX <= .3 mL/L all year
001Coliform, fecal MF, MFC broth, 44.5 CMO GEO <= 15 #/100mL all year
001Coliform, fecal MF, MFC broth, 44.5 CDAILY MX <= 50 #/100mL all year
001Coliform, fecal MF, MFC broth, 44.5 CDAILY MX <= 200 #/100mL all year
001Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plantMO AVG <= 4.2 MGD all year
001Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plantDAILY MX report only all year
001Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plantDAILY MX report only all year
001Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plantMO TOTAL report only all year
001Chlorine, total residualDAILY MX <= .091 ug/L all year
001Chlorine, total residualDAILY MX <= 1 mg/L all year
001Analytical ChemistryVALUE report only all year
001Analytical ChemistryVALUE report only all year
001Mercury, total [as Hg]MO AVG <= 8.1 ng/L all year
001Mercury, total [as Hg]DAILY MX <= 12.1 ng/L all year
001OverflowsDAILY MX report only all year
001BOD, 5-day, percent removalMO AV MN >= 85 % all year
001Solids, suspended percent removalMO AV MN >= 85 % all year
001NOEL Static 1Hr 20min Fert. Chronic Arbacia punctulataVALUE report only all year
001NOEL Static 1Hr 20min Fert. Chronic Arbacia punctulataVALUE report only all year
001NOAEL Static Renewal 48Hr Acute Americamysis bahia (formerly Mysidopsis bahia)VALUE report only all year
001NOAEL Static Renewal 48Hr Acute Americamysis bahia (formerly Mysidopsis bahia)VALUE report only all year

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