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Calais Wastewater Treatment Facility

50 Elm Street, Calais, ME 04619 · Washington County · Publicly Owned Treatment Works

Average flow
0.52 MGD
Design flow
1.5 MGD
NPDES permit
ME0100129
Administratively continued
Permit expires
November 2021
Population served
3,123
CWNS 2022

Calais Wastewater Treatment Facility is a publicly owned wastewater treatment works in Calais, Washington County, Maine treating an average of 0.52 million gallons per day against a permitted design capacity of 1.5 MGD, serving about 3,123 residents. It discharges under NPDES permit ME0100129 (administratively continued), which expires in November 2021, with 9 recorded violations in the last three years. EPA has recorded 1 formal enforcement action naming the plant, the latest in August 1997.

Treatment technology

6 treatment structures and unit processes identified at Calais Wastewater Treatment Facility.

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Compliance snapshot (last 3 years)

Total violations
9
Effluent violations
0

Based on NPDES Discharge Monitoring Reports. Full violation history, parameters and discharge data available in the Klarifi platform.

EPA enforcement history

Federal civil enforcement cases, compliance inspections and informal actions recorded for Calais Wastewater Treatment Facility in EPA's ICIS system.

Formal actions
1
0 since FY2020
Penalties assessed
$1,000
all cases
EPA inspections
0
none on record

Latest case · Aug 1997

CALAIS WWTF

Administrative order · CWA, Clean Water Act · Final Order With Penalty · Penalty $1,000

Source: EPA ECHO, civil enforcement case 01-1997-0116.

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Key contacts

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0.03 MGD

Eastport WWTF

Eastport · 24 mi away

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East Machias WWTF

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Whitneyville WWTF

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Calais Wastewater Treatment Facility: frequently asked questions

Sources and methodology

Flow, permit and violation figures come from the EPA's ICIS-NPDES discharge monitoring records. Population served comes from the Clean Watersheds Needs Survey 2022. Treatment structures are identified by Klarifi's review of aerial imagery, and capital improvement projects are extracted from published municipal budget documents. Violations are counted over the last three years of monitoring reports.

Data refreshed October 26, 2026; facility record last updated May 19, 2025.

Wastewater terms: POTW · MGD · NPDES permit · Inflow and infiltration · Filter press · FOG · all terms


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