Sanford Wastewater Treatment Facility
192 Gavel Rd, Sanford, ME 04073 · York County · Publicly Owned Treatment Works
- Average flow
- 1.42 MGD
- Design flow
- 4.4 MGD
- NPDES permit
- ME0100617
- Administratively continued
- Permit expires
- July 2023
- Population served
- 11,904
- CWNS 2022
Sanford Wastewater Treatment Facility is a publicly owned wastewater treatment works in Sanford, York County, Maine treating an average of 1.42 million gallons per day against a permitted design capacity of 4.4 MGD, serving about 11,904 residents. It discharges under NPDES permit ME0100617 (administratively continued), which expires in July 2023, with 4 recorded violations in the last three years.
Treatment technology
9 treatment structures and unit processes identified, 1 planned upgrade on record at Sanford Wastewater Treatment Facility.
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Compliance snapshot (last 3 years)
- Total violations
- 4
- Effluent violations
- 2
Based on NPDES Discharge Monitoring Reports. Full violation history, parameters and discharge data available in the Klarifi platform.
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Sanford 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 September 13, 2026.
Wastewater terms: POTW · MGD · NPDES permit · Inflow and infiltration · Anaerobic digester · Lift station · all terms