South Cape Elizabeth WWTF
488 Spurwink Ave, Cape Elizabeth, ME 04107 · Cumberland County · Publicly Owned Treatment Works
- Average flow
- 0.22 MGD
- Design flow
- 0.5 MGD
- NPDES permit
- ME0102121
- Administratively continued
- Permit expires
- December 2021
- Population served
- 4,162
- CWNS 2022
South Cape Elizabeth WWTF is a publicly owned wastewater treatment works in Cape Elizabeth, Cumberland County, Maine treating an average of 0.22 million gallons per day against a permitted design capacity of 0.5 MGD, serving about 4,162 residents. It discharges under NPDES permit ME0102121 (administratively continued), which expires in December 2021, with 16 recorded violations in the last three years.
Treatment technology
5 treatment structures and unit processes identified at South Cape Elizabeth WWTF.
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Compliance snapshot (last 3 years)
- Total violations
- 16
- Effluent violations
- 16
Based on NPDES Discharge Monitoring Reports. Full violation history, parameters and discharge data available in the Klarifi platform.
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South Cape Elizabeth WWTF: 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 February 15, 2025.
Wastewater terms: POTW · MGD · NPDES permit · Inflow and infiltration · Activated sludge · Oxidation ditch · all terms