Back River Wastewater Treatment Plant
8201 Eastern Ave, Baltimore, MD 21224 · Baltimore City County · Publicly Owned Treatment Works
- Average flow
- 107.68 MGD
- Design flow
- —
- NPDES permit
- MDL021555
- Effective
- Permit expires
- December 2030
- Population served
- 432,114
- CWNS 2022
Back River Wastewater Treatment Plant is a publicly owned wastewater treatment works in Baltimore, Baltimore City County, Maryland treating an average of 107.68 million gallons per day, serving about 432,114 residents. It discharges under NPDES permit MDL021555 (effective), which expires in December 2030, with 32 recorded violations in the last three years. EPA has recorded 2 formal enforcement actions naming the plant, the latest in October 2017.
Treatment technology
4 treatment structures and unit processes identified at Back River Wastewater Treatment Plant.
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Compliance snapshot (last 3 years)
- Total violations
- 32
- Effluent violations
- 10
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 Back River Wastewater Treatment Plant in EPA's ICIS system.
- Formal actions
- 2
- 0 since FY2020
- Penalties assessed
- $604,832
- all cases
- Compliance actions
- $2,584M
- required by EPA orders
- EPA inspections
- 1
- latest Jul 2005
Latest case · Oct 2017
BALTIMORE, MAYOR & CITY COUNCIL OF
Judicial case · CWA, NPDES Permit Violations · Final Order With Penalty · Penalty $600,000 · Compliance actions $2,584M · The case also names 1 other plant, and its amounts cover all of them
Source: EPA ECHO, civil enforcement case 03-2000-0317.
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Capital improvement projects in Baltimore
Baltimore's capital improvement plan lists 212 water, sewer and wastewater line items worth $4.7B starting 2025–2031. The largest budgeted items are shown here.
All water and sewer capital projects in Baltimore →
| Project | Budget | Years |
|---|---|---|
| Future Water Main Replacement | $280,000,000 | 2027–2031 |
| Baltimore St./Smallwood St./Reisterstown Rd. Area Water Main Replacements | $199,868,000 | 2026–2030 |
| OF Hyd Outfall Phase II Sewershed Improvements for 5 Year Storm LOP | $155,083,680 | 2027–2029 |
| (Project 1355) Activated Plant 3 Rehab at BRWWTP | $122,148,822 | 2027–2027 |
| Construction Reserve Meter Replacement | $110,000,000 | 2026–2031 |
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Key contacts
9 verified contacts for Back River Wastewater Treatment Plant, with validated emails and direct phone numbers.
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Chestertown · 16 mi away
0.05 MGD
Rock Hall · 17 mi away
0.21 MGD
Perryman · 17 mi away
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Annapolis · 19 mi away
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Odenton · 20 mi away
0.47 MGD
Back River Wastewater Treatment Plant: 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 October 7, 2026.
Wastewater terms: POTW · MGD · NPDES permit · Inflow and infiltration · Sludge dewatering · Biological nutrient removal · all terms