Ocean City Wastewater Treatment Plant
6405 Seabay Drive, Ocean City, MD 21842 · Worcester County · Publicly Owned Treatment Works
- Average flow
- 4.45 MGD
- Design flow
- —
- NPDES permit
- MDL020044
- Effective
- Permit expires
- December 2030
- Population served
- 12,500
- CWNS 2022
Ocean City Wastewater Treatment Plant is a publicly owned wastewater treatment works in Ocean City, Worcester County, Maryland treating an average of 4.45 million gallons per day, serving about 12,500 residents. It discharges under NPDES permit MDL020044 (effective), which expires in December 2030, with 2 recorded violations in the last three years. EPA has recorded 1 formal enforcement action naming the plant, the latest in January 2006.
Treatment technology
3 treatment structures and unit processes identified at Ocean City Wastewater Treatment Plant.
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Compliance snapshot (last 3 years)
- Total violations
- 2
- Effluent violations
- 1
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 Ocean City Wastewater Treatment Plant in EPA's ICIS system.
- Formal actions
- 1
- 0 since FY2020
- Penalties assessed
- $400
- all cases
- Compliance actions
- $357
- required by EPA orders
- EPA inspections
- 0
- none on record
Latest case · Jan 2006
OCEAN CITY WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT
Administrative order · CAA, Prevention of Accidental Release/Risk Management Plans (RMPs) · Final Order Issued · Penalty $400 · Compliance actions $357
EPA's description of the case:
“Administrative Penalty Order”
Source: EPA ECHO, civil enforcement case 03-2005-0275.
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Key contacts
2 verified contacts for Ocean City Wastewater Treatment Plant, with validated emails and direct phone numbers.
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Ocean City 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 April 24, 2025.
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