Town Of La Plata
5 Garrett Avenue, La Plata, MD 20646 · Charles County · Publicly Owned Treatment Works
- Average flow
- 1.08 MGD
- Design flow
- —
- NPDES permit
- MDL020524
- Effective
- Permit expires
- December 2030
- Population served
- 21,326
- CWNS 2022
Town Of La Plata is a publicly owned wastewater treatment plant in La Plata, Charles County, Maryland treating an average of 1.08 million gallons per day, serving about 21,326 residents. It discharges under NPDES permit MDL020524 (effective), which expires in December 2030, with 90 recorded violations in the last three years. EPA has recorded 2 formal enforcement actions naming the plant, the latest in September 2001.
Treatment technology
One treatment structure or unit process identified at Town Of La Plata.
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Compliance snapshot (last 3 years)
- Total violations
- 90
- Effluent violations
- 67
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 Town Of La Plata in EPA's ICIS system.
- Formal actions
- 2
- 0 since FY2020
- EPA inspections
- 2
- latest Apr 2026
Latest case · Sep 2001
MILLER, DOUGLAS R
Administrative order · CWA, Sewage Sludge Disposal · Final Order No Penalty
Source: EPA ECHO, civil enforcement case 03-2001-0261.
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Key contacts
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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 14, 2026.
Wastewater terms: POTW · MGD · NPDES permit · Inflow and infiltration · Significant industrial user · WWTP · all terms