Ipswich Wastewater Treatment Plant
20 Fowlers Lane, Ipswich, MA 01938 · Essex County · Publicly Owned Treatment Works
- Average flow
- 0.66 MGD
- Design flow
- —
- NPDES permit
- MAG590036
- Effective
- Permit expires
- October 2027
- Population served
- 6,824
- CWNS 2022
Ipswich Wastewater Treatment Plant is a publicly owned wastewater treatment works in Ipswich, Essex County, Massachusetts treating an average of 0.66 million gallons per day, serving about 6,824 residents. It discharges under NPDES permit MAG590036 (effective), which expires in October 2027, with 2 recorded violations in the last three years. EPA has recorded 1 formal enforcement action naming the plant, the latest in February 2003.
Treatment technology
7 treatment structures and unit processes identified at Ipswich Wastewater Treatment Plant.
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Compliance snapshot (last 3 years)
- Total violations
- 2
- Effluent violations
- 2
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 Ipswich Wastewater Treatment Plant in EPA's ICIS system.
- Formal actions
- 1
- 0 since FY2020
- Compliance actions
- $30,000
- required by EPA orders
- EPA inspections
- 1
- latest Sep 2014
Latest case · Feb 2003
IPSWICH MA TOWN OF
Administrative order · CWA, NPDES Discharge without a Permit · Final Order No Penalty · Compliance actions $30,000
Source: EPA ECHO, civil enforcement case 01-2003-0030.
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Capital improvement projects in Ipswich
Ipswich's capital improvement plan lists 12 water, sewer and wastewater line items worth $74M starting 2026–2030. The largest budgeted items are shown here.
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| Project | Budget | Years |
|---|---|---|
| Water Treatment Plant Replacement | $35,000,000 | 2026–2026 |
| Town Wharf Pump Station | $15,000,000 | 2028–2028 |
| Town Wharf Pump Station(borrow appd 2023ATM conditional with FEMA grant approval for 15M) | $7,200,000 | 2028–2028 |
| Water Distribution System Upgrades | $7,000,000 | 2027–2029 |
| Construct New Groundwater Supply Well (Lynch Well) | $3,000,000 | 2026–2026 |
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Key contacts
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Ipswich 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 November 28, 2025.
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