Montague Wastewater Treatment Facility
34 Greenfield Road, Montague, MA 01351 · Franklin County · Publicly Owned Treatment Works
- Average flow
- 0.53 MGD
- Design flow
- 1.83 MGD
- NPDES permit
- MA0100137
- Effective
- Permit expires
- December 2028
- Population served
- 5,764
- CWNS 2022
Montague Wastewater Treatment Facility is a publicly owned wastewater treatment works in Montague, Franklin County, Massachusetts treating an average of 0.53 million gallons per day against a permitted design capacity of 1.83 MGD, serving about 5,764 residents. It discharges under NPDES permit MA0100137 (effective), which expires in December 2028, with 267 recorded violations in the last three years. EPA has recorded 5 formal enforcement actions naming the plant, the latest in May 2022.
Treatment technology
14 treatment structures and unit processes identified at Montague Wastewater Treatment Facility.
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Compliance snapshot (last 3 years)
- Total violations
- 267
- Effluent violations
- 15
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 Montague Wastewater Treatment Facility in EPA's ICIS system.
- Formal actions
- 5
- 3 since FY2020
- Compliance actions
- $1.1M
- required by EPA orders
- EPA inspections
- 4
- latest Aug 2019
Latest case · May 2022
MONTAGUE WPCF
Administrative order · CWA, NPDES Permit Violations · Final Order No Penalty · Compliance actions $100,000
EPA's description of the case:
“On March 18, 2021, Region 1 issued a Clean Water Act Administrative Compliance Order (Order) to the Town of Montague, Massachusetts (Town) for its non-compliance with the conditions of its National…”
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Source: EPA ECHO, civil enforcement case 01-2021-2016.
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Every action against Montague Wastewater Treatment Facility with dates, milestones, violation types and EPA's complete case summaries, plus inspections and informal actions.
Capital improvement projects in Montague
Montague's capital improvement plan lists 22 water, sewer and wastewater line items worth $16M starting 2026–2031. The largest budgeted items are shown here.
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| Project | Budget | Years |
|---|---|---|
| Pump Stations Forced Main Reconstruction | $3,000,000 | 2028–2028 |
| CSO LTCP – Phase 2 Sewer Collections Rehab | $3,000,000 | 2026–2026 |
| Reline Off-Road Sewer Lines | $2,280,000 | 2029–2029 |
| CSO LTCP – Plant Influent Line Reconstruction | $1,500,000 | 2030–2030 |
| Pump Station Upgrade: J St, G St, Lake Pleasant, Denton St | $1,400,000 | 2028–2029 |
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Key contacts
6 verified contacts for Montague Wastewater Treatment Facility, with validated emails and direct phone numbers.
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Nearby wastewater treatment plants in Massachusetts
Greenfield · 1 mi away
2.2 MGD
Deerfield · 3 mi away
0.08 MGD
Erving · 4 mi away
0.07 MGD
Shelburne · 8 mi away
0.15 MGD
Erving · 8 mi away
0.0033 MGD
Sunderland · 9 mi away
0.16 MGD
Erving · 9 mi away
1.77 MGD
Orange · 13 mi away
0.9 MGD
Montague Wastewater Treatment Facility: 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 May 19, 2025.
Wastewater terms: POTW · MGD · NPDES permit · Inflow and infiltration · Activated sludge · Oxidation ditch · all terms