Palmer Water Pollution Control Facility
Norbell Street, Palmer (three Rivers), MA 01080 · Hampden County · Publicly Owned Treatment Works
- Average flow
- 1.37 MGD
- Design flow
- 5.6 MGD
- NPDES permit
- MA0101168
- Effective
- Permit expires
- November 2028
- Population served
- 7,927
- CWNS 2022
Palmer Water Pollution Control Facility is a publicly owned wastewater treatment works in Palmer (three Rivers), Hampden County, Massachusetts treating an average of 1.37 million gallons per day against a permitted design capacity of 5.6 MGD, serving about 7,927 residents. It discharges under NPDES permit MA0101168 (effective), which expires in November 2028, with 5 recorded violations in the last three years. EPA has recorded 4 formal enforcement actions naming the plant, the latest in September 2006.
Treatment technology
20 treatment structures and unit processes identified at Palmer Water Pollution Control Facility.
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See the full treatment train at Palmer Water Pollution Control Facility: structures, unit processes and planned upgrades, with exact unit counts.
Compliance snapshot (last 3 years)
- Total violations
- 5
- Effluent violations
- 5
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 Palmer Water Pollution Control Facility in EPA's ICIS system.
- Formal actions
- 4
- 0 since FY2020
- Penalties assessed
- $30,000
- all cases
- Compliance actions
- $102,000
- required by EPA orders
- EPA inspections
- 0
- none on record
Latest case · Sep 2006
PALMER WWTP
Administrative order · CWA, NPDES Permit Violations · Final Order No Penalty · Compliance actions $2,000
Source: EPA ECHO, civil enforcement case 01-2006-2214.
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Every action against Palmer Water Pollution Control Facility with dates, milestones, violation types and EPA's complete case summaries, plus inspections and informal actions.
Capital improvement projects in Palmer (three Rivers)
Palmer (three Rivers)'s capital improvement plan lists 19 water, sewer and wastewater line items worth $36M starting 2026–2030. The largest budgeted items are shown here.
All water and sewer capital projects in Palmer (three Rivers) →
| Project | Budget | Years |
|---|---|---|
| Sewer Rehab - Phase 1 | $5,440,000 | 2029–2029 |
| Thorndike Street Sewer Siphon | $4,790,000 | 2027–2027 |
| Pump Station #2 Upgrade (category B & C) | $4,610,000 | 2030–2030 |
| Pump Station Upgrade (Category A) | $4,080,000 | 2028–2028 |
| WPCF Upgrades (phase 1 &2) | $2,830,000 | 2030–2030 |
Full project details — scope, funding source, engineering consultant and the decision-makers behind each project — are available in Klarifi, along with similar wastewater capital projects in other cities.
Key contacts
5 verified contacts for Palmer Water Pollution Control Facility, with validated emails and direct phone numbers.
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Names, validated emails and direct phone numbers for decision-makers at Palmer Water Pollution Control Facility, plus the full compliance history and discharge data.
Nearby wastewater treatment plants in Massachusetts
Gilbertville · 11 mi away
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Holyoke · 13 mi away
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Hadley · 15 mi away
0.32 MGD
North Brookfield · 15 mi away
0.4 MGD
Northampton · 16 mi away
4.21 MGD
Hardwick · 16 mi away
0.02 MGD
Hadley · 17 mi away
3.36 MGD
Spencer · 18 mi away
0.66 MGD
Palmer Water Pollution Control 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 · Significant industrial user · WWTP · all terms