Taunton Wastewater Treatment Facility
825 West Water Street, Taunton, MA 02780 · Bristol County · Publicly Owned Treatment Works
- Average flow
- 7.32 MGD
- Design flow
- 8.4 MGD
- NPDES permit
- MA0100897
- Administratively continued
- Permit expires
- July 2020
- Population served
- 39,644
- CWNS 2022
Taunton Wastewater Treatment Facility is a publicly owned wastewater treatment works in Taunton, Bristol County, Massachusetts treating an average of 7.32 million gallons per day against a permitted design capacity of 8.4 MGD, serving about 39,644 residents. It discharges under NPDES permit MA0100897 (administratively continued), which expires in July 2020, with 48 recorded violations in the last three years. EPA has recorded 4 formal enforcement actions naming the plant, the latest in April 2023.
Treatment technology
2 treatment structures and unit processes identified at Taunton Wastewater Treatment Facility.
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Compliance snapshot (last 3 years)
- Total violations
- 48
- Effluent violations
- 44
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 Taunton Wastewater Treatment Facility in EPA's ICIS system.
- Formal actions
- 4
- 2 since FY2020
- Penalties assessed
- $12,000
- all cases
- Compliance actions
- $37M
- required by EPA orders
- EPA inspections
- 3
- latest Oct 2022
Latest case · Apr 2023
VEOLIA NORTH AMERICA LLC - TAUNTON WWTP
Administrative order · CWA, NPDES Discharge without a Permit · Final Order Issued · Penalty $12,000 · Compliance actions $166,000
EPA's description of the case:
“On April 27, 2023 EPA-Region 1 filed an Expedited Settlement Agreement (Agreement) with Veolia North America, LLC ( Veolia ), resolving Clean Water Act violations. On October 6, 2022, while…”
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Source: EPA ECHO, civil enforcement case 01-2023-2030.
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Every action against Taunton Wastewater Treatment Facility with dates, milestones, violation types and EPA's complete case summaries, plus inspections and informal actions.
Key contacts
6 verified contacts for Taunton Wastewater Treatment Facility, with validated emails and direct phone numbers.
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Taunton 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 · Lift station · Sludge dewatering · all terms