Amsterdam (c) WWTP
Quist Road, Amsterdam, NY 12010 · Montgomery County · Publicly Owned Treatment Works
- Average flow
- 7.72 MGD
- Design flow
- 10 MGD
- NPDES permit
- NY0020290
- Administratively continued
- Permit expires
- February 2021
- Population served
- 20,071
- CWNS 2022
Amsterdam (c) WWTP is a publicly owned wastewater treatment works in Amsterdam, Montgomery County, New York treating an average of 7.72 million gallons per day against a permitted design capacity of 10 MGD, serving about 20,071 residents. It discharges under NPDES permit NY0020290 (administratively continued), which expires in February 2021, with 57 recorded violations in the last three years. EPA has recorded 3 formal enforcement actions naming the plant, the latest in February 2026.
Treatment technology
One treatment structure or unit process identified at Amsterdam (c) WWTP.
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Compliance snapshot (last 3 years)
- Total violations
- 57
- Effluent violations
- 57
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 Amsterdam (c) WWTP in EPA's ICIS system.
- Formal actions
- 3
- 2 since FY2020
- Compliance actions
- $7,000
- required by EPA orders
- EPA inspections
- 0
- none on record
Latest case · Feb 2026
City of Amsterdam - CSS
Administrative order · CWA, NPDES Discharge without a Permit · Final Order No Penalty · Compliance actions $7,000
EPA's description of the case:
“AO to develop a written O&M Manual for the sewer collection system and develop a comprehensive inspection/cleaning program for the sewer system.”
Source: EPA ECHO, civil enforcement case 02-2026-3015.
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Every action against Amsterdam (c) WWTP with dates, milestones, violation types and EPA's complete case summaries, plus inspections and informal actions.
Key contacts
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Amsterdam (c) WWTP: 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 April 5, 2025.
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