Canton WWTP
125 Sullivan Dr, Canton, NY 13617 · St. Lawrence County · Publicly Owned Treatment Works
- Average flow
- 0.94 MGD
- Design flow
- 2.7 MGD
- NPDES permit
- NY0236586
- Administratively continued
- Permit expires
- June 2026
- Population served
- 6,505
- CWNS 2022
Canton WWTP is a publicly owned wastewater treatment works in Canton, St. Lawrence County, New York treating an average of 0.94 million gallons per day against a permitted design capacity of 2.7 MGD, serving about 6,505 residents. It discharges under NPDES permit NY0236586 (administratively continued), which expires in June 2026, with 36 recorded violations in the last three years. EPA has recorded 1 formal enforcement action naming the plant, the latest in March 1997.
Treatment technology
One treatment structure or unit process identified at Canton WWTP.
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Compliance snapshot (last 3 years)
- Total violations
- 36
- Effluent violations
- 21
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 Canton WWTP in EPA's ICIS system.
- Formal actions
- 1
- 0 since FY2020
- EPA inspections
- 0
- none on record
Latest case · Mar 1997
VILLAGE OF CANTON WWTP
Administrative order · CWA, Sewage Sludge Disposal · Unilateral Administrative Order Without Adjudication
Source: EPA ECHO, civil enforcement case 02-1997-0116.
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Key contacts
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Canton 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 March 16, 2025.
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