NYC-DEP North River WPCP
725 W 135th St, New York, NY 10031 · New York County · Publicly Owned Treatment Works
- Average flow
- 107.6 MGD
- Design flow
- —
- NPDES permit
- NYR00E625
- Effective
- Permit expires
- December 2030
- Population served
- 611,675
- CWNS 2022
NYC-DEP North River WPCP is a publicly owned wastewater treatment works in New York, New York County, New York treating an average of 107.6 million gallons per day, serving about 611,675 residents. It discharges under NPDES permit NYR00E625 (effective), which expires in December 2030, with 2 recorded violations in the last three years. EPA has recorded 1 formal enforcement action naming the plant, the latest in August 2006.
Treatment technology
Treatment structures and unit processes at NYC-DEP North River WPCP.
Treatment structure data not yet analyzed for this facility.
Compliance snapshot (last 3 years)
- Total violations
- 2
- Effluent violations
- 2
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 NYC-DEP North River WPCP in EPA's ICIS system.
- Formal actions
- 1
- 0 since FY2020
- Compliance actions
- $10,000
- required by EPA orders
- EPA inspections
- 1
- latest Sep 2018
Latest case · Aug 2006
New York City Department of Environmental Protection
Administrative order · CAA, New Source Performance Standards · Unilateral Administrative Order Without Adjudication · Compliance actions $10,000 · The case also names 1 other plant, and its amounts cover all of them
EPA's description of the case:
“An Administrative Order was issued to NYCDEP to authorize the operation of the the Solar Centaur Turbine at the North River plant and two European Gas Turbines at the 26th Ward plant on August 2, 3,…”
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Source: EPA ECHO, civil enforcement case 02-2006-1032.
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Every action against NYC-DEP North River WPCP with dates, milestones, violation types and EPA's complete case summaries, plus inspections and informal actions.
Capital improvement projects in New York
New York's capital improvement plan lists 1 water, sewer and wastewater line items worth $440K starting 2026–2026. The largest budgeted items are shown here.
| Project | Budget | Years |
|---|---|---|
| Licensing Costs | $440,000 | 2026–2029 |
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
10 verified contacts for NYC-DEP North River WPCP, with validated emails and direct phone numbers.
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Names, validated emails and direct phone numbers for decision-makers at NYC-DEP North River WPCP, plus the full compliance history and discharge data.
Nearby wastewater treatment plants in New York
Manhattan · 3 mi away
182.4 MGD
Bronx · 4 mi away
123.8 MGD
Astoria · 5 mi away
95.2 MGD
Queens · 6 mi away
57.8 MGD
Brooklyn · 6 mi away
187.2 MGD
Yonkers · 7 mi away
65.64 MGD
Brooklyn · 9 mi away
27.5 MGD
New Rochelle · 11 mi away
11.16 MGD
NYC-DEP North River WPCP: 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 22, 2025.
Wastewater terms: POTW · MGD · NPDES permit · Inflow and infiltration · Significant industrial user · WWTP · all terms