Watertown Pollution Control Plant
700 William T Field Drive, Watertown, NY 13601 · Jefferson County · Publicly Owned Treatment Works
- Average flow
- 9.41 MGD
- Design flow
- 16 MGD
- NPDES permit
- NY0025984
- Administratively continued
- Permit expires
- January 2016
- Population served
- 30,315
- CWNS 2022
Watertown Pollution Control Plant is a publicly owned wastewater treatment plant in Watertown, Jefferson County, New York treating an average of 9.41 million gallons per day against a permitted design capacity of 16 MGD, serving about 30,315 residents. It discharges under NPDES permit NY0025984 (administratively continued), which expires in January 2016, with 24 recorded violations in the last three years. EPA has recorded 4 formal enforcement actions naming the plant, the latest in May 2007.
Treatment technology
3 treatment structures and unit processes identified at Watertown Pollution Control Plant.
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Compliance snapshot (last 3 years)
- Total violations
- 24
- Effluent violations
- 22
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 Watertown Pollution Control Plant in EPA's ICIS system.
- Formal actions
- 4
- 0 since FY2020
- Penalties assessed
- $50,000
- all cases
- Compliance actions
- $25,000
- required by EPA orders
- EPA inspections
- 2
- latest Jun 2005
Latest case · May 2007
City of Watertown
Administrative order · CWA, NPDES Permit Violations · Unilateral Administrative Order Without Adjudication · Compliance actions $20,000
EPA's description of the case:
“Permitte failed to have proper procedure and authority in place for acceptance of hauled waste in violation of the pretreatment program. EPA issued an order on March 22, 2005 requiring pemrittee to…”
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Source: EPA ECHO, civil enforcement case 02-2007-3041.
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Every action against Watertown Pollution Control Plant with dates, milestones, violation types and EPA's complete case summaries, plus inspections and informal actions.
Capital improvement projects in Watertown
Watertown's capital improvement plan lists 112 water, sewer and wastewater line items worth $76M starting 2025–2030. The largest budgeted items are shown here.
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| Project | Budget | Years |
|---|---|---|
| West Reservoir Replacement | $6,800,000 | 2026–2027 |
| Sludge Disposal Process Modification Program Phase IA – (Conveyor Upgrade and HVAC) | $6,068,580 | 2025–2050 |
| Western Outfall Trunk Sewer Rehab | $4,159,999 | 2026–2045 |
| Primary Grit Collection System | $3,900,000 | 2026–2045 |
| Primary Grit Collection System | $3,000,000 | 2025–2026 |
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Key contacts
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Watertown Pollution Control Plant: 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 5, 2025.
Wastewater terms: POTW · MGD · NPDES permit · Inflow and infiltration · Tertiary treatment · Significant industrial user · all terms