Big Run Area WWTP
Route 119, Punxsutawney, PA 15767 · Jefferson County · Publicly Owned Treatment Works
- Average flow
- 0.06 MGD
- Design flow
- 0.11 MGD
- NPDES permit
- PA0223107
- Effective
- Permit expires
- April 2027
- Population served
- —
- CWNS 2022
Big Run Area WWTP is a publicly owned wastewater treatment works in Punxsutawney, Jefferson County, Pennsylvania treating an average of 0.06 million gallons per day against a permitted design capacity of 0.11 MGD. It discharges under NPDES permit PA0223107 (effective), which expires in April 2027, with 3 recorded violations in the last three years.
Treatment technology
Treatment structures and unit processes at Big Run Area WWTP.
Treatment structure data not yet analyzed for this facility.
Compliance snapshot (last 3 years)
- Total violations
- 3
- Effluent violations
- 2
Based on NPDES Discharge Monitoring Reports. Full violation history, parameters and discharge data available in the Klarifi platform.
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Big Run Area 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 12, 2026; facility record last updated September 4, 2025.
Wastewater terms: POTW · MGD · NPDES permit · Inflow and infiltration · Filter press · FOG · all terms