City Of Erie, Pa - Wastewater Treatment Plant
68 Port Access Road, Erie, PA 16507 · Erie County · Publicly Owned Treatment Works
- Average flow
- 44.59 MGD
- Design flow
- —
- NPDES permit
- PAL026301
- Effective
- Permit expires
- December 2030
- Population served
- —
- CWNS 2022
City Of Erie, Pa - Wastewater Treatment Plant is a publicly owned wastewater treatment works in Erie, Erie County, Pennsylvania treating an average of 44.59 million gallons per day. It discharges under NPDES permit PAL026301 (effective), which expires in December 2030, with 1 recorded violation in the last three years. EPA has recorded 3 formal enforcement actions naming the plant, the latest in June 2026.
Treatment technology
One treatment structure or unit process identified at City Of Erie, Pa - Wastewater Treatment Plant.
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Compliance snapshot (last 3 years)
- Total violations
- 1
- Effluent violations
- 1
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EPA enforcement history
Federal civil enforcement cases, compliance inspections and informal actions recorded for City Of Erie, Pa - Wastewater Treatment Plant in EPA's ICIS system.
- Formal actions
- 3
- 1 since FY2020
- Penalties assessed
- $5,600
- all cases
- Compliance actions
- $21,023
- required by EPA orders
- EPA inspections
- 1
- latest May 2014
Latest case · Jun 2026
ERIE SEWER AUTHORITY/ERIE, CITY OF (ERIE WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT)
Administrative order · CWA, NPDES Permit Violations · Final Order No Penalty · Compliance actions $10,000
EPA's description of the case:
“On June 3, 2026, Region 3 filed an Administrative Order on Consent that requires the Erie City Sewer Authority and the City of Erie (Respondents) to correct violations of the CWA at the Respondents…”
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Source: EPA ECHO, civil enforcement case 03-2026-0005.
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Key contacts
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City Of Erie, Pa - Wastewater Treatment 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 12, 2026; facility record last updated May 24, 2025.
Wastewater terms: POTW · MGD · NPDES permit · Inflow and infiltration · FOG · Equalization tank · all terms