Northeast WPCP
3900 Richmond Street, Philadelphia, PA 19137 · Philadelphia County · Publicly Owned Treatment Works
- Average flow
- 153.22 MGD
- Design flow
- —
- NPDES permit
- PAL026689
- Effective
- Permit expires
- December 2030
- Population served
- 803,306
- CWNS 2022
Northeast WPCP is a publicly owned wastewater treatment works in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania treating an average of 153.22 million gallons per day, serving about 803,306 residents. It discharges under NPDES permit PAL026689 (effective), which expires in December 2030, with 0 recorded violations in the last three years. EPA has recorded 4 formal enforcement actions naming the plant, the latest in September 2025.
Treatment technology
2 treatment structures and unit processes identified at Northeast WPCP.
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Compliance snapshot (last 3 years)
- Total violations
- 0
- Effluent violations
- 0
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 Northeast WPCP in EPA's ICIS system.
- Formal actions
- 4
- 1 since FY2020
- Penalties assessed
- $6.5M
- all cases
- Compliance actions
- $40,000
- required by EPA orders
- EPA inspections
- 1
- latest Sep 2017
Latest case · Sep 2025
Philadelphia Water Department Biosolids CAFO CWA 309G2B AO For Class II Penalties
Administrative order · CWA, NPDES Permit Violations · Final Order With Penalty · Penalty $203,563 · Compliance actions $40,000
EPA's description of the case:
“Facility did not meet VAR requirements when biosolids were land applied.”
Source: EPA ECHO, civil enforcement case 07-2024-0136.
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Every action against Northeast WPCP with dates, milestones, violation types and EPA's complete case summaries, plus inspections and informal actions.
Capital improvement projects in Philadelphia
Philadelphia's capital improvement plan lists 4 water, sewer and wastewater line items worth $5M starting 2026–2026. The largest budgeted items are shown here.
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| Project | Budget | Years |
|---|---|---|
| Improvements to Collector System | $1,874,250 | 2026–2031 |
| Improvements to Treatment Facilities | $1,530,000 | 2026–2031 |
| Improvements to Conveyance System | $1,187,600 | 2026–2031 |
| Engineering and Material Support | $140,000 | 2026–2031 |
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
2 verified contacts for Northeast WPCP, with validated emails and direct phone numbers.
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Nearby wastewater treatment plants in Pennsylvania
Philadelphia · 7 mi away
86 MGD
Huntingdon Valley · 10 mi away
0.03 MGD
Fort Washington · 12 mi away
0.74 MGD
Willow Grove · 12 mi away
4.46 MGD
Huntingdon Valley · 12 mi away
0.13 MGD
Lafayette Hill · 12 mi away
0.88 MGD
Conshohocken · 13 mi away
1.07 MGD
Ambler · 13 mi away
3.39 MGD
Northeast 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 19, 2026; facility record last updated March 6, 2025.
Wastewater terms: POTW · MGD · NPDES permit · Inflow and infiltration · Tertiary treatment · Significant industrial user · all terms