Reading STP
899 Morgantown Rd, Reading, PA 19607 · Berks County · Publicly Owned Treatment Works
- Average flow
- 14.02 MGD
- Design flow
- 20.5 MGD
- NPDES permit
- PA0026549
- Effective
- Permit expires
- April 2028
- Population served
- —
- CWNS 2022
Reading STP is a publicly owned wastewater treatment works in Reading, Berks County, Pennsylvania treating an average of 14.02 million gallons per day against a permitted design capacity of 20.5 MGD. It discharges under NPDES permit PA0026549 (effective), which expires in April 2028, with 9 recorded violations in the last three years. EPA has recorded 1 formal enforcement action naming the plant, the latest in June 2023.
Treatment technology
4 treatment structures and unit processes identified at Reading STP.
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Compliance snapshot (last 3 years)
- Total violations
- 9
- Effluent violations
- 9
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 Reading STP in EPA's ICIS system.
- Formal actions
- 1
- 0 since FY2020
- Penalties assessed
- $239,000
- all cases
- Compliance actions
- $53M
- required by EPA orders
- EPA inspections
- 0
- none on record
Latest case · Jun 2023
Reading, City of Sewage Treatment Plant
Judicial case · CWA, Effluent Limitations - NPDES Toxic & Pretreatment Effluent Standards · Final Order With Penalty · Penalty $239,000 · Compliance actions $53M
EPA's description of the case:
“On January 24, 2024, DOJ lodged a material modification to the City of Reading, Pennsylvania CWA Consent Decree, originally entered into in 2005. The City of Reading and Plaintiffs United States and…”
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Source: EPA ECHO, civil enforcement case 03-2002-0246.
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Every action against Reading STP with dates, milestones, violation types and EPA's complete case summaries, plus inspections and informal actions.
Key contacts
2 verified contacts for Reading STP, with validated emails and direct phone numbers.
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Nearby wastewater treatment plants in Pennsylvania
Reading · 2 mi away
1.92 MGD
Sinking Spring · 6 mi away
1.01 MGD
Birdsboro · 7 mi away
0.85 MGD
Leesport · 7 mi away
0.15 MGD
Temple · 8 mi away
0.03 MGD
Reading · 9 mi away
0.41 MGD
Wernersville · 9 mi away
0.65 MGD
Morgantown · 9 mi away
0.0096 MGD
Reading STP: 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 April 6, 2025.
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