Cranston Water Pollution Control Facility
140 Pettaconsett Avenue, Cranston, RI 02920 · Providence County · Publicly Owned Treatment Works
- Average flow
- 7.48 MGD
- Design flow
- —
- NPDES permit
- RIL100013
- Effective
- Permit expires
- December 2030
- Population served
- 73,200
- CWNS 2022
Cranston Water Pollution Control Facility is a publicly owned wastewater treatment works in Cranston, Providence County, Rhode Island treating an average of 7.48 million gallons per day, serving about 73,200 residents. It discharges under NPDES permit RIL100013 (effective), which expires in December 2030, with 5 recorded violations in the last three years. EPA has recorded 1 formal enforcement action naming the plant, the latest in June 2017.
Treatment technology
2 treatment structures and unit processes identified at Cranston Water Pollution Control Facility.
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Compliance snapshot (last 3 years)
- Total violations
- 5
- Effluent violations
- 2
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 Cranston Water Pollution Control Facility in EPA's ICIS system.
- Formal actions
- 1
- 0 since FY2020
- Penalties assessed
- $35,000
- all cases
- EPA inspections
- 0
- none on record
Latest case · Jun 2017
CRANSTON RI and VEOLIA WATER NORTH AMERICA - NORTHEAST
Administrative order · CAA, Solid Waste Fuel Combustion · Final Order With Penalty · Penalty $35,000
EPA's description of the case:
“On June 29, 2017, Region 1 and the City of Cranston, Rhode Island (Cranston) and Veolia Water North America ? Northeast, LLC (Veolia) settled a Clean Air Act (CAA) administrative enforcement case for…”
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Source: EPA ECHO, civil enforcement case 01-2017-1014.
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Every action against Cranston Water Pollution Control Facility with dates, milestones, violation types and EPA's complete case summaries, plus inspections and informal actions.
Key contacts
6 verified contacts for Cranston Water Pollution Control Facility, with validated emails and direct phone numbers.
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Warren · 8 mi away
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Smithfield · 9 mi away
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Bristol · 11 mi away
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North Kingstown · 11 mi away
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Jamestown · 17 mi away
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Cranston Water Pollution Control Facility: 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 6, 2025.
Wastewater terms: POTW · MGD · NPDES permit · Inflow and infiltration · Biosolids · Filter press · all terms