Newport Water Pollution Control Facility
250 Connell Highway, Newport, RI 02840 · Newport County · Publicly Owned Treatment Works
- Average flow
- 7.15 MGD
- Design flow
- 10.7 MGD
- NPDES permit
- RI0100293
- Administratively continued
- Permit expires
- May 2020
- Population served
- 41,600
- CWNS 2022
Newport Water Pollution Control Facility is a publicly owned wastewater treatment works in Newport, Newport County, Rhode Island treating an average of 7.15 million gallons per day against a permitted design capacity of 10.7 MGD, serving about 41,600 residents. It discharges under NPDES permit RI0100293 (administratively continued), which expires in May 2020, with 24 recorded violations in the last three years. EPA has recorded 1 formal enforcement action naming the plant, the latest in April 2016.
Treatment technology
One treatment structure or unit process identified at Newport Water Pollution Control Facility.
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See the full treatment train at Newport Water Pollution Control Facility: structures, unit processes and planned upgrades, with exact unit counts.
Compliance snapshot (last 3 years)
- Total violations
- 24
- Effluent violations
- 18
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 Newport Water Pollution Control Facility in EPA's ICIS system.
- Formal actions
- 1
- 0 since FY2020
- Penalties assessed
- $170,000
- all cases
- Compliance actions
- $99M
- required by EPA orders
- EPA inspections
- 1
- latest Mar 2006
Latest case · Apr 2016
NEWPORT WPCF
Judicial case · CWA, NPDES Permit Violations · Final Order With Penalty · Penalty $170,000 · Compliance actions $99M
EPA's description of the case:
“CD Modification accounting for additional costs based on completed long-term control plan.”
Source: EPA ECHO, civil enforcement case 01-2009-2032.
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Every action against Newport Water Pollution Control Facility with dates, milestones, violation types and EPA's complete case summaries, plus inspections and informal actions.
Capital improvement projects in Newport
Newport's capital improvement plan lists 29 water, sewer and wastewater line items worth $60M starting 2025–2029. The largest budgeted items are shown here.
All water and sewer capital projects in Newport →
| Project | Budget | Years |
|---|---|---|
| Per & Polfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) | $12,500,000 | 2025–2030 |
| CSO System Master Plan Implementation | $4,550,000 | 2025–2030 |
| Water Infrastructure Resilience Proiects | $4,500,000 | 2025–2030 |
| Storm Drain Improvements | $3,500,000 | 2025–2030 |
| Lead Service Line Replacement | $2,817,364 | 2025–2030 |
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
22 verified contacts for Newport Water Pollution Control Facility, with validated emails and direct phone numbers.
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Names, validated emails and direct phone numbers for decision-makers at Newport Water Pollution Control Facility, plus the full compliance history and discharge data.
Nearby wastewater treatment plants in Rhode Island
Jamestown · 2 mi away
0.29 MGD
North Kingstown · 7 mi away
0.6 MGD
Bristol · 11 mi away
3.17 MGD
East Greenwich · 12 mi away
0.82 MGD
Narragansett · 12 mi away
0.56 MGD
Warren · 15 mi away
1.78 MGD
Cranston · 18 mi away
7.48 MGD
East Providence · 18 mi away
5.45 MGD
Newport 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 December 25, 2024.
Wastewater terms: POTW · MGD · NPDES permit · Inflow and infiltration · WWTP · Biosolids · all terms