Scarborough Wastewater Treatment Facility
990 Ocean Road, Narragansett, RI 02882 · Washington County · Publicly Owned Treatment Works
- Average flow
- 0.56 MGD
- Design flow
- 1.4 MGD
- NPDES permit
- RI0100188
- Effective
- Permit expires
- September 2028
- Population served
- 7,300
- CWNS 2022
Scarborough Wastewater Treatment Facility is a publicly owned wastewater treatment works in Narragansett, Washington County, Rhode Island treating an average of 0.56 million gallons per day against a permitted design capacity of 1.4 MGD, serving about 7,300 residents. It discharges under NPDES permit RI0100188 (effective), which expires in September 2028, with 113 recorded violations in the last three years. EPA has recorded 1 formal enforcement action naming the plant, the latest in March 2025.
Treatment technology
2 treatment structures and unit processes identified at Scarborough Wastewater Treatment Facility.
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Compliance snapshot (last 3 years)
- Total violations
- 113
- Effluent violations
- 41
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 Scarborough Wastewater Treatment Facility in EPA's ICIS system.
- Formal actions
- 1
- 0 since FY2020
- Compliance actions
- $50,000
- required by EPA orders
- EPA inspections
- 0
- none on record
Latest case · Mar 2025
SCARBOROUGHT WWTF
Administrative order · CWA, NPDES Permit Violations · Final Order No Penalty · Compliance actions $50,000
Source: EPA ECHO, civil enforcement case 01-2007-2053.
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Every action against Scarborough Wastewater Treatment Facility with dates, milestones, violation types and EPA's complete case summaries, plus inspections and informal actions.
Capital improvement projects in Narragansett
Narragansett's capital improvement plan lists 18 water, sewer and wastewater line items worth $23M starting 2025–2029. The largest budgeted items are shown here.
All water and sewer capital projects in Narragansett →
| Project | Budget | Years |
|---|---|---|
| Water Main Replacement Program | $5,800,000 | 2025–2031 |
| Pump Station Upgrades | $3,807,000 | 2025–2031 |
| Scarborough WWTF | $2,925,000 | 2025–2031 |
| Wastewater Facilities Plan Update | $2,250,000 | 2026–2031 |
| Scarborough WWTF Outfall Restoration | $2,000,000 | 2026–2028 |
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Key contacts
30 verified contacts for Scarborough Wastewater Treatment Facility, with validated emails and direct phone numbers.
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Nearby wastewater treatment plants in Rhode Island
Jamestown · 10 mi away
0.29 MGD
Newport · 12 mi away
7.15 MGD
North Kingstown · 15 mi away
0.6 MGD
New Shoreham · 15 mi away
0.13 MGD
Westerly · 19 mi away
1.97 MGD
East Greenwich · 19 mi away
0.82 MGD
Bristol · 22 mi away
3.17 MGD
Cranston · 26 mi away
7.48 MGD
Scarborough Wastewater Treatment 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 May 25, 2025.
Wastewater terms: POTW · MGD · NPDES permit · Inflow and infiltration · Anaerobic digester · Lift station · all terms