Fairfax Wastewater Treatment Facility
Fairfax, VT · Franklin County · Publicly Owned Treatment Works
- Average flow
- 0.04 MGD
- Design flow
- —
- NPDES permit
- VT0101087
- Expired
- Permit expires
- June 2023
- Population served
- 1,037
- CWNS 2022
Fairfax Wastewater Treatment Facility is a publicly owned wastewater treatment works in Fairfax, Franklin County, Vermont treating an average of 0.04 million gallons per day, serving about 1,037 residents. Treatment on site includes aerated lagoons, disinfection, chlorine/ chloramine, lagoon, aerobic, screening. It discharges under NPDES permit VT0101087 (expired), which expires in June 2023, with 133 recorded violations in the last three years.
Treatment technology
Treatment structures identified at this facility. Exact unit counts are available in Klarifi.
Aerated lagoons
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Disinfection, chlorine/ chloramine
unit processLagoon, Aerobic
unit processScreening
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Compliance snapshot (last 3 years)
- Total violations
- 133
- Effluent violations
- 20
Based on NPDES Discharge Monitoring Reports. Full violation history, parameters and discharge data available in the Klarifi platform.
Capital improvement projects in Fairfax
Fairfax's capital improvement plan lists 1 water, sewer and wastewater line items worth $10K starting 2026–2026. The largest budgeted items are shown here.
| Project | Budget | Years |
|---|---|---|
| Portable Generator | $10,000 | 2026–2026 |
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
1 verified contact for Fairfax Wastewater Treatment Facility, with validated emails and direct phone numbers.
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Nearby wastewater treatment plants in Vermont
Milton · 6 mi away
0.25 MGD
Vergennes · 9 mi away
0.02 MGD
St Albans · 12 mi away
0.02 MGD
St Albans · 12 mi away
1.77 MGD
Essex Junction · 14 mi away
1.67 MGD
Winooski · 15 mi away
0.46 MGD
Burlington · 15 mi away
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Grand Isle · 16 mi away
0.005 MGD
Fairfax 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 September 11, 2026; facility record last updated November 20, 2025.