Current Descriptive Data of Municipal Wastewater Treatment Plants
data.ny.gov | Last Updated 10 Jun 2019Data containing municipal wastewater treatment plant design other features, with data current through the most recent survey.
This dataset has the following 35 columns:
| Column Name | API Column Name | Data Type | Description | Sample Values |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Permittee Name | permittee_name | text | The permittee names are given using the notations: (C) - City; (T) - Town; (V) - Village; (H) - Hamlet; SD - Sewer District; WWTP - Waste Water Treatment Plant; EFC - New York State Environmental Facilities Corporation; NYC DEP - New York City Department on Environmental Protection. Privately owned facilities and those municipally-owned treatment plants which provide service other than to the general populace have been excluded. | SUFFOLK COUNTY DPW NYC DEP - BUR OF WASTEWATER POLL CONTROL NYC DEP-BUR WSTWATR TREATMNT SUFFOLK COUNTY DPW, DIV OF SANITATION CARMEL (T) view top 100 |
| Facility Name | facility_name | text | The facility names are given using the notations: (C) - City; (T) - Town; (V) - Village; (H) - Hamlet; SD - Sewer District; WWTP - Waste Water Treatment Plant; EFC - New York State Environmental Facilities Corporation; NYC DEP - New York City Department on Environmental Protection. Privately owned facilities and those municipally-owned treatment plants which provide service other than to the general populace have been excluded. | ADAMS (V) STP ADDISON (V) WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT AGBU CAMP NUBAR AKRON (V) SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT ALBANY (C) COMBINED SEWER OVERFLOWS view top 100 |
| County | county | text | Refers to the county in which the treatment plant is located | PUTNAM WESTCHESTER ORANGE ERIE SUFFOLK view top 100 |
| SPDES Number | spdes_number | text | Refers to the New York State Pollution Discharge Elimination System permit number; additional information may be found at http://www.dec.ny.gov/permits/6054.html. | NY0008494 NY0020061 NY0020079 NY0020117 NY0020125 view top 100 |
| Chief Operator | chief_operator | text | Refers to the person or business designated as chief operator by the permittee. | ALLIED POLLUTION CONTROL SEVERN TRENT ENV SERVICES ST ENVIRONMENTAL ENVIRONMENTAL CONSULTANTS NOT BUILT view top 100 |
| Phone Number | phone_number | text | The telephone number used to contact the chief operator. | (631) 852-4106 (914) 279-0009 (518) 263-5128 (914) 297-1160 (845) 940-0460 view top 100 |
| Receiving Waterbody | receiving_waterbody | text | Indicates the name of the receiving waters to which the facility discharges. | HUDSON RIVER GROUNDWATER MOHAWK RIVER BLACK RIVER SUSQUEHANNA RIVER view top 100 |
| Drainage Basin | drainage_basin | text | Indicates the major basin in which the discharge is located according to the following code: 01 - Lake Erie - Niagara River; 02 - Allegheny River; 03 - Lake Ontario & Minor Tribs; 04 - Genesee River; 05 - Chemung River; 06- Susquehanna River; 07 - Seneca - Oneida - Oswego Rivers; 08 - Black River; 09 - St. Lawrence River; 10 - Lake Champlain; 11 - Upper Hudson River; 12 - Mohawk River; 13 - Lower Hudson River; 14 - Delaware River; 15 - Passaic - Newark Rivers; 16 - Housatonic River; 17 - Atlantic Ocean - Long Island Sound | 13 07 17 12 01 view top 100 |
| Stream Class | stream_class | text | Indicates the water quality classification of the receiving waters. Additional information regarding stream class designations may be found at http://www.dec.ny.gov/regs/2485.html and https://data.ny.gov/Energy-Environment/Waterbody-Classifications/8xz8-5u5u. | C B C(T) A GA view top 100 |
| Year Built | year_built | number | Refers to the year when the existing treatment plant was first constructed. | 1972 1971 1973 1983 1970 view top 100 |
| Year Updated | year_updated | number | Refers to the year in which the most recent improvement to the treatment facility were made, if any; field will be blank if no information on recent improvement is available. | 1999 1987 2003 1991 1989 view top 100 |
| Design Flow | design_flow | number | Indicates the design flow of the treatment plant in units of million gallons per day (gpd), as indicated in the most recent SPDES permit. | 0.5 0 0.06 0.1 0.4 view top 100 |
| Plant Class | plant_class | text | Refers to the certification required for the chief operator based on scoring of the plant’s treatment train (additional information may be found at http://www.dec.ny.gov/chemical/8707.html): Activated Sludge Treatment, with a definition of a biological treatment process in which a mixture of wastewater and activated sludge is agitated and aerated. The activated sludge is subsequently separated from the treated wastewater by sedimentation and wasted or returned to the process as needed. 4A: plant score greater than 75 points; 3A: plant score between 56 and 75 points; 2A: plant score between 31 and 55 points; 1A: plant score or less than 30 points. Any biological oxidation process other than activated sludge. 4: plant score greater than 75 points; 3: plant score between 56 and 75 points; 2: plant score between 31 and 55 points; 1: plant score or less than 30 points. Exemptions: Septic systems followed by subsurface leaching facilities with eventual discharge to ground waters, regardless of design capacity; Septic tanks followed by open or covered intermittent sand filters, with design capacity less than 50,000 gpd; and wastewater treatment plants which treat industrial wastes exclusively are exempt from having a certified chief operator or assistant/shift operator. | 2A 1 2 4A 3A view top 100 |
| Population Served | population_served | number | Refers to the estimation of people living within the service area and connected to the facility. | 0.00 2000.00 500.00 900.00 600.00 view top 100 |
| Number Employees | number_employees | number | Refers to the number of employees at the facility. The term “+P/T” refers to the fact the facility also has some part time employees. | 2.00 1.00 3.00 4.00 0.00 view top 100 |
| Collection System | collection_system | text | “S” indicates that the tributary collection system is a separate one; “C” indicates a combined sewer system. | S C SC .. CS view top 100 |
| Equalization | equalization | text | .: NOT SPECIFIED; A: AERATED; CS: CSO SPECIFY TREATMENT; S: SUMP; T: SURGE TANK; VF: VARIABLE FREQUENCY DRIVE PUMPS. | AERATED SURGE TANK CSO SPECIFY TREATMENT_________ AERATED / SUMP NOT SPECIFIED view top 100 |
| Screening | screening | text | .: NOT SPECIFIED; B: BAR RACK/SCREEN (1/2" TO 2" OPENINGS); BH: BAR RACK/SCREEN (HAND CLEANED); BM: BAR RACK/SCREEN (MECHANICALLY CLEANED); C: COMMINUTOR/BAR MUNITOR; CB: BAR MUNITOR; CC: COMMUNITOR; CI: IN PIPE COMMUNITOR; F: FINE SCREEN (LESS THAN 1/8" OPENINGS); FH: FINE SCREEN, HAND CLEANED; FM: FINE SCREEN, MECHANICALLY CLEANED; R: COARSE RACK; RH: COARSE SCREEN-HAND CLEANED; RM: COARSE SCREEN-MECHANICALLY CLEANED; SR: SCREEN RACK (SELF CLEANING); WW: WEDGE WIRE SCREEN (ROTATING/FIXED). | BAR RACK/SCREEN (1/2" TO 2" OPENINGS) / COMMINUTOR/BAR MINUTOR BAR RACK/SCREEN (1/2" TO 2" OPENINGS) BAR RACK/SCREEN (MECHANICALLY CLEANED) BAR RACK/SCREEN (1/2" TO 2" OPENINGS) / COMMINUTOR BAR RACK/SCREEN (HAND CLEANED) / COMMINUTOR/BAR MINUTOR view top 100 |
| Grit Removal | grit_removal | text | .: NOT SPECIFIED; A: AERATED GRIT CHAMBER; C: GRIT CHAMBER (GRAVITY SEPARATION); CC: GRIT CLASSIFIER; CM: GRIT CHAMBER MECHANICAL GRIT REMOVAL; D: CYCLONE DEGRITTER; DT: DETRITUS TANKS; M: MECHANICALLY MIXED AIRLIFT GRIT CHAMBER; V: VORTEX GRIT CHAMBER. | GRIT CHAMBER (GRAVITY SEPARATION) AERATED GRIT CHAMBER CYCLONE DEGRITTER GRIT CHAMBER MECHANICAL GRIT REMOVAL GRIT CLASSIFIER / CYCLONE DEGRITTER view top 100 |
| Pretreatment | pretreatment | text | .: Not Specified; A: AERATION; C: CLARIFIER; CO: COAGULATION; G: CHLORINE GAS; H: HYPOCHLORITE; O: OTHER MEANS; OA: GREASE REMOVAL DIFFUSED AIR; OG: GREASE TRAP; P: POTASSIUM PERMANGANATE; SB: SEQUENCING BATCH REACTOR; ST: SETTLING TANK. | AERATION HYPOCHLORITE CHLORINE GAS GREASE TRAP OTHER MEANS view top 100 |
| Primary Settling | primary_settling | text | .: NOT SPECIFIED; D: TWO STORY (CLARIGESTER); I: IMHOFF TANK/DOTEN TANK; M: MECHANICALLY CLEANED CLARIFIER; P: PLAIN CLARIFIER WITH HOPPER BOTTOM; PR: PRECIPITATION; S: SEPTIC TANK; SG: SPIRAGESTER; SI: INDIVIDUAL SEPTIC SYSTEM; ST: SETTLING TANK; T: TUBE SETTLER; TS: TRAY SETTLERS; UB: FACILITY UNBUILT. | MECHANICALLY CLEANED CLARIFIER SEPTIC TANK SETTLING TANK FACILITY UNBUILT IMHOFF TANK/DOTEN TANK view top 100 |
| Intermediate Treatment | intermediate_treatment | text | .: NOT SPECIFIED; AM: MODIFIED AERATION; C: INTERMEDIATE SETTLING; F: FLOCCULATION; G: COAGULATION; P: PRECIPITATION; RB: ROTATING BIOLOGICAL CONTACTOR; RF: ROUGHING TRICKLING FILTERS. | INTERMEDIATE SETTLING FLOCCULATION ROUGHING TRICKLING FILTERS INTERMEDIATE SETTLING / FLOCCULATION FLOCCULATION / COAGULATION / PRECIPITATION view top 100 |
| Biological Treatment | biological_treatment | text | .: NOT SPECIFIED; A: HIGH RATE ACTIVATED SLUDGE; C: CONTACT STABILIZATION; D: OXIDATION DITCH; E: EXTENDED AERATION; G: STAGED AERATION; MC: MIXING – COARSE BUBBLE; MF: MIXING – FINE BUBBLE; MM: MIXING – MECHANICAL; N: CONVENTIONAL ACTIVATED SLUDGE; O: PURE OXYGEN ACTIVATED SLUDGE; P: PLUG FLOW ACTIVATED SLUDGE; R: COMPLETE MIX ACTIVATED SLUDGE; RD: ROTATING BIOLOGICAL CONTACTOR; S: STEP AERATION ACTIVATED SLUDGE; SB: SEQUENCING BATCH REACTOR; SC: SECONDARY CLARIFIER; T2: TWO-STAGE TRICKLING FILTER; TC: COVERED TRICKLING FILTER; TF: TRICKLING FILTER; TH: HIGH RATE TRICKLING FILTER; TL: LOW RATE TRICKLING FILTER; TS: SYNTHETIC MEDIA TRICKLING FILTER (BIOTOWER). | EXTENDED AERATION ROTATING BIOLOGICAL CONTACTOR / SECONDARY CLARIFIER ROTATING BIOLOGICAL CONTACTOR CONVENTIONAL ACTIVATED SLUDGE EXTENDED AERATION / SECONDARY CLARIFIER view top 100 |
| Filters | filters | text | .: NOT SPECIFIED; AC: ACTIVATED CARBON COLUMNS; DE: DIATOMACEOUS EARTH; MC: MICROFILTRATION (CBUDS); MF: MICROFILTRATION (MEMBRANE); MM: MULTIMEDIA (DUAL MEDIA) FILTRATION; P: PRESSURE FILTERS; PF: PLATE & FRAME; RD: ROTATING DISK; RS: RECIRCULATING SAND FILTERS; S: SAND FILTERS (NOT SPECIFIED); SB: BURIED SAND FILTER; SC: CONTINUOUS BACKWASH SAND FILTERS SI INTERMITTENT SAND FILTERS; SR: RAPID SAND (HIGH RATE) FILTERS. | RAPID SAND (HIGH RATE) FILTERS SAND FILTERS (NOT SPECIFIED) BURIED SAND FILTER INTERMITTENT SAND FILTERS CONTINUOUS BACKWASH SAND FILTERS view top 100 |
| Disinfection | disinfection | text | .: NOT SPECIFIED; C: CONTACT TANK; DG: DECHLORINATION; G: CHLORINE GAS DISINFECTION; GB: CHLORINE GAS-BACKUP SYSTEM; GC: CHLORINE GAS – CONTACT TANK; GP: CHLORINE GAS – IN DISCHARGE PIPE; GS: CHLORINE GAS – SEASONAL; H: HYPOCHLORITE DISINFECTION; HB: HYPOCHLORITE – BACKUP SYSTEM; HC: HYPOCHLORITE – CONTACT TANK; HP: HYPOCHLORITE – IN DISCHARGE PIPE; HS: HYPOCHLORITE – SEASONAL; S: SEASONAL; T: CHLORINE TABLETS; TB: CHLORINE TABLETS – BACKUP SYSTEM; TC: CHLORINE TABLETS – CONTACT TANK; UV: ULTRAVIOLET. | HYPOCHLORITE DISINFECTION HYPOCHLORITE-CONTACT TANK ULTRA VIOLET CHLORINE GAS DISINFECTION HYPOCHLORITE DISINFECTION / HYPOCHLORITE-CONTACT TANK view top 100 |
| Metering | metering | text | .: NOT SPECIFIED; DM: DOPPLER FLOWMETER; DS: DOSING SIPHON COUNTER; KN: KENNISON NOZZLE; M: FLOWMETER – UNSPECIFIED; MF: MAGNETIC FLOWMETER; OF: OTHER FLUME TYPES; P: PROPELLER/TURBINE; PF: PARSHALL FLUME; PO: PUMP OPERATION TIME; PR: PUMP RECORDS; TP: TRIBUTARY POPULATION; U: ULTRASONIC; VM: VELOCITY METER; VT: VENTURI TUBE; W: WEIR. | PARSHALL FLUME ULTRASONIC WEIR PARSHALL FLUME / ULTRASONIC MAGNETIC FLOWMETER view top 100 |
| Sludge Digestion | sludge_digestion | text | .: NOT SPECIFIED; A: AEROBIC SLUDGE DIGESTION MECHANICAL AERATION; D: AEROBIC SLUDGE DIGESTION DIFFUSED AERATION; DA: AEROBIC (NOT SPECIFIED); DD: AEROBIC (USING AERATION TANKS); DO: AEROBIC PURE OXYGEN; N: ANAEROBIC SLUDGE DIGESTION (UNSPECIFIED); NP: ANAEROBIC SLUDGE DIGESTION SINGLE STAGE; NS: ANAEROBIC SLUDGE DIGESTION TWO STAGE. | AEROBIC SLUDGE DIGESTION DIFFUSED AERATI ANAEROBIC SLUDGE DIGESTION(NOT SPECIFIE) ANAEROBIC SLUDGE DIGESTION TWO STAGE AEROBIC (NOT SPECIFIED) AEROBIC SLUDGE DIGESTION MECHANICAL AERA view top 100 |
| Sludge Thickening | sludge_thickening | text | .: NOT SPECIFIED; A: FLOTATION--AIR; C: IN CLARIFIER ("CLARITHICKENER"); P: GRAVITY; SC: SLUDGE CONCENTRATOR. | GRAVITY FLOTATION--AIR IN CLARIFIER ("CLARITHICKENER") SLUDGE CONCENTRATOR NOT SPECIFIED view top 100 |
| Sludge Dewatering | sludge_dewatering | text | . : NOT SPECIFIED; B: BAG SYSTEM; BP: BELT FILTER PRESS; C: CENTRIFUGE; DD: DRUM DRYER; GT: GRAVITY BELT THICKENER; PF: PLATE & FRAME PRESS; V: VACUUM FILTER (NOT SPECIFIED); VC: VACUUM FILTER (COIL); VF: VACUUM FILTER (FABRIC). | BELT FILTER PRESS PLATE & FRAME PRESS CENTRIFUGE BELT FILTER PRESS / GRAVITY BELT THICKENER BELT FILTER PRESS / CENTRIFUGE view top 100 |
| Sludge Conditioning | sludge_conditioning | text | . : NOT SPECIFIED; FC: FERRIC CHLORIDE; FS: FERROUS CHLORIDE; L: LIME TREATMENT; O: WET AIR OXIDATION; P: POLYMER; PP: POTASSIUM PERMANGANATE; S: IRON SALT OR ALUM; SC: SODIUM CHLORITE; Y: ELUTRIATION. | POLYMER LIME TREATMENT POLYMER / POTASSIUM PERMANGANATE LIME TREATMENT / POLYMER LIME TREATMENT / POLYMER / POTASSIUM PERMANGANATE view top 100 |
| Sludge Drying Beds | sludge_drying_beds | text | . : NOT SPECIFIED; C: COVERED DRYING BEDS; CA: COVERED ASPHALT; CS: COVERED SAND; H: HEATED; L: LAGOON DRYING BED; O: OPEN DRYING BED; OA: OPEN-ASPHALT OS: OPEN-SAND RB: REED BEDS V: VACUUM ASSISTED. | COVERED DRYING BEDS OPEN DRYING BED COVERED ASPHALT NOT SPECIFIED COVERED SAND view top 100 |
| Sludge Storage | sludge_storage | text | . : NOT SPECIFIED; A: HOLDING TANK-AERATED; C: COVERED STORAGE TANKS; CM: COVERED WITH MIXING; DT: DECANT TANKS; L: LAGOON; M: WITH MIXING; O: OPEN STORAGE TANKS. | COVERED STORAGE TANKS HOLDING TANK-AERATED NOT SPECIFIED COVERED WITH MIXING OPEN STORAGE TANKS view top 100 |
| Sludge Disposal | sludge_disposal | text | . : NOT SPECIFIED; A: ASH LAGOONS C: COMPOSTING; CO: COMPOSTING - OFF SITE; D: USED FOR FERTILIZER; I: INCINERATED (NOT SPECIFIED); IF: INCINERATED FLUIDIZED BED; IM: MULTIPLE HEARTH INCINERATOR; L: LAGOON; LS: LANDSPREADING; N: LANDFILL; NC: LANDFILL COVER; OS: ON SITE; R: LAND RECLAMATION; S: TO ANOTHER TREATMENT PLANT; T: SCAVENGER. | LANDFILL SCAVENGER TO ANOTHER TREATMENT PLANT LANDSPREADING COMPOSTING view top 100 |
| Lagoons | lagoons | text | . : NOT SPECIFIED; A: AERATED LAGOONS; FA: FACULTATIVE AERATED; FB: FLOATING BIOLOGICAL CONTACTOR; H: HOLDING LAGOON; O: STABILIZATION; P: SETTLING LAGOON; RB: RECHARGE BED; RF: OVERFLOW RETENTION FACILITY; S: SEEPAGE (NO DISCHARGE); T: EMERGENCY STORAGE ONLY. | AERATED LAGOONS RECHARGE BED STABILIZATION SEEPAGE (NO DISCHARGE) FACULTATIVE AERATED view top 100 |
| Additional Treatment | additional_treatment | text | . : NOT SPECIFIED; A: CARBON ASORPTION; AS: AIR STRIPPING; B: BREAKPOINT CHLORINATION; BM: STORMWATER BMP; C: CHEMICAL COAGULATION AND SETTLING; CL: COOLING WATER TREATMENT; F: FILTRATION; L: POLISHING LAGOONS; M: MICROSCREENING; N: NITROGEN REMOVAL (NOT SPECIFIED); NA: ONE STAGE BIOLOGICAL NITRIFICATION; NB: TWO STATE BIOLOGICAL NITRIFICATION; ND: DENITRIFICATION; NF: NUTRIENT FEED (AMMONIA); OF: OVERLAND FLOW; OS: OIL SEPARATION; PA: POST AERATION; PB: PHOSPHORUS REMOVAL (BIOLOGICAL); PC: PHOSPHORUS REMOVAL (CHEMICAL); PR: PHOSPHORUS REMOVAL (NOT SPECIFIED); SC: ADDITIONAL CLARIFICATION; SI: SPRAY IRRIGATION; ST: SETTLING TANK; TC: TERTIARY CLARIFIER; TS: TUBE SETTLER EFFLUENT POLISHING; U: NEUTRALIZATION; WL: ARTIFICIAL WETLAND; X: CHEMICAL OXIDATION. | POST AERATION NITROGEN REMOVAL (NOT SPECIFIED) PHOSPHORUS REMOVAL (CHEMICAL) PHOSPHORUS REMOVAL (NOT SPECIFIED) OIL SEPARATION view top 100 |