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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES OH0123625

VALLEY VIEW WWTP, Chesterland, OH: NPDES OH0123625 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

VALLEY VIEW WWTP, held by Geauga Cty Department of Water Resources, holds NPDES permit OH0123625, which discharges to Griswold Creek. EPA’s file records it issued October 12, 2018 and expiring October 31, 2023. The status and dates are as EPA’s permit file stood when Velarion loaded it (September 14, 2026); EPA’s free Detailed Facility Report on ECHO carries the permit’s current standing.

Identity

Facility as filedVALLEY VIEW WWTP
Permittee as filedGeauga Cty Department of Water Resources
NPDES IDOH0123625
Permit statusAdministratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit typeIndividual permit
Discharger classMinor discharger
Facility typePublicly owned treatment works
ProgramPublicly owned treatment works
IssuedOctober 12, 2018
Expiration dateOctober 31, 2023
AddressChesterland, OH 44026
Receiving waterGriswold Creek
Receiving water impaired303(D) Listed
SubwatershedGriswold Creek-Chagrin River (HUC 041100030402)

Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).

Effluent limits and exceedances

An effluent exceedance is a discharge monitoring report value over the permit’s numeric limit (EPA’s violation code E90). A violation of any kind also counts a report not filed. Each row is EPA’s own count for that pollutant.

Pollutant or measureLimitsViolations, any kindEffluent exceedancesLatest exceedanceLargest exceedance, as filed
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]122420April 30, 2025665% over the limit
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]21916August 31, 201293% over the limit
Solids, total suspended6159December 31, 2024327% over the limit
pH4159December 31, 2022
Copper, total recoverable488August 31, 2019128% over the limit
BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C]6126April 30, 202575% over the limit
Mercury, total low level655December 31, 202472% over the limit
E. coli, MTEC-MF633August 31, 20242,893% over the limit
Oil and grease, hexane extr method111December 31, 202010% over the limit
Coliform, fecal MF, MFC broth, 44.5 C011October 31, 200766% over the limit
Temperature, water deg. centigrade460
Cyanide, free available060
Phosphorus, total [as P]620
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant220
Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N]600
Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N]600
Cyanide, free-water plus wastewaters200
Nickel, total recoverable200
Zinc, total recoverable200
Cadmium, total recoverable200
Lead, total recoverable200
Chromium, total recoverable200
Chromium, hexavalent dissolved [as Cr]200
Solids, total dissolved- 180 deg. C200
Overflows200
Sludge waste from secondary clarifiers200

Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES limits and effluent violations files (ECHO download); up to 60 rows shown, most exceedances first.

Inspections, violations and enforcement

EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES OH0123625.

Velarion’s copy of EPA’s ICIS-NPDES files does not include the inspections, formal enforcement actions and informal enforcement actions files, so this page shows none of them. EPA’s free Detailed Facility Report on ECHO lists this permit’s inspections, enforcement actions and penalties.

Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES violation, inspection and enforcement files (ECHO download); up to 50 rows of each shown, newest first.

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Figures from EPA’s ICIS-NPDES download, loaded September 14, 2026.