Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES VA0005819
APPOMATTOX RIVER WATER AUTHORITY, Petersburg, VA: NPDES VA0005819 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 6Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 2Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
APPOMATTOX RIVER WATER AUTHORITY, held by Appomattox River Water Authority, holds NPDES permit VA0005819, which discharges to Appomattox River/Lake Chesdin-Cattle Creek. EPA’s file records it issued May 1, 2018 and expiring April 30, 2023. The status and dates are as EPA’s permit file stood when Velarion loaded it (September 15, 2026); EPA’s free Detailed Facility Report on ECHO carries the permit’s current standing.
Identity
| Facility as filed | APPOMATTOX RIVER WATER AUTHORITY |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Appomattox River Water Authority |
| NPDES ID | VA0005819 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Major discharger |
| Facility type | Not a publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | May 1, 2018 |
| Expiration date | April 30, 2023 |
| Issuing agency | VA DEQ |
| Address | Petersburg, VA 23803 |
| Receiving water | Appomattox River/Lake Chesdin-Cattle Creek |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Cattle Creek-Lake Chesdin (HUC 020802070806) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 6Pollutants on file
- 6Under a numeric limit
- 4With a violation of any kind
- 2With an effluent exceedance
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 measure | Limits | Violations, any kind | Effluent exceedances | Latest exceedance | Largest exceedance, as filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TU Static Renewal 7-Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 1 | 4 | 3 | March 31, 2026 | 99,999% over the limit |
| pH | 4 | 5 | 1 | May 31, 2025 | |
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 6 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total suspended | 5 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Chlorine, total residual | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Toxicity, final conc toxicity units | 2 | 0 | 0 |
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
- 0Single-event violations
EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES VA0005819.
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 15, 2026.