Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES VA0005975
NEWPORT NEWS CITY - HARWOODS MILL WATER TREATMENT, Yorktown, VA: NPDES VA0005975 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 8Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 0Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
NEWPORT NEWS CITY - HARWOODS MILL WATER TREATMENT, held by Newport News City - Harwoods Mill Water Treatment, holds NPDES permit VA0005975, which discharges to Harwoods Mill Reservoir. EPA’s file records it issued October 14, 2016 and expiring November 30, 2021. 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 filed | NEWPORT NEWS CITY - HARWOODS MILL WATER TREATMENT |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Newport News City - Harwoods Mill Water Treatment |
| NPDES ID | VA0005975 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Minor discharger |
| Facility type | Not a publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | October 14, 2016 |
| Expiration date | November 30, 2021 |
| Issuing agency | STATE |
| Address | Yorktown, VA 23693 |
| Receiving water | Harwoods Mill Reservoir |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Poquoson River-Lower Chesapeake Bay (HUC 020801080101) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 8Pollutants on file
- 8Under a numeric limit
- 3With a violation of any kind
- 0With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 3 | 4 | 0 | ||
| pH | 4 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total suspended | 3 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, total [as N] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Petrol hydrocarbons, total recoverable | 1 | 0 | 0 |
EPA’s effluent violation file records no exceedance of a numeric limit for NPDES VA0005975.
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 VA0005975.
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.