Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES VA0020168
CLARKSVILLE WWTP, Clarksville, VA: NPDES VA0020168 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 7Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 4Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
CLARKSVILLE WWTP, held by Clarksville Town of, holds NPDES permit VA0020168, which discharges to Roanoke River/John H Kerr Reservoir-Panhandle Cre*. EPA’s file records it issued February 13, 2020 and expiring February 28, 2025. 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 | CLARKSVILLE WWTP |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Clarksville Town of |
| NPDES ID | VA0020168 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Minor discharger |
| Facility type | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Program | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | February 13, 2020 |
| Expiration date | February 28, 2025 |
| Issuing agency | VA DEQ |
| Address | Clarksville, VA 23917 |
| Receiving water | Roanoke River/John H Kerr Reservoir-Panhandle Cre* |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Panhandle Creek-John H Kerr Reservoir (HUC 030101020903) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 8Pollutants on file
- 7Under a numeric limit
- 5With a violation of any kind
- 4With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| E. coli | 1 | 20 | 20 | January 31, 2025 | 1,070% over the limit |
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 1 | 5 | 5 | August 31, 2017 | 32% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 4 | 2 | 2 | December 31, 2023 | 254% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 4 | 1 | 1 | May 31, 2019 | 9% over the limit |
| Manganese, total recoverable | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| pH | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 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
- 11Single-event violations
| Date | What EPA recorded | Agency |
|---|---|---|
| March 4, 2026 | Effluent Violations - Unapproved Bypass | ST6 |
| February 20, 2026 | Effluent Violations - Unapproved Bypass | ST6 |
| February 17, 2026 | Effluent Violations - Unapproved Bypass | ST6 |
| May 14, 2024 | WW SSO - Discharge to Waters | ST6 |
| May 5, 2024 | Effluent Violations - Unapproved Bypass | ST6 |
| January 9, 2024 | WW SSO - Discharge to Waters | ST6 |
| August 17, 2023 | WW SSO - Discharge to Waters | ST6 |
| June 28, 2022 | WW SSO - Discharge to Waters | ST6 |
| June 17, 2020 | WW SSO - Discharge to Waters | ST6 |
| March 2, 2020 | Effluent Violations - Unapproved Bypass | ST6 |
| November 27, 2017 | Effluent Violations - Unapproved Bypass | ST6 |
Velarion’s copy of EPA’s ICIS-NPDES files does not yet 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.