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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES VA0020281

WYTHEVILLE WWTP, Wytheville, VA: NPDES VA0020281 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

WYTHEVILLE WWTP, held by Wytheville Town, holds NPDES permit VA0020281, which discharges to Reed Creek-Muskrat Branch. EPA’s file records it issued April 10, 2019 and expiring April 30, 2024. 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 filedWYTHEVILLE WWTP
Permittee as filedWytheville Town
NPDES IDVA0020281
Permit statusAdministratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit typeIndividual permit
Discharger classMajor discharger
Facility typePublicly owned treatment works
ProgramPublicly owned treatment works
IssuedApril 10, 2019
Expiration dateApril 30, 2024
Issuing agencyVA DEQ
AddressWytheville, VA 24382
Receiving waterReed Creek-Muskrat Branch
SubwatershedMuskrat Branch-Reed Creek (HUC 050500011001)

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
Chlorine, total residual36868March 31, 202699,999% over the limit
Solids, total suspended44040March 31, 2026827% over the limit
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C43838March 31, 2026344% over the limit
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]43838June 30, 2026193% over the limit
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]166July 31, 201677% over the limit
E. coli154July 31, 2012203% over the limit
Solids, suspended percent removal022January 31, 202687% over the limit
pH211April 30, 2022
BOD, percent removal [total]011January 31, 20269% over the limit
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant210

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

DateWhat EPA recordedAgency
May 5, 2026WW SSO - Discharge to WatersST6
February 26, 2026WW SSO - Discharge to WatersST6
July 16, 2025Effluent Violations - Unapproved BypassST6
February 2, 2025Effluent Violations - Unapproved BypassST6
September 28, 2024Effluent Violations - Unapproved BypassST6
September 27, 2024Effluent Violations - Unapproved BypassST6
January 17, 2024WW SSO - Discharge to WatersST6
August 30, 2023WW SSO - Discharge to WatersST6
August 29, 2023Effluent Violations - Unapproved BypassST6
June 2, 2023WW SSO - Discharge to WatersST6
July 4, 2022WW SSO - Discharge to WatersST6
June 18, 2022WW SSO - Discharge to WatersST6
June 7, 2022WW SSO - Discharge to WatersST6
November 30, 2021WW SSO - Discharge to WatersST6
November 16, 2021Effluent Violations - Unapproved BypassST6
November 11, 2021Effluent Violations - Unapproved BypassST6
May 14, 2020WW SSO - Discharge to WatersST6
April 13, 2020WW SSO - Discharge to WatersST6
October 25, 2019WW SSO - Discharge to WatersST6
February 12, 2018Effluent Violations - Unapproved BypassST6
January 11, 2018Effluent Violations - Unapproved BypassST6

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.