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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES VA0022390

BEDFORD WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT, Bedford, VA: NPDES VA0022390 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

BEDFORD WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT, held by Bedford Regional Water Authority, holds NPDES permit VA0022390, which discharges to Little Otter River-Johns Creek. EPA’s file records it issued July 1, 2013 and expiring June 30, 2018. 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 filedBEDFORD WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT
Permittee as filedBedford Regional Water Authority
NPDES IDVA0022390
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
IssuedJuly 1, 2013
Expiration dateJune 30, 2018
Issuing agencyVA DEQ
AddressBedford, VA 24523
Receiving waterLittle Otter River-Johns Creek
SubwatershedJohns Creek-Little Otter River (HUC 030101011406)

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
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C44040May 31, 2025208% over the limit
Chlorine, total residual366March 31, 20267,743% over the limit
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]455January 31, 2023236% over the limit
Zinc, total recoverable244July 31, 202515% over the limit
Toxicity, final conc toxicity units111September 30, 2005213% over the limit
Cyanide, free [amenable to chlorination]260
Phosphorus, total [as P]020
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]210
Solids, total suspended400
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant400
pH200
Nitrogen, nitrate total [as N]200
Lead, total recoverable200
E. coli100

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
June 27, 2025WW SSO - Discharge to WatersST6
June 22, 2025WW SSO - Discharge to WatersST6
June 4, 2025WW SSO - Discharge to WatersST6
June 3, 2025WW SSO - Discharge to WatersST6
May 29, 2025WW SSO - Discharge to WatersST6
May 13, 2025WW SSO - Discharge to WatersST6
May 9, 2025WW SSO - Discharge to WatersST6
May 8, 2025WW SSO - Discharge to WatersST6
May 6, 2025WW SSO - Discharge to WatersST6
October 18, 2018Effluent Violations - Unapproved BypassST6
October 11, 2018Effluent Violations - Unapproved BypassST6
September 23, 2018Effluent Violations - Unapproved BypassST6
September 17, 2018Effluent Violations - Unapproved BypassST6
May 20, 2018Effluent Violations - Unapproved BypassST6
May 19, 2018Effluent Violations - Unapproved BypassST6
April 28, 2018Effluent Violations - Unapproved BypassST6
April 25, 2018Effluent Violations - Unapproved BypassST6
April 9, 2018Effluent Violations - Unapproved BypassST6
February 11, 2018Effluent Violations - Unapproved BypassST6
January 18, 2018Effluent Violations - Unapproved BypassST6
August 21, 2017Effluent Violations - Unapproved BypassST6
August 15, 2017Effluent Violations - Unapproved BypassST6
July 17, 2017Effluent Violations - Unapproved BypassST6
May 24, 2017Effluent Violations - Unapproved BypassST6
May 5, 2017Effluent Violations - Unapproved BypassST6
April 24, 2017Effluent Violations - Unapproved BypassST6
February 22, 2017Effluent Violations - Unapproved BypassST6
January 23, 2017Effluent 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.