Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES VA0025291
FISHERSVILLE REGIONAL WWTP, Staunton, VA: NPDES VA0025291 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 9Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 7Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
FISHERSVILLE REGIONAL WWTP, held by Augusta County Service Authority d/b/a Augusta Water, holds NPDES permit VA0025291, which discharges to Christians Creek-Barterbrook Branch. EPA’s file records it issued December 4, 2019 and expiring November 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 filed | FISHERSVILLE REGIONAL WWTP |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Augusta County Service Authority d/b/a Augusta Water |
| NPDES ID | VA0025291 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Major discharger |
| Facility type | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Program | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | December 4, 2019 |
| Expiration date | November 30, 2024 |
| Issuing agency | VA DEQ |
| Address | Staunton, VA 24401 |
| Receiving water | Christians Creek-Barterbrook Branch |
| Subwatershed | Barterbrook Branch-Christians Creek (HUC 020700050202) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 10Pollutants on file
- 9Under a numeric limit
- 7With a violation of any kind
- 7With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chlorine, total residual | 0 | 54 | 45 | September 30, 1999 | 99,999% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 4 | 10 | 10 | January 31, 1998 | 210% over the limit |
| E. coli | 1 | 6 | 6 | November 30, 2019 | 99,999% over the limit |
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 4 | 4 | March 31, 2014 | 73% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 4 | 3 | 2 | January 31, 1998 | 43% over the limit |
| pH | 2 | 3 | 2 | March 31, 2025 | |
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 1 | 1 | 1 | September 30, 1996 | 10% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, Total As N | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, Total As P | 1 | 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
- 14Single-event violations
| Date | What EPA recorded | Agency |
|---|---|---|
| September 27, 2024 | WW SSO - Discharge to Waters | ST6 |
| September 4, 2024 | WW SSO - Discharge to Waters | ST6 |
| January 28, 2024 | WW SSO - Discharge to Waters | ST6 |
| August 25, 2022 | WW SSO - Discharge to Waters | ST6 |
| August 25, 2022 | Effluent Violations - Unapproved Bypass | ST6 |
| September 21, 2021 | WW SSO - Discharge to Waters | ST6 |
| November 12, 2020 | WW SSO - Discharge to Waters | ST6 |
| February 13, 2020 | WW SSO - Discharge to Waters | ST6 |
| March 21, 2019 | WW SSO - Discharge to Waters | ST6 |
| September 28, 2018 | Effluent Violations - Unapproved Bypass | ST6 |
| September 17, 2018 | Effluent Violations - Unapproved Bypass | ST6 |
| September 9, 2018 | Effluent Violations - Unapproved Bypass | ST6 |
| August 30, 2018 | Effluent Violations - Unapproved Bypass | ST6 |
| January 23, 2017 | Effluent Violations - Unapproved Bypass | ST6 |
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.