Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES VA0025518
MOORES CREEK ADVANCED WATER RESOURCE RECOVERY FAC, Charlottesville, VA: NPDES VA0025518 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 9Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 5Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
MOORES CREEK ADVANCED WATER RESOURCE RECOVERY FAC, held by Rivanna Water and Sewer Authority, holds NPDES permit VA0025518, which discharges to Moores Creek. EPA’s file records it issued May 1, 2021 and expiring April 30, 2026. 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 | MOORES CREEK ADVANCED WATER RESOURCE RECOVERY FAC |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Rivanna Water and Sewer Authority |
| NPDES ID | VA0025518 |
| 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 | May 1, 2021 |
| Expiration date | April 30, 2026 |
| Issuing agency | VA DEQ |
| Address | Charlottesville, VA 22902 |
| Receiving water | Moores Creek |
| Subwatershed | Moores Creek (HUC 020802040402) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 10Pollutants on file
- 9Under a numeric limit
- 5With a violation of any kind
- 5With 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 | 24 | 10 | October 31, 1999 | 100% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 4 | 2 | 2 | September 30, 2015 | 60% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 4 | 2 | 2 | August 31, 2019 | 50% over the limit |
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 4 | 1 | 1 | September 30, 2020 | 7% over the limit |
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 1 | 1 | February 28, 1998 | 14% over the limit |
| pH | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| E. coli | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 1 | 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
- 5Single-event violations
| Date | What EPA recorded | Agency |
|---|---|---|
| February 7, 2024 | WW SSO - Discharge to Waters | ST6 |
| January 18, 2024 | WW SSO - Discharge to Waters | ST6 |
| January 13, 2024 | WW SSO - Discharge to Waters | ST6 |
| January 10, 2024 | WW SSO - Discharge to Waters | ST6 |
| June 13, 2018 | 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.