Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES VA0060500
WATERFORD SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT, Waterford, VA: NPDES VA0060500 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 12Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 3Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
WATERFORD SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT, held by Loudoun County Sanitation Authority, holds NPDES permit VA0060500, which discharges to South Fork Catoctin Creek. EPA’s file records it issued February 1, 2020 and expiring January 31, 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 | WATERFORD SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Loudoun County Sanitation Authority |
| NPDES ID | VA0060500 |
| 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 1, 2020 |
| Expiration date | January 31, 2025 |
| Issuing agency | VA DEQ |
| Address | Waterford, VA 20197 |
| Receiving water | South Fork Catoctin Creek |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | South Fork Catoctin Creek (HUC 020700080301) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 12Pollutants on file
- 12Under a numeric limit
- 4With a violation of any kind
- 3With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 4 | 2 | 2 | June 30, 2020 | 46% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 4 | 2 | 2 | February 28, 2019 | 11% over the limit |
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 1 | 1 | 1 | May 31, 2019 | 1% over the limit |
| Chlorine, total residual | 3 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| pH | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| E. coli | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, total [as N] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrite + Nitrate 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
- 0Single-event violations
EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES VA0060500.
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 14, 2026.