Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES VA0061913
POUND WWTP, Pound, VA: NPDES VA0061913 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 7Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 2Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
POUND WWTP, held by Wise County Public Service Authority, holds NPDES permit VA0061913, which discharges to Pound River-John W Flannagan Reservoir-Cane Creek. EPA’s file records it issued May 1, 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 filed | POUND WWTP |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Wise County Public Service Authority |
| NPDES ID | VA0061913 |
| 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 | May 1, 2019 |
| Expiration date | April 30, 2024 |
| Issuing agency | VA DEQ |
| Address | Pound, VA 24279 |
| Receiving water | Pound River-John W Flannagan Reservoir-Cane Creek |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Cane Creek-John W Flannagan Reservoir (HUC 050702020503) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 8Pollutants on file
- 7Under a numeric limit
- 3With a violation of any kind
- 2With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Solids, total suspended | 4 | 31 | 31 | February 28, 2026 | 164% over the limit |
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 8 | 20 | 20 | September 30, 2024 | 196% over the limit |
| E. coli | 0 | 9 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N] | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chlorine, total residual | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| pH | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 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
- 22Single-event violations
| Date | What EPA recorded | Agency |
|---|---|---|
| May 12, 2023 | Effluent Violations - Unapproved Bypass | ST6 |
| February 13, 2023 | Effluent Violations - Unapproved Bypass | ST6 |
| November 12, 2022 | Effluent Violations - Unapproved Bypass | ST6 |
| February 25, 2022 | WW SSO - Discharge to Waters | ST6 |
| August 18, 2021 | Effluent Violations - Unapproved Bypass | ST6 |
| July 12, 2021 | Permit Violations - Violation Specified in Comment | ST6 |
| March 27, 2021 | Effluent Violations - Unapproved Bypass | ST6 |
| March 1, 2021 | Effluent Violations - Unapproved Bypass | ST6 |
| August 2, 2020 | WW SSO - Discharge to Waters | ST6 |
| May 5, 2020 | WW SSO - Discharge to Waters | ST6 |
| April 13, 2020 | WW SSO - Discharge to Waters | ST6 |
| March 26, 2020 | WW SSO - Discharge to Waters | ST6 |
| March 5, 2020 | WW SSO - Discharge to Waters | ST6 |
| February 6, 2020 | Effluent Violations - Unapproved Bypass | ST6 |
| August 25, 2019 | WW SSO - Discharge to Waters | ST6 |
| February 10, 2019 | Effluent Violations - Unapproved Bypass | ST6 |
| June 4, 2018 | Effluent Violations - Unapproved Bypass | ST6 |
| May 6, 2018 | Effluent Violations - Unapproved Bypass | ST6 |
| January 22, 2018 | Effluent Violations - Unapproved Bypass | ST6 |
| April 27, 2017 | Effluent Violations - Unapproved Bypass | ST6 |
| April 24, 2017 | Effluent Violations - Unapproved Bypass | ST6 |
| April 22, 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.