Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES VA0083411
WILDERNESS WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT, Locust Grove, VA: NPDES VA0083411 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 17Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 2Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
WILDERNESS WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT, held by Wilderness Wastewater Treatment Plant, holds NPDES permit VA0083411, which discharges to Lower Rapidan River. EPA’s file records it issued November 10, 2016 and expiring November 30, 2021. 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 | WILDERNESS WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Wilderness Wastewater Treatment Plant |
| NPDES ID | VA0083411 |
| 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 | November 10, 2016 |
| Expiration date | November 30, 2021 |
| Issuing agency | STATE |
| Address | Locust Grove, VA 22508 |
| Receiving water | Lower Rapidan River |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 17Pollutants on file
- 17Under a numeric limit
- 2With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 8 | 6 | 6 | September 30, 2024 | 327% over the limit |
| Chlorine, total residual | 3 | 2 | 2 | November 30, 2011 | 15,900% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 8 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N] | 8 | 0 | 0 | ||
| pH | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Hardness, total [as CaCO3] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, total recoverable | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, total [as N] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| E. coli | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, Total As N | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, Total As P | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| TU Static Renewal 7-Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| TU Static Renewal 7-Day Chronic Pimphales promelas | 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
- 6Single-event violations
| Date | What EPA recorded | Agency |
|---|---|---|
| April 21, 2026 | Permit Violations - Violation Specified in Comment | ST6 |
| August 27, 2024 | Permit Violations - Violation Specified in Comment | ST6 |
| February 1, 2023 | WW SSO - Discharge to Waters | ST6 |
| May 2, 2021 | Effluent Violations - Unapproved Bypass | ST6 |
| October 28, 2019 | Effluent Violations - Unapproved Bypass | ST6 |
| November 2, 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.