Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES VA0090743
ZION CROSSROADS WWTP, Gordonsville, VA: NPDES VA0090743 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 19Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 5Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
ZION CROSSROADS WWTP, held by Louisa County Water Authority, holds NPDES permit VA0090743, which discharges to Wheeler Creek. EPA’s file records it issued May 24, 2019 and expiring May 31, 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 | ZION CROSSROADS WWTP |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Louisa County Water Authority |
| NPDES ID | VA0090743 |
| 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 24, 2019 |
| Expiration date | May 31, 2024 |
| Issuing agency | VA DEQ |
| Address | Gordonsville, VA 22942 |
| Receiving water | Wheeler Creek |
| Subwatershed | Wheeler Creek (HUC 020801060102) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 19Pollutants on file
- 19Under a numeric limit
- 16With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N] | 4 | 26 | 7 | March 31, 2026 | 187% over the limit |
| Chlorine, total residual | 2 | 10 | 4 | October 31, 2017 | 10,011% over the limit |
| Zinc, total recoverable | 1 | 19 | 3 | March 31, 2018 | 11% over the limit |
| E. coli | 1 | 5 | 3 | May 31, 2024 | 99,999% over the limit |
| pH | 2 | 9 | 1 | June 30, 2019 | |
| Solids, total suspended | 4 | 20 | 0 | ||
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 4 | 19 | 0 | ||
| Copper, total recoverable | 1 | 16 | 0 | ||
| Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N] | 1 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, total [as N] | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Hardness, total [as CaCO3] | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, Total As N | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, Total As P | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| TU Static Renewal 7-Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| TU Static Renewal 7-Day Chronic Pimphales promelas | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Cyanide, total [as CN] | 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 VA0090743.
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.