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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES VAG830651

WATERS STREET PUBLIC UTILITIES INFRASTRUCTURE, Norfolk, VA: NPDES VAG830651 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

WATERS STREET PUBLIC UTILITIES INFRASTRUCTURE, held by Norfolk City, holds NPDES permit VAG830651, which discharges to Eastern Branch Elizabeth River. EPA’s file records it issued March 1, 2023 and expiring February 29, 2028. 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 filedWATERS STREET PUBLIC UTILITIES INFRASTRUCTURE
Permittee as filedNorfolk City
NPDES IDVAG830651
Permit statusEffective
Permit typeCoverage under a general permit
Discharger classMinor discharger
Facility typeNot a publicly owned treatment works
IssuedMarch 1, 2023
Expiration dateFebruary 29, 2028
Issuing agencyVirginia
AddressNorfolk, VA 23510
Receiving waterEastern Branch Elizabeth River
Receiving water impaired303(D) Listed
SubwatershedEastern Branch Elizabeth River (HUC 020802080204)

Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).

Effluent limits and exceedances

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 measureLimitsViolations, any kindEffluent exceedancesLatest exceedanceLargest exceedance, as filed
Arsenic, total recoverable111June 30, 2026135% over the limit
Thallium, total recoverable111May 31, 2026317% over the limit
pH400
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant200
Selenium, total recoverable100
Nickel, total recoverable100
Silver total recoverable100
Zinc, total recoverable100
Cadmium, total recoverable100
Lead, total recoverable100
Chromium, total recoverable100
Copper, total recoverable100
Antimony, total recoverable100
Naphthalene100
Petrol hydrocarbons, total recoverable100
Mercury, total recoverable100

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

EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES VAG830651.

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.