Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES WV0020257
CITY OF SALEM, Salem, WV: NPDES WV0020257 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- EffectivePermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 18Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 13Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
CITY OF SALEM, held by SALEM, CITY OF, holds NPDES permit WV0020257, which discharges to Salem Fork. EPA’s file records it issued March 30, 1974 and expiring February 10, 2024. 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 | CITY OF SALEM |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | SALEM, CITY OF |
| NPDES ID | WV0020257 |
| Permit status | Effective |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Minor discharger |
| Facility type | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Program | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | March 30, 1974 |
| Expiration date | February 10, 2024 |
| Address | Salem, WV 26426 |
| Receiving water | SALEM FORK |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 41Pollutants on file
- 18Under a numeric limit
- 41With a violation of any kind
- 13With 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 | 23 | 233 | 171 | June 30, 2026 | 363% over the limit |
| Flow rate | 8 | 163 | 137 | July 31, 2026 | 5,506% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 8 | 143 | 109 | June 30, 2025 | 2,770% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 20 | 147 | 83 | May 31, 2026 | 1,100% over the limit |
| Oil and grease, hexane extr method | 19 | 128 | 80 | May 31, 2026 | 24,294% over the limit |
| Copper, total recoverable | 2 | 72 | 54 | July 31, 2025 | 85,456% over the limit |
| Coliform, fecal general | 2 | 63 | 47 | February 28, 2026 | 11,998% over the limit |
| Solids, suspended percent removal | 1 | 45 | 36 | April 30, 2023 | 567% over the limit |
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 1 | 30 | 22 | July 31, 2025 | 73% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, percent removal | 1 | 25 | 17 | March 31, 2021 | 567% over the limit |
| Lead, total recoverable | 2 | 52 | 16 | December 31, 2016 | 175,339% over the limit |
| pH | 10 | 87 | 13 | March 31, 2024 | |
| Zinc, total recoverable | 2 | 30 | 10 | April 30, 2014 | 259% over the limit |
| Temperature, water deg. fahrenheit | 5 | 22 | 0 | ||
| Hardness, total [as CaCO3] | 2 | 18 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 18 | 0 | ||
| Chemical Oxygen Demand [COD] | 10 | 14 | 0 | ||
| Aluminum, total recoverable | 2 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, total [as N] | 0 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 0 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total, sludge, percent | 0 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Aluminum, total [as Al] | 0 | 10 | 0 | ||
| Calcium, total [as Ca] | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Magnesium, total [as Mg] | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Selenium, sludge, total, dry weight [as Se] | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Organic nitrogen sludge, tot dry wt. | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Arsenic, sludge tot. dry wt [as As] | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total dissolved [TDS] | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Molybdenum, sludge, total, dry weight [as Mo] | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, sludge, total, dry weight [as Zn] | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Lead, sludge, total, dry weight [as Pb] | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Nickel, sludge, total, dry weight [as Ni] | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, sludge, total, dry weight [as N] | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Mercury, sludge, total, dry weight [as Hg] | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Potassium, sludge, total, dry weight [as K] | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, sludge, total, dry weight [as Cr] | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Copper, sludge, total, dry weight [as Cu] | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Cadmium, sludge, total, dry weight [as Cd] | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, sludge, total, dry weight [as P] | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Sulfate | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, ammonia, sludge, tot dry wgt | 0 | 4 | 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
- 5Single-event violations
| Date | What EPA recorded | Agency |
|---|---|---|
| July 14, 2021 | Pretreatment - Failure to Develop/Enforce Standards | ST6 |
| July 14, 2021 | Reporting Violations - Failure to submit required report (non-DMR non-pretreatment) | ST6 |
| June 13, 2019 | Pretreatment - Failure to Enforce Against I/U | ST6 |
| June 13, 2019 | Reporting Violations - Failure to submit required report (non-DMR non-pretreatment) | ST6 |
| June 13, 2019 | Management Practice Violations - Improper Operation and Maintenance | 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 14, 2026.