Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES WV0023124
MORGANTOWN WWTP, Star City, WV: NPDES WV0023124 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 27Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 4Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
MORGANTOWN WWTP, held by MORGANTOWN, CITY OF, holds NPDES permit WV0023124, which discharges to Monongahela River. EPA’s file records it issued December 31, 1980 and expiring June 18, 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 | MORGANTOWN WWTP |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | MORGANTOWN, CITY OF |
| NPDES ID | WV0023124 |
| 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 | December 31, 1980 |
| Expiration date | June 18, 2024 |
| Address | Star City, WV 26505 |
| Receiving water | MONONGAHELA RIVER |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Outlet Deckers Creek (HUC 050200030202) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 29Pollutants on file
- 27Under a numeric limit
- 4With a violation of any kind
- 4With 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 percent removal, dry | 0 | 61 | 61 | September 30, 2009 | 87% over the limit |
| Solids, suspended percent removal, dry | 0 | 61 | 61 | September 30, 2009 | 93% over the limit |
| Chlorine, total residual | 2 | 7 | 7 | January 31, 2011 | 136% over the limit |
| Coliform, fecal general | 4 | 4 | 4 | November 30, 2025 | 50% over the limit |
| Toxicity [chronic], Ceriodaphnia dubia | 10 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Toxicity [chronic], Pimephales promelas [Fathead Minnow] | 10 | 0 | 0 | ||
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 8 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total suspended | 8 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 8 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Cyanide, weak acid, dissociable | 8 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chloride [as Cl] | 8 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Selenium, total recoverable | 8 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Copper, total recoverable | 8 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chloroform | 8 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bromodichloromethane, effluent | 8 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Sulfate | 8 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, hexavalent [as Cr] | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||
| pH | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Arsenic, total recoverable | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, total [as Cr] | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nickel, total recoverable | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Silver total recoverable | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, total recoverable | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Cadmium, total recoverable | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Lead, total recoverable | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mercury, total [as Hg] | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| BOD, 5-day, percent removal | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Solids, suspended percent removal | 2 | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| January 8, 2026 | WW CSO - Dry weather overflow | ST6 |
| June 7, 2023 | Permit Violations - Discharge Without a Valid Permit | ST6 |
| September 21, 2021 | WW CSO - Dry weather overflow | ST6 |
| June 21, 2018 | WW CSO - Failure to implement required NMC #6 (Control of solids) | ST6 |
| June 21, 2018 | WW CSO - Failure to implement required NMC #3 (Review pretreatment requirements) | ST6 |
| June 21, 2018 | WW CSO - Failure to implement required NMC #8 (Public notification) | 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.