Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES WV0023141
ADA WWTP, Bluefield, WV: NPDES WV0023141 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 21Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 9Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
ADA WWTP, held by BLUEFIELD SANITARY BOARD, holds NPDES permit WV0023141, which discharges to East River. EPA’s file records it issued March 6, 1980 and expiring June 30, 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 | ADA WWTP |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | BLUEFIELD SANITARY BOARD |
| NPDES ID | WV0023141 |
| 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 | March 6, 1980 |
| Expiration date | June 30, 2024 |
| Address | Bluefield, WV 24701 |
| Receiving water | EAST RIVER |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Headwaters East River (HUC 050500020603) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 21Pollutants on file
- 21Under a numeric limit
- 18With a violation of any kind
- 9With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coliform, fecal general | 2 | 9 | 9 | June 30, 2025 | 628% over the limit |
| Solids, suspended percent removal | 1 | 9 | 9 | February 28, 2025 | 560% over the limit |
| Toxicity [chronic], Ceriodaphnia dubia | 2 | 4 | 4 | September 30, 2024 | 900% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 4 | 3 | 3 | June 30, 2020 | 63% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, percent removal | 1 | 3 | 3 | January 31, 2006 | 560% over the limit |
| Cadmium, total recoverable | 2 | 8 | 2 | December 31, 2018 | 2,350% over the limit |
| Mercury, total [as Hg] | 2 | 6 | 2 | September 30, 2014 | 114% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 4 | 2 | 2 | August 31, 2021 | 23% over the limit |
| pH | 4 | 1 | 1 | June 30, 2018 | |
| Cyanide, weak acid, dissociable | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Arsenic, total [as As] | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, hexavalent [as Cr] | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Nickel, total recoverable | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Silver total recoverable | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, total recoverable | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Lead, total recoverable | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Copper, total recoverable | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Toxicity [chronic], Pimephales promelas [Fathead Minnow] | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 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
- 2Single-event violations
| Date | What EPA recorded | Agency |
|---|---|---|
| March 30, 2023 | Effluent Violations - Narrative Effluent Violation | ST6 |
| September 22, 2020 | Biosolids: Other Management Practice Violation | 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.