Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES WV0023264
CITY OF MOUNDSVILLE, Moundsville, WV: NPDES WV0023264 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 42Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 16Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
CITY OF MOUNDSVILLE, held by MOUNDSVILLE, CITY OF, holds NPDES permit WV0023264, which discharges to Ohio River. EPA’s file records it issued November 17, 1980 and expiring March 6, 2022. 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 MOUNDSVILLE |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | MOUNDSVILLE, CITY OF |
| NPDES ID | WV0023264 |
| 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 | November 17, 1980 |
| Expiration date | March 6, 2022 |
| Address | Moundsville, WV 26041 |
| Receiving water | OHIO RIVER |
| Subwatershed | Middle Grave Creek (HUC 050301060801) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 61Pollutants on file
- 42Under a numeric limit
- 59With a violation of any kind
- 16With 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; the 60 with the most exceedances of 61 are shown.
| Pollutant or measure | Limits | Violations, any kind | Effluent exceedances | Latest exceedance | Largest exceedance, as filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Copper, total [as Cu] | 8 | 76 | 53 | April 30, 2026 | 7,330% over the limit |
| BOD, 5 day carbonaceous, % rmvl, dry | 0 | 44 | 44 | June 30, 2010 | 16% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 19 | 77 | 11 | June 30, 2020 | 62,485% over the limit |
| Lead, total [as Pb] | 8 | 49 | 11 | May 31, 2020 | 409% over the limit |
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 5 C] | 4 | 34 | 6 | September 30, 2014 | 13,960% over the limit |
| Arsenic, total [as As] | 6 | 47 | 5 | April 30, 2020 | 101% over the limit |
| Chloride [as Cl] | 4 | 39 | 5 | March 31, 2020 | 86% over the limit |
| Nickel, total [as Ni] | 4 | 39 | 5 | November 30, 2019 | 76% over the limit |
| Flow rate | 6 | 34 | 4 | April 30, 2020 | 1,100% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 16 | 75 | 2 | September 30, 2014 | 16,515% over the limit |
| Iron, total [as Fe] | 4 | 36 | 2 | February 28, 2019 | 84% over the limit |
| Mercury, total [as Hg] | 14 | 31 | 2 | May 31, 2020 | 1,023% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 12 | 44 | 1 | December 31, 2019 | 116% over the limit |
| Silver, total [as Ag] | 4 | 35 | 1 | October 31, 2019 | 30% over the limit |
| Zinc, total [as Zn] | 8 | 24 | 1 | June 30, 2022 | 18,329% over the limit |
| BOD, carb-5 day, 20 deg C, percent removal | 1 | 8 | 1 | September 30, 2012 | 6,640% over the limit |
| pH | 12 | 122 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 7 | 61 | 0 | ||
| Coliform, fecal general | 6 | 38 | 0 | ||
| Cadmium, total [as Cd] | 4 | 34 | 0 | ||
| Cyanide, weak acid, dissociable | 8 | 27 | 0 | ||
| Toluene | 2 | 27 | 0 | ||
| Benzene | 2 | 27 | 0 | ||
| Ethylbenzene | 2 | 27 | 0 | ||
| Petrol hydrocarbons, total recoverable | 2 | 27 | 0 | ||
| Xylene [mix of m+o+p] | 2 | 27 | 0 | ||
| Oil and grease, hexane extr method | 4 | 20 | 0 | ||
| Chemical Oxygen Demand [COD] | 4 | 20 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, total [as Cr] | 4 | 19 | 0 | ||
| Selenium, total [as Se] | 4 | 19 | 0 | ||
| Copper, total recoverable | 4 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, hexavalent [as Cr] | 2 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Nickel, total recoverable | 2 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Silver total recoverable | 2 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, total recoverable | 2 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Cadmium, total recoverable | 2 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Lead, total recoverable | 2 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Solids, suspended percent removal | 1 | 7 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N] | 4 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total, sludge, percent | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, total [as N] | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Calcium, total [as Ca] | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Magnesium, total [as Mg] | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Selenium, sludge, total, dry weight [as Se] | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Organic nitrogen sludge, tot dry wt. | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Arsenic, sludge tot. dry wt [as As] | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Molybdenum, sludge, total, dry weight [as Mo] | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, sludge, total, dry weight [as Zn] | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Lead, sludge, total, dry weight [as Pb] | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Nickel, sludge, total, dry weight [as Ni] | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, sludge, total, dry weight [as N] | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Mercury, sludge, total, dry weight [as Hg] | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Potassium, sludge, total, dry weight [as K] | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, sludge, total, dry weight [as Cr] | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Copper, sludge, total, dry weight [as Cu] | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Cadmium, sludge, total, dry weight [as Cd] | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, sludge, total, dry weight [as P] | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, ammonia, sludge, tot dry wgt | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Toxicity [acute], Ceriodaphnia dubia | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| February 20, 2025 | Management Practice Violations - Best Management Practice Deficiencies | ST6 |
| April 11, 2023 | Monitoring Violations - Frequency of Sampling Violation | ST6 |
| April 11, 2023 | Reporting Violations - Improper/ Incorrect Reporting | ST6 |
| April 11, 2023 | Reporting Violations - Failure to submit required report (non-DMR non-pretreatment) | ST6 |
| January 8, 2019 | Reporting Violations - Improper/ Incorrect Reporting | ST6 |
| January 8, 2019 | 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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