Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES WV0024881
TOWN OF ALDERSON, Alderson, WV: NPDES WV0024881 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 16Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 12Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
TOWN OF ALDERSON, held by ALDERSON, TOWN OF, holds NPDES permit WV0024881, which discharges to Greenbrier River. EPA’s file records it issued February 25, 1991 and expiring May 29, 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 | TOWN OF ALDERSON |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | ALDERSON, TOWN OF |
| NPDES ID | WV0024881 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Minor discharger |
| Facility type | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Program | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | February 25, 1991 |
| Expiration date | May 29, 2024 |
| Address | Alderson, WV 24910 |
| Receiving water | GREENBRIER RIVER |
| Subwatershed | Milligan Creek-Greenbrier River (HUC 050500030903) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 36Pollutants on file
- 16Under a numeric limit
- 36With a violation of any kind
- 12With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 8 | 82 | 48 | May 31, 2020 | 766% over the limit |
| Copper, total recoverable | 2 | 55 | 41 | September 30, 2017 | 1,562% over the limit |
| Chlorine, total residual | 0 | 63 | 31 | August 31, 2012 | 953% over the limit |
| Coliform, fecal general | 2 | 77 | 17 | January 31, 2025 | 2,900% over the limit |
| Solids, suspended percent removal | 1 | 23 | 11 | December 31, 2024 | 567% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, percent removal | 1 | 21 | 11 | December 31, 2024 | 560% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N] | 4 | 54 | 10 | March 31, 2025 | 586% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 4 | 46 | 10 | December 31, 2016 | 117% over the limit |
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 1 | 13 | 4 | February 28, 2011 | 20% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 4 | 42 | 2 | January 31, 2020 | 66% over the limit |
| Aluminum, total recoverable | 2 | 14 | 2 | December 31, 2021 | 257% over the limit |
| Lead, total recoverable | 2 | 14 | 2 | January 31, 2015 | 37,636% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, total [as N] | 4 | 46 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 3 | 27 | 0 | ||
| pH | 2 | 22 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, total recoverable | 2 | 14 | 0 | ||
| Iron, total [as Fe] | 2 | 10 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total, sludge, percent | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Calcium, total [as Ca] | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Magnesium, total [as Mg] | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Fecal coliform | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Selenium, sludge, total, dry weight [as Se] | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Organic nitrogen sludge, tot dry wt. | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Arsenic, sludge tot. dry wt [as As] | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Molybdenum, sludge, total, dry weight [as Mo] | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, sludge, total, dry weight [as Zn] | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Lead, sludge, total, dry weight [as Pb] | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Nickel, sludge, total, dry weight [as Ni] | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, sludge, total, dry weight [as N] | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Mercury, sludge, total, dry weight [as Hg] | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Potassium, sludge, total, dry weight [as K] | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, sludge, total, dry weight [as Cr] | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Copper, sludge, total, dry weight [as Cu] | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Cadmium, sludge, total, dry weight [as Cd] | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, sludge, total, dry weight [as P] | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, ammonia, sludge, tot dry wgt | 0 | 2 | 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
- 0Single-event violations
EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES WV0024881.
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.