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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES WV0026271

CITY OF WILLIAMSON, Williamson, WV: NPDES WV0026271 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

CITY OF WILLIAMSON, held by WILLIAMSON, CITY OF, holds NPDES permit WV0026271, which discharges to Tug Fk. EPA’s file records it issued October 29, 1980 and expiring April 18, 2023. 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 filedCITY OF WILLIAMSON
Permittee as filedWILLIAMSON, CITY OF
NPDES IDWV0026271
Permit statusAdministratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit typeIndividual permit
Discharger classMajor discharger
Facility typePublicly owned treatment works
ProgramPublicly owned treatment works
IssuedOctober 29, 1980
Expiration dateApril 18, 2023
AddressWilliamson, WV 25661
Receiving waterTUG FK
Receiving water impaired303(D) Listed
SubwatershedMiller Creek-Tug Fork (HUC 050702010506)

Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).

Effluent limits and exceedances

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 measureLimitsViolations, any kindEffluent exceedancesLatest exceedanceLargest exceedance, as filed
Bromodichloromethane, effluent45959January 31, 20263,900% over the limit
Solids, total suspended82723February 29, 2020431% over the limit
Cyanide, weak acid, dissociable22323February 28, 2026275% over the limit
Coliform, fecal general22521July 31, 202689,900% over the limit
Solids, suspended percent removal11616May 31, 2025153% over the limit
Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N]121111September 30, 2014215% over the limit
BOD, 5-day, percent removal11111January 31, 2006127% over the limit
Zinc, total [as Zn]41010May 31, 2025443% over the limit
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C8119June 30, 2014215% over the limit
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]075August 31, 202436% over the limit
Cadmium, total recoverable244March 31, 2007429% over the limit
Silver total recoverable233September 30, 2007108% over the limit
Chlorine, total residual242December 31, 2002181% over the limit
Copper, total [as Cu]422October 31, 20251,900% over the limit
Flow rate222May 31, 202050% over the limit
Lead, total recoverable211October 31, 2006150% over the limit
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant350
Oil and grease, hexane extr method020
Chemical Oxygen Demand [COD]020
pH410
Arsenic, total [as As]600
Cyanide, total [as CN]400
Cadmium, total [as Cd]400
Chromium, total [as Cr]400
Lead, total [as Pb]400
Nickel, total [as Ni]400
Silver, total [as Ag]400
Mercury, total [as Hg]400
Mercury, total recoverable400
Chromium, hexavalent [as Cr]200
Nickel, total recoverable200
Zinc, total recoverable200
Copper, total recoverable200
Chloroform200
Toxicity [chronic], Ceriodaphnia dubia200
Toxicity [chronic], Pimephales promelas [Fathead Minnow]200

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

DateWhat EPA recordedAgency
March 6, 2026Effluent Violations - Narrative Effluent ViolationST6
March 6, 2026Management Practice Violations - Improper Operation and MaintenanceST6
February 23, 2024Management Practice Violations - Improper Operation and MaintenanceST6
April 27, 2022Management Practice Violations - Improper Operation and MaintenanceST6
June 14, 2018Management Practice Violations - Improper Operation and MaintenanceST6
June 14, 2018Reporting Violations - Failure to submit required report (non-DMR non-pretreatment)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.