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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES WV0026832

WELLSBURG CITY OF, Wellsburg, WV: NPDES WV0026832 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

WELLSBURG CITY OF, held by WELLSBURG, CITY OF, holds NPDES permit WV0026832, which discharges to Ohio River. EPA’s file records it issued May 14, 1980 and expiring June 30, 2021. The status and dates are as EPA’s permit file stood when Velarion loaded it (September 15, 2026); EPA’s free Detailed Facility Report on ECHO carries the permit’s current standing.

Identity

Facility as filedWELLSBURG CITY OF
Permittee as filedWELLSBURG, CITY OF
NPDES IDWV0026832
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
IssuedMay 14, 1980
Expiration dateJune 30, 2021
AddressWellsburg, WV 26070
Receiving waterOHIO RIVER
Receiving water impaired303(D) Listed
SubwatershedBuffalo Creek-Ohio River (HUC 050301060106)

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
Chlorine, total residual22826April 30, 2025178,471% over the limit
pH102824September 30, 2025
Mercury, total [as Hg]699June 30, 201925% over the limit
Color [admi units]2108March 31, 2007
Solids, total suspended16135June 30, 202690% over the limit
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C16124May 31, 2026295% over the limit
Oil and grease, hexane extr method244November 30, 2025673% over the limit
BOD, 5-day, percent removal233January 31, 2025238% over the limit
Copper, total recoverable442December 31, 20097% over the limit
Solids, suspended percent removal, dry042April 30, 200812% over the limit
Flow rate422March 31, 2026212% over the limit
Zinc, total recoverable231September 30, 200918% over the limit
Coliform, fecal general231June 30, 201180% over the limit
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]1280
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant1040
BOD, 5 day percent removal, wet040
BOD, 5 day percent removal, dry030
Solids, suspended percent removal, wet030
Cadmium, total recoverable420
Lead, total recoverable220
Cyanide, weak acid, dissociable400
Arsenic, total [as As]400
Chromium, hexavalent [as Cr]400
Nitrogen, total [as N]200
Phosphorus, total [as P]200
Nickel, total recoverable200
Silver total recoverable200
Toxicity [acute], Ceriodaphnia dubia200
Toxicity [acute], Pimephales promelas [Fathead Minnow]200
Solids, suspended percent removal200

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
August 27, 2025Management Practice Violations - Improper Operation and MaintenanceST6
August 27, 2025Biosolids - Land Application: Facility Failed to Keep Records for Preparers and AppliersST6
August 27, 2025Reporting Violations - Late Submittal of DMRsST6
August 27, 2025Effluent Violations - Numeric effluent violationST6
August 27, 2025Reporting Violations - Failure to submit required report (non-DMR non-pretreatment)ST6
August 27, 2025Biosolids - Surface Disposal: Invalid Monitoring or Unrepresentative Sample ViolationST6
August 27, 2025Biosolids - Surface Disposal: Pathogen Reduction ViolationST6
August 27, 2025Biosolids - Surface Disposal: Vector Attraction Reduction ViolationST6
July 27, 2023WW CSO - Failure to Implement LTCPST6
July 27, 2023WW CSO - Failure to implement required NMC #1(Proper operation and maintenance)ST6
July 27, 2023WW CSO - Failure to implement required NMC #2 (Maximum use of the collection system)ST6
July 27, 2023WW CSO - Failure to implement required NMC #3 (Review pretreatment requirements)ST6
July 27, 2023WW CSO - Failure to implement required NMC #4 (Maximization of flow)ST6
July 27, 2023WW CSO - Failure to implement required NMC #5 (Elimination of dry weather flow)ST6
July 27, 2023WW CSO - Failure to implement required NMC #6 (Control of solids)ST6
July 27, 2023WW CSO - Failure to implement required NMC #7 (Pollution prevention programs)ST6
July 27, 2023WW CSO - Failure to implement required NMC #8 (Public notification)ST6
July 27, 2023WW CSO - Failure to submit required report (non-DMR)ST6
July 27, 2023WW CSO - Failure to implement required NMC #9 (Monitoring)ST6
March 16, 2023Management Practice Violations - Improper Operation and MaintenanceST6
May 27, 2021Monitoring Violations - Improper Analysis or Lab ErrorST6
May 27, 2021Reporting Violations - Improper/ Incorrect ReportingST6
May 27, 2021Biosolids - Land Application: Vector Attraction Reduction ViolationST6
May 27, 2021Biosolids: Other Management Practice ViolationST6
May 27, 2021Biosolids - Land Application: Pathogen Reduction ViolationST6
August 27, 2019WW CSO - Failure to implement required NMC #3 (Review pretreatment requirements)ST6
August 27, 2019WW CSO - Failure to Implement LTCPST6
August 27, 2019WW CSO - Failure to Maintain Records or Meet Record Keeping RequirementsST6
August 27, 2019WW CSO - Failure to implement required NMC #1(Proper operation and maintenance)ST6
August 27, 2019WW CSO - Failure to implement required NMC #2 (Maximum use of the collection system)ST6
August 27, 2019WW CSO - Failure to implement required NMC #4 (Maximization of flow)ST6
August 27, 2019WW CSO - Failure to implement required NMC #5 (Elimination of dry weather flow)ST6
August 27, 2019WW CSO - Failure to implement required NMC #6 (Control of solids)ST6
August 27, 2019WW CSO - Failure to implement required NMC #7 (Pollution prevention programs)ST6
August 27, 2019WW CSO - Failure to implement required NMC #8 (Public notification)ST6
August 27, 2019WW CSO - Failure to monitorST6
August 27, 2019Reporting Violations - Improper/ Incorrect ReportingST6
August 27, 2019Monitoring Violations - Invalid/Unrepresentative SampleST6
August 27, 2019Monitoring Violations - Improper Analysis or Lab ErrorST6
August 27, 2019Management Practice Violations - Improper Operation and MaintenanceST6

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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