Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES WV0027405
TOWN OF PAW PAW, Paw Paw, WV: NPDES WV0027405 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- EffectivePermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 16Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 10Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
TOWN OF PAW PAW, held by PAW PAW, TOWN OF, holds NPDES permit WV0027405, which discharges to Potomac River. EPA’s file records it issued May 9, 1977 and expiring November 5, 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 PAW PAW |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | PAW PAW, TOWN OF |
| NPDES ID | WV0027405 |
| Permit status | Effective |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Minor discharger |
| Facility type | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Program | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | May 9, 1977 |
| Expiration date | November 5, 2024 |
| Address | Paw Paw, WV 25434 |
| Receiving water | POTOMAC RIVER |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Purslane Run-Potomac River (HUC 020700030801) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 16Pollutants on file
- 16Under a numeric limit
- 15With a violation of any kind
- 10With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N] | 4 | 79 | 59 | February 28, 2026 | 133% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, percent removal | 1 | 59 | 54 | April 30, 2026 | 567% over the limit |
| Solids, suspended percent removal | 1 | 49 | 44 | April 30, 2025 | 186% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 4 | 58 | 38 | May 31, 2026 | 162% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 4 | 55 | 35 | May 31, 2026 | 392% over the limit |
| Copper, total recoverable | 2 | 19 | 11 | April 30, 2020 | 645% over the limit |
| Chlorine, total residual | 2 | 18 | 8 | May 31, 2020 | 7,122% over the limit |
| Coliform, fecal general | 2 | 14 | 4 | February 28, 2026 | 113% over the limit |
| Zinc, total recoverable | 2 | 7 | 1 | April 30, 2017 | 409% over the limit |
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 1 | 6 | 1 | October 31, 2018 | 33% over the limit |
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 4 | 18 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 3 | 15 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, total [as N] | 3 | 13 | 0 | ||
| pH | 2 | 10 | 0 | ||
| Hardness, total [as CaCO3] | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Lead, total recoverable | 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
- 1Single-event violations
| Date | What EPA recorded | Agency |
|---|---|---|
| February 14, 2018 | Effluent Violations - Narrative Effluent 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.